Brushwood Media Network18 Nov 2025

The Dark Truth About English Country Houses | Book Huddle with Aneeta Madhavan

Those gorgeous English country houses you see on Downton Abbey? Turns out they were built on the backs of enslaved people.

Aneeta Madhavan joins me to discuss The Countryside by Corrine Fowler - which takes us on walks through Britain's most "English" places + reveals where the money actually came from. Spoiler: sugar plantations, slavery + colonial exploitation.

We chat about how this book made Aneeta rethink global connectedness in business, what it's like being a British Indian after Brexit + why many quintessentially British things aren't as British as you'd think. Plus, how this all connects to running modern businesses in our connected global world.

Fair warning: this might change how you see those beautiful National Trust properties forever.

There's lots more to explore in this Book Huddles strand – check them out.

Books discussed in this episode:

The Countryside - Corrine Fowler

The Hungry Empire - Lizzie Collingham

Aneeta’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aneeta-madhavan

Aneeta’s Website: TalkingCranes.com

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