The dedication of two British nationals is being recognised as former Calvia councillor Catherine Mentink-Duncan and ...
Warwick Davis and "Hamnet" composer Max Richter are also receiving some of the United Kingdom's highest honors in 2026.
In the annals of finest-hour mythmaking, there are two abiding articles of faith: first, that the United Kingdom bravely ...
The Attorney General has slammed left-wing people for being 'ashamed' of Britain's colonial past and said she was 'proud' of the British Empire. Suella Braverman, whose parents are from Mauritius and ...
Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire” confront the imperial roots of its botanical collections and challenge long-held ...
The empire on which the sun never sets' is the most famous description of the British Empire — even though the phrase was invented to describe the sprawling reach of Spain's territory in the 16th ...
A viral clip of Sir Percy de Courcy dramatizes a truth long forgotten: gin and tonic was once vital medicine. Quinine in ...
The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...
One Fine Day: Britain’s Empire on the Brink. By Matthew Parker. PublicAffairs; 624 pages; $35. Abacus; £25 Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain. By Charlotte Lydia Riley. Bodley Head ...