Rudyard Kipling: an unexpected revival for the ‘bard of empire’

‘Vulgar rabble-rouser’, ‘rootless cosmopolitan’, ‘mouthpiece of the empire’ … Kipling has had his share of detractors. But, 150 years after his birth, interest in India’s greatest English-language writer is growing. By Andrew Lycett.
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