Elon Musk's X post praising 'the Whites in the West' for ending slavery drew ridicule and rebukes from historians and ...

In Alan Gemmell’s debut novel, 30th State, the empire strikes back. A post-Brexit, bankrupt Britain offers itself to ...

Leo Tolstoy’s letters to Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi between 1908 and 1910 profoundly shaped the philosophy of Ahimsa and ...

A few years ago, when ShashiTharoor stood at Oxford and argued that Britain owed a moral debt to India and its former ...

Shattered Lands, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling ...

Second, partition proposals encountered stiff opposition, sometimes from unexpected quarters. Many Burmese opposed separation ...

Two books show that creating a museum with a clear conscience isn’t always straightforward; another shows how we do love a ...

The BBC was the first broadcaster in the world to provide a regular ‘high definition’ television service. Programmes we would ...

From archival fashion deep dives to never-before-published photos, these are the monographs you won’t want to miss.

The result is a book that demands we grow up about our history. The story of Ireland and Empire isn't simple – it’s not a ...

Palestine 36’ is a potent reminder that the blueprint for Israel's depraved war crimes in Gaza were laid down by a British ...

This season, culture wars and their origins are dissected, fascism and its opponents are profiled, and enclaves of the rich and famous are infiltrated.