<p>Clare is walking in the Cotswolds with author Corinne Fowler and historian Raj Pal, whose family has roots in both Britain and India.</p><p>Corinne is leading the way, recreating and extending the “Indian Walk in the Cotswolds” walk she originally took with Raj for a chapter in her book Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through Rural Britain and its Hidden History of Empire. As they ramble, they reflect on how the British countryside is deeply connected to colonial history.</p><p>Beginning on the Heart of England Way at Bourton on the Hill, they pass Sezincote House, a Neo-Mughal estate built in 1805 by a former East India Company officer, take in the Church of St James in Longborough, before circling back to the Horse and Groom pub in Bourton.</p><p>Map: OS Explorer OL45 The Cotswolds - Burford, Chipping Camden, Cirencester, Stow on the Wold
Grid Ref: SP 173 325 Near the Horse &amp; Groom pub, Bourton on the Hill</p><p>Presenter: Clare Balding
Producer for BBC Studios: Karen Gregor</p>

Ramblings

BBC Radio 4

India in the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler and Raj Pal

NOV 13, 202523 MIN
Ramblings

India in the Cotswolds with Corinne Fowler and Raj Pal

NOV 13, 202523 MIN

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<p>Clare is walking in the Cotswolds with author Corinne Fowler and historian Raj Pal, whose family has roots in both Britain and India.</p><p>Corinne is leading the way, recreating and extending the “Indian Walk in the Cotswolds” walk she originally took with Raj for a chapter in her book Our Island Stories: Ten Walks through Rural Britain and its Hidden History of Empire. As they ramble, they reflect on how the British countryside is deeply connected to colonial history.</p><p>Beginning on the Heart of England Way at Bourton on the Hill, they pass Sezincote House, a Neo-Mughal estate built in 1805 by a former East India Company officer, take in the Church of St James in Longborough, before circling back to the Horse and Groom pub in Bourton.</p><p>Map: OS Explorer OL45 The Cotswolds - Burford, Chipping Camden, Cirencester, Stow on the Wold Grid Ref: SP 173 325 Near the Horse &amp; Groom pub, Bourton on the Hill</p><p>Presenter: Clare Balding Producer for BBC Studios: Karen Gregor</p>