and India — where nearly all the countries share a history of being ruled by the British Empire as a territory or colony. While most of these commonwealth countries are independent from the ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn ... and 14 British Overseas Territories (BOTs) – each of them with an element of ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...

The contribution of hundreds of mostly black servicemen had gone unrecognised until now. The artefact was acquired in 1923 by Pitt Rivers Museum - where it has never been displayed. Some of the ...

The Attorney General has described “almost every element” of the British Empire as racist and revealed he fought to get reparations. Lord Hermer, speaking on a podcast for his former chambers ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around the world during the institute’s formative years in the 19th and early ...