Our Island Stories by Corinne Fowler modern fiction Meanwhile the world's in meltdown

Meanwhile the world's in meltdown - and the real meltdown hasn't even started yet

and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria

scrupulous and unsparing lucidity

At thirty-seven years old

In this short burst of life between the wars

Our Island Stories by Corinne Fowler modern fiction Meanwhile the world's in meltdownThe countryside is cherished by many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. Where the countryside is celebrated, histories of empire are forgotten. In Our Island Stories, historian Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule