The book includes interviews with British people originating from the Indian subcontinent, who witnessed the 1947 partition of India.

[2][3] The series won the Royal Historical Society's Radio and Podcast Award and its overall Public History Prize.

[2] The book, Partition Voices: Untold British Stories, is based on the series.

[2][4] It contains interviews with about two dozen British people who witnessed partition, including the author's father.

In Literary Review, John Keay called it a "heartfelt and beautifully judged book".