Paddy Docherty

Paddy Docherty is a historian & artist, with a particular interest in the British Empire and the history of film. He was educated at Oxford University and is the author of The Khyber Pass: a History of Empire and Invasion (Faber & Faber, 2007) and Blood and Bronze: the British Empire & the Sack of Benin (Hurst, 2021).

Paddy is represented by Charles Walker at United Agents.

All tagged Divide & Rule

Jun 3

Jun 3 Empire Film: fleeing the North West Frontier on a steam-powered metaphor

Paul Docherty

An old-fashioned Empire yarn released into a decolonising world which reveals much about imperial symbolism and the geopolitical anxieties of 1959.

Mar 18

Mar 18 Despatches from the Archives: Sir Claude MacDonald in West Africa

Paul Docherty

Sir Claude MacDonald’s despatches to the Foreign Office while in charge of the Niger Coast Protectorate, and what they tell us about British imperial rule.