I am almost finished with the script for Episode 7 of Winds of Change, and it's by far the longest I've ever written for a podcast. But that's what happens when you try to cover the First World War, Indian revolutionary plots, the return of Gandhi, and the Imperial War Cabinet in one episode!

I got pinged about this comment on Reddit about the show - if there's space between @theresthistory.bsky.social and HardcoreHistory I will happily take it!

At the 1912 State Entry into Delhi, assassins tried to bomb Viceroy Hardinge. The Viceroy, his wife, and his assistant survived with injuries, but his attendant, Mahabir, and a spectator were killed.

Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GZV...

We talk about the 1903 Delhi Durbar in this episode. Here is a photo of American photographer James Ricalton alongside two Kashmiri guards at the Durbar.

Credit: /u/SatoruGojo232

The first reviews/comments for Winds of Change - positive across the board, but I think my favourite is Cian's:

"I feel like I'm listening to a BBC documentary but they finally let an academic run the show without their hands tied behind their back."

"We've made artwork of your podcast episode" - Headliner.

I don't think their AI knows what a cannon looks like.

I just finished speaking with the fantastic Alice Hunt about her new book Republic: Britain's Revolutionary Decade! Interview out soon on Pax Britannica!

Today I had a wonderful chat with @christinawelsch.bsky.social about the armies of the East India Company, it's expansion in the 18th/19th centuries, and the military culture of its officer class. We also spoke about her book The Company's Sword, her current project on the 2nd Anglo-Mysore War.

Yesterday I spoke with the fantastic Vineet Thakur about the life and times of VS Srinivasa Sastri - liberal politician, follower of GK Gokhale, friend and rival of Gandhi, international critic of Jan Smuts, and India's representative to the world.