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 colonial rule

Apr 13

Apr 13 The Amritsar Massacre of 1919: performative violence and colonial rule

Paul Docherty

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre of April 13th 1919 and how it fits the regular pattern of colonial violence.

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.