Thanks to Diego Garcia (uninhabited except temporarily by various U.K. and U.S. military personnel) and to Pitcairn (population now about 50), the British Empire appears safe from sunsets for the ...

Formula 1 pundit Martin Brundle has received an Order of the British Empire (OBE) from the British Royal Family. Former driver Brundle, the famed creator of the F1 pre-race grid walk, was honoured ...

The next morning, which was clear, cool, and sunny, I was out of my hotel at 7:45 a.m. and, when it opened at 8:00 a.m., in the lobby of the museum dedicated to the Erzurum Congress in July-August ...

Nigel Biggar: British Empire unfairly maligned. Non-European colonialist empires existed for millennia. No one seems interested in those, though ...

The Attorney General has described “almost every element” of the British Empire as racist and revealed he fought to get reparations.. Lord Hermer, speaking on a podcast for his former chambers ...

Among Scots who state that they know either a great deal or fair amount about Scotland’s role in the British Empire, 50 per cent believe the country was a partner rather than a subordinate.

Meagan Good Marries Monochromatic and Burgundy Trends in Body-con Dress and Matching Coat for Empire State Visit With ‘Harlem’ Cast Julia Teti Wed, January 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM UTC ...

Stephen Fry has been knighted in the U.K.’s annual New Year Honors list, while Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire have been named commanders of the British Empire.. Each year, the reigning ...

The Truth About Empire promises to be “a shield against the assault on historical truth.” Its authors might do well to visit Col. Pennycuick’s memorial at Camberley before it, too, is toppled.

During the nearly two-century-long rule over India between 1757 and 1947, the British Empire exploited the country's resources, wealth, and people. The impact of colonial rule is felt to this day.

Those lessons beckon today for Britain, and America, too. In the end, the empire — “the red on the map” — was a symbol, not the basis, of British influence. The home islands themselves, it could be ...