The passport defines the relationship between citizens and their government but it is also a chronicler of how far we have ...

By the end of World War Two in 1945 it became clear that: Britain could no longer afford to maintain its empire British attitudes were changing, as more people began to believe that having an ...

The battle of the vernacular and the political narratives around Australia Day finally seem to be reaching an exhausted truce ...

After the battle of 22-23 January 1879, 11 men received the Victoria Cross, the British Empire's highest award ... "And then fight a battle at the end." Truly these are worthy — and terrifying ...

In a striking departure from diplomatic norms, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called Russian President Putin a "f***ing idiot” who should accept that "there's no more empire" ...

In that article we dedicated to the tragic end of the Dutch Prime Minister and his brother in 1672, we explained that the ...

Narrator: In the 1950s and 60s, many colonised countries that were part of the British Empire gained their independence. Ghana was one of the first African countries to do this. It had been part ...

The Mughal Empire relied on a feudal structure ... The journey from the Mughal Peacock Throne to the British Crown marked the end of an era defined by grandeur and the beginning of one dominated ...

The precious items have been held in Britain since being seized at the Battle of Magdala in 1868 but now the African nation's ...

These are the events and people that shaped the history of travel, from early pilgrimages and the Age of Discovery, to the ...