In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, ...

1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. In Jamaica, the abolition of ...

Almost twenty years after, British music ruled the American music scene again—this time in the form of the Second British Invasion, especially during the year of 1983. That consisted of New Wave ...

The 1934 Games were originally awarded to Johannesburg however; the second British Empire Games eventually took place in London. The reason for this change was to avoid a political crisis over ...

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 ...

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 ...