Dimensions
130 x 198 x 15mm
Travels Through the Remnants of the British Empire.
It was the greatest imperial power the world had ever seen. At its peak it ruled a quarter of the globe and 1,000 million people - until its hasty dismantling saw the British Empire disappear completely from the face of the earth.
But not quite. That empire still encompasses over 1,000 territories, if you count bits of rock with names like Junk Island and Rabbit. And Britain still even owns places with people on them, the remnants of an empire that once coloured much of the globe red: the last pink bits.
Harry Ritchie's tour includes Gibraltar, Bermuda and the Falklands and, with a series of witty reports covering issues such as conflict, identity, drugs and golf, he answers the question an anxious George V whispered on his deathbed - "How is the Empire?"
