The British Empire was the largest empire in history. At its height in 1922, it covered around a quarter of Earth's land ...

Once among Bengal’s richest men, Dwarkanath Tagore built a sprawling business empire under the British, only to see it ...

An Epworth postmaster has been bestowed with the British Empire Medal after being recognised for his services to his ...

A flagship British project created to improve the safety of medical surgery around the world could shut down next year ...

The Second World War dramatically altered the global balance of power, and the aftermath of the conflict saw a major shift in the relationship between the United States and the British Empire. While ...

The idea that Britain 'sacrificed her empire' to defeat the Nazis is pub wisdom at best To fully understand a heroic moment ...

Right before writing this column this morning, I watched the magnificent 1935 MGM version of Mutiny on the Bounty starring ...

After the Second World War, there were great efforts to prevent that type of war and its atrocities from ever happening again ...

If one lesson has emerged this travel season, it’s that you really, really don’t want to be on vacation in the vicinity of ...

CETA is more than a trade deal. It is a statement that India has moved from being a passive subject in a colonised world to ...

If Israel lacks the demographic weight to impose its own hegemonic order on the Middle East, it has instead constructed a ...

Englishman Thomas Stukeley offered his services to various Catholic powers. He died while fighting for the Portuguese at the ...