Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

Fantastic Kingdom: Dr Helene von Bismarck on her latest book, and Britain

April 5, 2026·1h 31m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Helene von Bismarck is a writer, historian and political commentator who has become a familiar face and voice for those that follow British politics. After an academic career as a historian of late British colonial history, she has now published Fantastic Kingdom: A Stranger's Notes on a Contrary Country. I spoke to her about her new book and what it tells us. You can pre-order Helen's book at this link which will help support both this podcast and independent bookshops. If you would like to support this podcast please consider taking out a paid subscription to my Substack arthursnell.substack.com or if you don't want the hassle of a subscription you can buy me a coffee! ko-fi.com/snellarthur If you want to buy any of the books talked about in this show, please support independent bookshops by using Bookshop.org with this link: ⁠https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/behindthelines⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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