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“To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire
To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...
Sometimes the Best Gift Is Time Alone
Taking a four-day spa trip to Rome on her own turned out to be this writer’s dream getaway. But even just a museum visit or ...
Royal Academy of Arts4d
RA Collections Decolonial Research: Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Pocket Books
Since 2020 our team has been investigating the links between the RA and its colonial past. Research into the Royal Academy of ...
Park Ranger John on MSN10d
18 Amazing National Parks in Maryland
There are 18 National Parks in Maryland as well as an additional 10 affiliated sites that partner with the National Park ...
moneycontrol.com4d
Shedding Raj legacy: 'We actively recognise that Australian art didn’t begin with the arrival of the British in 1770'
Like all major art museums in Australia, we actively recognise that Australian art didn’t begin with the arrival of the British in 1770, when the continent was declared terra nullius (belonging ...
‘The Revolutionary Self’ Review: The Age of the Individual
During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...
The Daily Telegraph8d
Lord Hermer called British Empire ‘deeply racist’ and fought for reparations
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 American Spectator6d
Never Had It So Bad: The Decline of the Great British Empire
It was during a Tory rally on July 20, 1957, organized to commemorate 25 years of public service by Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, ...
Daily Mail10d
The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
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 ...