Bergen: Was Kenya exceptional in the British Empire? Elkins ... extended her hand to one of the former leaders in the IRA. Four years later Prince Charles met with former IRA leader Gerry Adams ...

So it was also with South Asia. In 1946, Sir Francis Tucker, the head of Eastern Command, proposed a British protectorate ...

The British Empire was once the largest empire in history, controlling vast territories across every continent. But how did the British manage to rule the world for centuries? This video explores the ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 ...

For anti-colonial thinkers of the last century, decolonization was not a mere transfer of power. It was about reparation, including repair of the self. “Decolonization is the veritable creation ...

Abacus; £25 Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain. By Charlotte Lydia Riley. Bodley Head; 384 pages; £25 The British Empire was and is many things to many people: a civilising ...

Ghanaian leaders, shortly after their country became ... asserting an erasure of recognition and rights which the British Empire had set in motion half a century before. Yet “Legacy of Violence ...

The queen reigned through many global upheavals, including the end of the British Empire. And as some critics ... not just state leaders but the populations themselves. What does it mean to ...