The Last Colony exposes deep injustice in the heart of the British state
Fifty years ago the UK forcibly removed the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands. Will they ever be allowed to return?
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Fifty years ago the UK forcibly removed the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands. Will they ever be allowed to return?
He was the greatest English novelist of his generation, yet he chose to die as an Irish citizen of the EU. The reasons were both political and deeply personal, but at their heart one thing: betrayal
NOEL KING, HOST: Philippe Sands is a human rights lawyer who has worked on cases involving crimes against humanity. Sands' grandfather was a Jew who lived in what is today the city of Lviv, Ukraine. The Nazis killed him, his family and tens of thousands of other people there. The Nazi officer who governed the city at that time was called Otto Wachter. While researching his own family, Sands met Wachter's son, Horst, and found him to be a decent man. They became friendly and Horst Wachter gave Sands a cache of data - the Wachter family archive. PHILIPPE SANDS: A USB popped through my letterbox...