In Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World (Monthly Review Press, 2025), Steve Cushion lays bare the ...

When the Second Anglo-Boer War broke out in October 1899, few in London expected a long conflict. The British Empire, then at its height, assumed that a ...

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The British Empire once spanned every continent, ruling over a quarter of the world’s population and resources. Through naval ...

Tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in World War I and left without graves. On Tuesday, authorities are unveiling a ...

To the west, the border with Iran was settled under the 1857 Treaty of Paris, with Britain acting as arbitrator between the ...

In only three years, The King has overseen a remarkable resurrection of the gardens and parkland at Sandringham. Charles ...

New findings increase the known length of the Roman Empire’s road network by more than 60,000 miles ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

Burns and co-director Sarah Botstein discuss their six-part, 10-year labor of love, which finally makes it to PBS on6.

FREE TO READ] Both sides must abandon false moral certainties and oversimplified historical narratives if the cycle of ...