Toussaint L’Ouverture emerged as the leader of the Haitian revolution in the late 1780s, playing a key role in leading the ...

To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked ...

In 1770, the British explorer Captain James Cook spotted the peak from his ship and named it Mount Egmont. In 1840, Māori tribes and representatives of the British crown signed the Treaty of ...

And, it was, arguably, his tryst with the British Raj that catalysed his transformation from Eric Blair – the son ... exposing him to what he called “the dirty work of Empire at close quarters”: the ...

In the course of these defiant efforts she effectively became a key British agent, aiding UK efforts to alter the course of the war in the Allies’ favour, and her home, the Andrássy Palace on ...

In 1945, the victorious Allied powers gathered in San Francisco to draft a charter for the United Nations, the foundation of a new global order that would make another world war impossible. The ...

You can get in touch with Jess by emailing j.thomson@newsweek.com. A massive asteroid the size of the Empire State Building is zooming towards our planet this weekend. The asteroid, named 2024 ...

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Without further ado, here are the best British movies on Prime Video! For more recommendations, check out our lists of the best British movies on Netflix, the best British detective shows on ...

What do you imagine when you think of a British accent? If you’re imagining the refined tones of Queen Elizabeth II, the charming patter of Hugh Grant in a rom-com or the whisperings in a ...