Al Murray on his new show about the British Empire: 'In the culture war I'm a conscientious objector'
The comedian on unpicking the myths around Empire, the issue of reparations, and running against Nigel Farage as the Pub Landlord
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The comedian on unpicking the myths around Empire, the issue of reparations, and running against Nigel Farage as the Pub Landlord
Al Murray speaks to Yahoo UK about the British Empire and why it's important to understand its history from multiple perspectives.
Murray, along with his alter ego The Pub Landlord, headed east – but found the locals not as obsessed with British colonialism as we are
The East India Company industrialised the cotton textile process then exported it back to Manchester, fatally under-cutting Indian weavers
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