For years the colonies had flourished in a state of “salutary neglect.” Britain had been content to leave the day-to-day ...

The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...

A remarkable, inspiring, and influential political, financial, philanthropic, and religious figure, Montefiore led a life ...

“Lost in Translation”: Extraterritoriality, Subjecthood, and Subjectivity in the Anglo–Yemeni Treaty of 1821. Law and History Review, p. 1. Indirect rule is widely considered as a defining feature of ...

"Dundas both defended and expanded the British empire, imposing colonial rule on ... seamen and marines and erected in 1821, with the statue placed on top in 1827. "In 2020 this was dedicated ...

Official portraits of Queen Mary and King George V in 1914. The British Empire was ruled by the Royal Family. It’s the same family that reigns today and the King at the time was Queen Elizabeth ...

The word “empire” may be dropped British honours as part of reforms reportedly being considered by royal officials. Under the ...

A remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean, St Helena is home to a wealth of history just waiting to be discovered by your ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

Between 1869 and 1967, government-funded British charities sent nearly 100,000 British children to start new lives in the settler empire. This pioneering study tells the story of the rise and fall of ...

And so, with tracksuits on, geezer nicknames doled out, and knuckles dusted, Team Empire assembled a list of the very best British gangster movies ever made. From comedy classics, to bruising turn ...

The book opens in 1821 with a vivid portrait of a prosperous town in a declining African empire that’s about ... of the following era, when British colonialism holds sway. Àjàyí now occupies ...