Drawing the Line, Hampstead Theatre, London by Ben Dowell

Hampstead Theatre, London: As Indian independence loomed in 1947, Britain's Labour prime minister Clement Attlee sent over a judge called Cyril Radcliffe (who had never been to India and knew nothing about maps) to divide this vast country in two. One possible reason for the haste was the fact that the wife of the British viceroy Mountbatten was having an affair with the Hindu leader Nehru. Read the full review

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