"This shows how one individual can change the course of history"
I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE PAST year interviewing eyewitnesses and reading archival material relating to the 1943 Bengal famine. It has all been part of the research for my new BBC Radio 4 series Three Million, which I wrote about in last month’s issue of BBC History Magazine.
The famine, which was based in Calcutta (now Kolkata). His courageous editorial decisions meant the world learned about what was happening, and arguably saved many thousands of lives.
