Empire: World History · 2025-12-09 · 46 min · 8,164 words

314. Rudyard Kipling: Villain or Visionary? (Part 3)

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Hello and welcome to Empire with me, Anita Arnand. And me, William Dripple, who's very pleased not to be on my own anymore and able to talk to Anita about Kipling, which we've missed in the last two episodes. I'm sorry about that. I had a little break, an NHS spa retreat.

No, I was I was in hospital for a little while, but I'm all better now. Well done for carrying on without me. You're looking very perky. Oh, well, I'm glad. It was horrible.

It was horrible not having you there, particularly for this episode, which is actually an episode that we have talked about since the very days we were planning this podcast three years ago. Having to do it on my own. Felt very upset. Oh, well, I'm here now. Very irritatingly, you're back

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