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 ...

The British Empire: Themes and Perspectives (Blackwell, 2007); Bernard Porter, Absent Minded Imperialists: Empire, Society and Culture in Britain (OUP, 2006) Bill Schwarz, The White Man's World: ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...

Enter the Labour government, which aims to reestablish the country’s global influence, investing in its soft power through ...

and culture across the humanities and the arts, the social sciences, and the professional schools. The Center’s purview includes all the constituent parts of the British Isles from prehistoric times ...

The 78-year-old writer, who has sold more than 36 million copies of his children's books worldwide, dismissed any notions of British imperial bravery. "The British Empire, which I loathe with a ...

Like the best British films, Empire of Light brings together a galaxy ... “The music of that period, the movies of that period, the pop culture of that period formed who I was.” ...