OUR ISLAND STORIES: TEN WALKS THROUGH RURAL BRITAIN (PB)

British countryside is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. Yet the British Empire transformed rural lives, bringing both opportunity and exploitation. The booming profits of overseas colonies, and the select few who benefited, directly contributed to enclosure, land clearances and dispossession. Through ten country walks, made with a variety of companions, historian Corinne Fowler explores the links which connect the Cotswolds with Calcutta, Dolgellau with Virginia, Grasmere with Canton – and how they continue to shape lives across Britain today.