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 ...

Only a minority accept that Scotland partnered England to derive its historical wealth from slavery and colonies ...

A new poll conducted by YouGov has revealed Scottish attitudes to the British Empire, with Scots more likely to see the ...

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 ...

Understanding the British Empire (CUP, 2010); Ronald Hyam, Britain's Imperial Century, 1815 to 1914 (CUP latest edn); John Newsinger, The blood never dried: A people’s history of the British Empire ...

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 ...

This little nugget of history is on display at a travelling exhibition in Delhi that captures the complicated history of ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around ... The Dominion Screen in the Florence Hall depicts the people, flora ...

An emergency laparotomy nurse specialist at Paisley's Royal Alexandria Hospital has been honoured in the New Year Honours List.