It spread from the Americas to include colonies in Africa, Asia and Australasia. During this time Britain lost and gained colonies. During the early years of the British Empire, 13 colonies in ...

It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its primary focus is on understanding the ...

Oriel is following ‘retain and explain’ policy after demands to tear down statue of empire-building benefactor ...

A Royal Commission on East Africa has been set up to study this ... whose yields make Uganda the main cotton-producing center of the British Empire. It is a rain crop without irrigation, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a UK honours system that ... first, receiving South Africa's national honour, the Order of Ikhamanga in Silver (OIS), for excellent contributions ...

This award for “services to drama” was presented to Kani by British High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa ... Excellent Order of the British Empire by King Charles III.