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 ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn’t back in 1920, when this globe-straddling entity reached its territorial apex – a ...

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

Founded in 1988, the Center for British & Irish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder promotes research and teaching in all aspects of global British and Irish history, geography, society, and ...

Scots appear to be unwilling to accept their country's leading role in creating the British Empire, a new poll suggests. More people believe that Scotland was simply a subject of England than a ...

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 ...

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.” ...

Scots wrongly believe their country was a victim of the British Empire, a poll has found. A YouGov survey found that significantly more adults north of the border believed Scotland had been ...

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 ...

Some of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war. Butter sculptures of British royalty and a working coalmine were on display but what was it ...