William Dalrymple
@willdalrymple.bsky.social
Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK.bsky.social podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.
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New from @EmpirePodUK
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
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This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Powerful new antibiotic that can kill superbugs discovered in soil bacteria
Surprise discovery could pave the way for new treatments against drug-resistant infections.
www.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is good news
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Artist’s painting of an acrobatic dancer on a flake of limestone, c. 1292 - 1077 BC.
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Around 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt, artists used stone fragments for painting and drawing instead of paper sketchpads!
From Deir el-Medina. Museo Egizio, Turin 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Was a delight to appear on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social- available to listen now…
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Was a delight to appear on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @willdalrymple.bsky.social & @anitaanand.bsky.social- available to listen now…
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The latest Epstein email rumor is destined to be known as Cockwork orange
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The latest Epstein email rumor is destined to be known as Cockwork orange
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Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
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While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
empirepod.supportingcast.fm
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Listen NOW wherever you get your podcasts.
While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
empirepod.supportingcast.fm
While you're at it, join the Empire Club to listen ad-free and binge the next 2 episodes in our Writers of Empire series!
empirepod.supportingcast.fm
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Was Charlotte Brontë's “madwoman in the attic” a Jamaican heiress? Did Jane Austen's Mansfield Park sideline the slave wealth of its characters? How was her own family tied to the Caribbean plantations?
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Was Charlotte Brontë's “madwoman in the attic” a Jamaican heiress? Did Jane Austen's Mansfield Park sideline the slave wealth of its characters? How was her own family tied to the Caribbean plantations?
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⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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What perfect timing since I just started reading Wide Sargasso Sea. But should I listen before or after finishing the book?
⏰NEW EPISODE OUT TODAY⏰
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
Austen and Brontë: Unmasking Slavery Heiresses
@willdalrymple.bsky.social and @anitaanand.bsky.social are joined by Dr Miranda Kauffman, to discuss the often-ignored connections between these famous authors and slavery heiresses.
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What perfect timing since I just started reading Wide Sargasso Sea. But should I listen before or after finishing the book?
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I've just finished listening to a massive 11-part series on the history of Gaza (it starts with the Philistines!) on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social and I have to say it's extraordinary. Start here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
291. Ancient Gaza: The Philistines (Part 1)
Podcast Episode · Empire · 17/09/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I've just finished listening to a massive 11-part series on the history of Gaza (it starts with the Philistines!) on @empirepoduk.bsky.social with @anitaanand.bsky.social and @willdalrymple.bsky.social and I have to say it's extraordinary. Start here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
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From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
November 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
From Bronze Age Wales, the spectacular Mold Cape! 🤩
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
An incredible ancient feat of sheet-goldworking, beaten from a single gold ingot some 3,600 years ago!
The extraordinary embossed decoration is said to mimic strings of beads.
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
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Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Luxurious duck-shaped vessel carved from a single piece of rock crystal around 3,500 years ago!
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
From Bronze Age Mycenae, it is said to be an exquisite example of imported Minoan stoneworking. Probably used to hold oils or cosmetics.
National Archaeological Museum Athens Greece
📷 me
#Archaeology
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Fall of Freedom now has over 500 events nationwide in 43 states. MS, AL, NC, NV, OK among those we don’t have so if you’re in the arts in those states there’s still time to join www.falloffreedom.com
Fall of Freedom
Fall of Freedom is an urgent call to the arts community to unite in defiance of authoritarian forces sweeping the nation.
www.falloffreedom.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Fall of Freedom now has over 500 events nationwide in 43 states. MS, AL, NC, NV, OK among those we don’t have so if you’re in the arts in those states there’s still time to join www.falloffreedom.com
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Great stuff and having enjoyed the podcast so much over the last few years I've just signed up - should have done so a while back but better late than never.
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Great stuff and having enjoyed the podcast so much over the last few years I've just signed up - should have done so a while back but better late than never.
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Letters to pirates ... #skystorians
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Letters to pirates ... #skystorians
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Currently reading The Dancing Floor and finished Big Heart River a few months back so will have to give this a listen
New from @EmpirePodUK Club-
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Currently reading The Dancing Floor and finished Big Heart River a few months back so will have to give this a listen
New from @EmpirePodUK Club-
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 AM
New from @EmpirePodUK Club-
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
JOHN BUCHAN:
The Thirty Nine Steps, the Scots & Empire
With Murray Pittock @murrayp.bsky.social
share.google/VpGtXE3plO8n...
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National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk had a display of Joseph Conrads travels.
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
National Maritime Museum in Gdańsk had a display of Joseph Conrads travels.
New from @EmpirePodUK
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
November 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
New from @EmpirePodUK
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
Our Writers on Empire series continues with:
JOSEPH CONRAD:
From Russian Exile To The Heart of Darkness
With Maya Jasanoff, Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University & author of The Dawn Watch
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/3...
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"La vía dorada es un ensayo profundo y bien documentado sobre esa Indosfera que revolucionó el mundo antiguo y que es un fenómeno muy poco conocido en Occidente". Zenda sobre lo último de @willdalrymple.bsky.social .
www.zendalibros.com/la-india-cor...
www.zendalibros.com/la-india-cor...
La India, corazón olvidado del mundo antiguo - Zenda
Luis Mazarrasa escribe en Zenda acerca de 'La vía dorada', un libro de William Dalrymple publicado por la editorial Desperta Ferro.
www.zendalibros.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"La vía dorada es un ensayo profundo y bien documentado sobre esa Indosfera que revolucionó el mundo antiguo y que es un fenómeno muy poco conocido en Occidente". Zenda sobre lo último de @willdalrymple.bsky.social .
www.zendalibros.com/la-india-cor...
www.zendalibros.com/la-india-cor...
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@willdalrymple.bsky.social You and Anita did a podcast episode drawn from the Golden Road about Hinduism (and thus Sanskrit) in SE Asia and the Angkor Empire, no?
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@willdalrymple.bsky.social You and Anita did a podcast episode drawn from the Golden Road about Hinduism (and thus Sanskrit) in SE Asia and the Angkor Empire, no?
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Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
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From the thread.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Screenshots from thread posted on Twitter today by @willdalrymple.bsky.social
From the thread.
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From the thread.
x.com/DalrympleWil...
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Sitting in the stalls eagerly awaiting An Evening With William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social in Melbourne/Naarm 😊
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Sitting in the stalls eagerly awaiting An Evening With William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social in Melbourne/Naarm 😊
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With many thanks to William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social for choosing Peacemaker as a “Book of the Year”. www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/book...
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 AM
With many thanks to William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social for choosing Peacemaker as a “Book of the Year”. www.spectator.com.au/2025/11/book...
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Seremos unos carcas, pero qué gusto da bajar al kiosco a comprar el periódico y leer tus reseñas en papel, como esta barbaridad ¡de página y media! que publicó Babelia este finde de 'La vía dorada' (bit.ly/3He4zW1) de @willdalrymple.bsky.social.
🔗 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
🔗 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Seremos unos carcas, pero qué gusto da bajar al kiosco a comprar el periódico y leer tus reseñas en papel, como esta barbaridad ¡de página y media! que publicó Babelia este finde de 'La vía dorada' (bit.ly/3He4zW1) de @willdalrymple.bsky.social.
🔗 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
🔗 elpais.com/babelia/2025...
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An excellent interview to listen to from @willdalrymple.bsky.social in New Zealand recently.He shares so many interesting facts in a short space of time! Did you know that somewhere in the 🌍 a country celebrates independence from 🇬🇧 every 6 days? Of course you didn't, bcos we don't teach abt it 🙄 🔗 👇🏽
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
An excellent interview to listen to from @willdalrymple.bsky.social in New Zealand recently.He shares so many interesting facts in a short space of time! Did you know that somewhere in the 🌍 a country celebrates independence from 🇬🇧 every 6 days? Of course you didn't, bcos we don't teach abt it 🙄 🔗 👇🏽