Profiles and Interviews
- A Life in Writing: the Guardian profile
- William Dalrymple talks with Fiammetta Rocco of the Economist about Return of a King - The Battle for Afghanistan
- William's Profile on the British Council's Contemporary Writers site.
- William talks to Madhu Trehan of Newslaundry on his book Return Of A King, also why his writing is like Chinese cooking, on using the tools of literature to retell history, how he single-handedly increased Open Magazine’s readership, and more.
- New York Times Q+A on Return of a King
- William's page on the Bloomsbury Publishers site, the publishers of William's books
- Gulf News profile: If I had Five More Lives I'd live them all in India
- Interview with the Bookseller (pdf)
- Garima Dutt on ‘A Typical William Dalrymple Affair’
- William is profiled in the FT How to Spend It website
- Anthony Gardner on White Mughals
- Kendal Hill on White Mughals
- David Robinson in the Scotsman
- Partha Chatterjee in the Indian Express
- Any Yee in the Wall Street Journal
- Shreevatsa Nevatia in Outlook
- Parvathi Nayar in the Hindu
- William Dalrymple’s Love Affair with India
- Vaihayasi P Daniel in India Abroad
- Video author profile by Bloomsbury
- Video interview with Garima Dutt from New Aesthetic
- Ezine on William's Travel Writing
- William's page on the HarperCollins site, publishers of William's early books
- Geographical magazine Interview with Christian Amodeo about Islam, India and international politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
- news.scotsman.com Uncovering the story of Khair-un-Nissa, William discovered his own family’s Indian ancestors, writes David Robinson
- Script of William's Channel 4 documentary: Sufi Soul: The Mystical Music of Islam (Pdf file)
- Newsline
- William Dalrymple's critically acclaimed book, White Mughals, is being adapted into a play by Tamasha, one of UK's foremost theatre companies.
Articles by William Dalrymple
- William Dalrymple’s top 10 books on Afghanistan
- On Nancy Dupree
- ‘I was detained as a potential suicide bomber’- Afpak notebook:
- Trying to make sense of Delhi after the gang rape
- On Indian democracy (video)
- William’s Books of 2012
- Bard of Our Times
- Return of a King on Newshour (video)
- Finding the Afghan sources for Return of the King (video)
- On judging the Guardian First Book Prize
- On the White Mughals of Delhi
- The Mughal show at the British Library
- In the footsteps of the Pahari Masters
- Julian Bell on Olivia Fraser
- On Patrick Leigh Fermor
- On the wreckage of Syria’s heritage
- On India’s future
- On Pakistan’s blasphemy laws
- On Diana Eck’s Sacred India
- On Santorini
- On Anthony Shadid
- In Search of the Sacred in Modern India (video)
- A Lament for Delhi (video)
- Al-Jazeera interview
- With Vidya Shah (video)
- On Afghanistan (video)
- On the Last Mughal (video)
- On Nine Lives (video)
- On the First Afghan War (video)
- The Last Mughal in words and music (video)
- On the art of the Later Mughals
- As Much Hindoos as Christians (video)
- On Kate Boo
- On Robert Macfarlane
- On Cretan music
- On Late Mughal and Company art
- On Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi
- On Afghanistan replaying Imperial history
- On the Jaipur Literature Festival
- On the Mahabharat
- On Bruce Chatwin
- On the madrasas
- On democracy in Pakistan
- On the Caliphs of Baghdad
- On the last Byzantines
- On the Silk Route
- On Fez
- What Muslims and Christians share: A Christmas meditation
- On Rumi
- On the Pallavas
- On Tipu Sultan
- On the Wahhabis and Saudi Arabia
- On Syria
- On the Eastern Christians
- On Palestine (2)
- On the Gardners of Khasgunge
- On Palestine (1)
- On the White Mughals
- On Fatehpur Sikri
- On the Clash of Civilisations
- On al-Qaeda
- On Bahadur Shah Zafar
- On VS Naipaul
- On Bernard Henri Levy
- On the Christians of Iraq and Syria
- The Truth about Muslims – New York Review of Books
- On the lessons of 1857
- On India and Pakistan at 60
- On the madrasas of Pakistan
- On Linda Colley
- On Cholas bronzes
- On Hindu art
- On General Musharraf
- On middle class jihadis
- On Mahatma Gandhi
- On misunderstanding al-Qa’eda
- On the Last Mughal
- On the East India Company
- On the writing of the Indian diaspora
- On Pakistan after the Red Mosque
- On political Islam
- On Angkor Wat
- On Copts and Brothers
- On the Last Nizam of Hyderabad
- On Company School Painting
- On the elections in Pakistan
- On Amir Hamza
- On Martin Amis and Islam
- On Benazir and the Jihadis
- On Benazir Bhutto
- On the elections in Bhutan
- On Kashmir
- On Nicolas Bouvier
- On the Sea of Poppies
- On Bhagvati and the Virgin Mary
- On Fatima Bhutto
- On The Fall of Smyrna
- On syncretism in modern Kerala
- On Amitav Ghosh
- On the Devdasis