A cycling enthusiast who has improved cycling and walking provision in West Sussex has been presented with the British Empire Medal in recognition of his commitment to making communities better.

TEHRAN - A significant cultural heritage preservation initiative has culminated in the digitization and cataloguing of rare ...

Sam Kelly explains how Queen Victoria became a huge fan of drugs—and how she brought China to its knees because of it.

In the heyday of the British Empire, Kolkata, India, had a thriving Jewish community. Today, there are only about 20 or so Jews in the entire city, and the synagogues that once held services are ...

Radcliffe-born actress and arts advocate Hannah Turner, who has forged a successful career in the Middle East and was recognised in the ...

The veteran British actor worked often with Ken Russell and members of Monty Python and played a Soviet colonel in Clint Eastwood's 'Firefox.' ...

Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be ...

Fast on the heels of the recent “No Kings” protests against President Trump comes an odd suggestion that Americans would be ...

Kathryn Burgess of the Mid Cheshire Girls Football League was on last month's King's Birthday Honours List for 2025.

Leena Nair, CEO of Chanel, poses with her medal after being appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire during an Investiture ceremony at Windsor Castle, in Windsor, on June 11, 2025 ...

“The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the scope and power of the nation and its occupied territories.

Nigel Biggar: British Empire unfairly maligned Non-European colonialist empires existed for millennia. No one seems interested in those, though ...