Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? - Sona Datta

Dr Sona Datta is a curator, writer, and broadcaster of South Asian art from Medieval to Modern. She is a 2019/20 Clore Leadership Fellow.

This interview was conducted on 6th December 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral by Ed Walker at Deconstructing Empire: The Great British Fantasy? as part of the Poet in the City Producers programme.

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