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 ...

A second amendment to limit conviction to those people who “knowingly” sold drink to youngsters was carried. During debate Mr. J. H. Thomas (Labor), acting as Chairman of Committee ...

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 ...

and if the King visited Rome without going to the Vatican it would certainly be an act of discourtesy to millions of his loyal subjects all over the Empire.” There is, however, a very strong ...

Technically speaking, however, sunlight continued to shine on at least one portion of British-occupied land for about another six months. The primary holdout? A section of the British Antarctic ...