It's Bombay, not Mumbai' – Nigel Biggar on why Britain can't keep apologising for its past
Nigel Biggar
19.12
24 January 2026
30 January 2026
Nigel Biggar, ethicist and Conservative peer, joins Natasha Feroze to discuss the motivations behind the renaming of Bombay to Mumbai, the contested legacies of colonialism in India, and whether he thinks the culture wars have been won - having been 'cancelled' three times last year.
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