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 ...

These were the 12 biggest empires (by area) ever put together, ranging from vast confederations on the Asian steppes to ...

But with support for Brexit partly explained by pundits as imperial nostalgia, and the sweeping rise of the global Black Lives Matter movement, the imperative and importance of studying the British ...

Rather than being made to pay for its plundering, there’s something even more devastating and long-lasting that the British could do – educate itself properly about its colonial history, says Mihir Bo ...

“The British Empire, which I loathe with a passion ... Deary recently released his first book aimed at adults, titled A History of Britain in Ten Enemies. The Horrible Histories books were ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around the world during the institute’s formative years in the 19th and early ...

My study demonstrates that the colonial dispensary across the British Empire became more than simply a small, idle medical service in the past. My argument is twofold. First, I argue that the ...