The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

It was during a Tory rally on July 20, 1957, organized to commemorate 25 years of public service by Alan Tindal Lennox-Boyd, ...

The transfer of Britain’s “last African colony” to Mauritius has sparked deep opposition, mistrust, and disappointment from ...

From the mid-19th century onward, Irish and Indian nationalists forged strong personal and associational connections, ...

Children should stop being taught about the “greatness of the British Empire” as part of the Government’s curriculum shake-up ...

Schoolchildren should not be taught about the "greatness of the British Empire", an education charity has told Bridget ...

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 ...

From native rulers during the British Raj to Ratan Tata and Pandit Ravi Shankar in the recent past, several Indians have been ...

Photo courtesy of FT The Galle Literary Festival took place in the heart of Galle’s fort, inviting diverse voices in poetry ...

In 1969, when I came from India to study, I showed a professor a book I had detailing the harm the British had caused to India. I hoped this would stimulate a discussion about the empire.

Labour's Industry Minister Sarah Jones says Heathrow singing pledging to use UK-made steel will support thousands of jobs up ...

Belize Yucatec Maya leader and educator Felicita Cantun received the Order of the British Empire on Tuesday from King Charles ...