The British, so the cliché goes, are a repressed lot. Faced with an awkward subject, they avoid it, change the subject, make tea. Nowhere is this more so than with the topic of the British Empire. The ...
Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated like family, but also subject to strict control, according to ...
Palestine 36’ is a potent reminder that the blueprint for Israel's depraved war crimes in Gaza were laid down by a British ...
Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES SAT- URDAY REVIEW OF BOOKS by Col. H.g. Prout.h.g. Prout. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a ...
At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...
Ex-British colonies should be GRATEFUL for the Empire, says Tory Leadership contender Robert Jenrick
Robert Jenrick pointed to legal institutions and democracy as examples of colonial "achievements" EX-BRITISH colonies should be “grateful” for the Empire, Robert Jenrick said today. The Tory ...
Reporting from Mumbai, India — When India’s Supreme Court this week legalized same-sex intercourse between consenting adults, it buried, most likely forever, a 157-year-old law introduced during ...
Just what drove the expansion of the British Empire into one of the largest in history? Kenneth Morgan weighs up whether it was the desire for greater trade or the thirst for conquest. The long 18th ...
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How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became an iconic British food
As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had expected figs or plums, as in the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” carol, but there ...
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