VIBErations Episode 43 - Uther Charlton Stevens

VIBErations podcast Ep 43 at VIBE Book & Music Shop in Mui Wo on Lantau Island in Hong Kong on 9th November, 2022 Interview with Historian and Author Uther Charlton-Stevens

BIO

Uther Charlton-Stevens is an author, historian and fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society. Uther spent his childhood in Hong Kong, where he attended ESF schools - specifically Peak School and Island School. After this Uther earned his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in history from the University of Oxford, and his master's degree in between from the London School of Economics.

His first book, ‘Anglo-Indians and Minority Politics in South Asia’, was Published by Routledge for the Royal Asiatic Society Books series in 2018 (released on paperback in 2020). His Latest book ‘Anglo-India and the End of Empire’ was Published in London in September of this year by Hurst and will soon be Published in North America by Oxford University Press USA. The South Asian rights have been sold to Harper Collins India.

Uther's research and writing draws inspiration from his own 'mixed-race' family, including the stories he heard during childhood summer holidays from his Anglo-Indian grandmother of her service as an officer in the Women's Auxiliary Corps (India) during the Second World War, her life and upbringing in colonial South India, and her trip to Kandahar in Afghanistan. Uther's Anglo-Indian father was born in an Army station in Ferozepore, and spent his childhood in Bangalore before migrating to the UK with his two elder siblings and widowed mother.

10 Questions….

1. Favourite book or author? - 'Lord of the Rings' JRR Tolkien / Herman Wouk - 'Winds of War & War & Remembrance'
2. Favourite musical artist? - Lana Del Rey / Anoushka Shankar / Jazz / Blues
3. Favourite film(s) ? - The Last Emperor / Mississippi Burning / Some Like it Hot / Elizabeth
4. Preferred drink? - Tea - Green, dark - Fresh Juice & Whiskeys
5. Life motto? - Everything will be interesting
6. Favourite HK walk? Sai Kung - Pak Tam au / Peak Walk
7. Favourite HK restaurant? Chaat in The Rosewood, Sichuan food , Korean BBQ
8. Best advice you were given? N/A
9. Finish this sentence… I live in Hong Kong because… I grew up here and returned a year ago and hold it very dear in my memories
10. Favourite area of Hong Kong? N/A