Observer35 分钟
Artist Hew Locke Confronts Colonialism at the British Museum
In “Hew Locke, what have we here?”, visitors are asked to consider the legacy of empire and plunder in shaping museum ...
100 years on, Napier Museum relives British Empire Exhibition in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Organised to herald an imperial revival, the British Empire Exhibition, which ran over two six-month-long seasons in 1924 and 1925, was designed to showcase produce and ...
The Daily Telegraph2 天
Home Office ‘indoctrinating civil servants with distorted history of British Empire’
The Home Office has been accused of “indoctrinating” civil servants with a “distorted” history course about the British Empire. The lessons, recommended for all staff in the department ...
BBC1 年
The British Empire
The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...
BBC1 年
What role did the British Empire play in the war?
Official portraits of Queen Mary and King George V in 1914. The British Empire was ruled by the Royal Family. It’s the same family that reigns today and the King at the time was Queen Elizabeth ...
The Daily Telegraph24 天
Horrible Histories author ‘loathes the British Empire with a passion’
The author of the Horrible Histories series has admitted he hates the British Empire “with a passion”. Terry Deary, who has sold more than 36 million copies of the children’s books worldwide ...
BBC7 个月
British Empire Exhibition: The forgotten event that took the world to Wembley
This idea that you can have a kind of trip around the British Empire. That you're transporting ... by the likes of Turner and Constable, church art and Queen Mary's dolls' house.
Washington Examiner10 天
British academia’s ongoing mental breakdown over the legacies of empire
The Truth About Empire: Real Stories of British Colonialism; By Alan Lester Hurst; 304 pp., 34.95 Pennycuick, a British Indian Army engineer, achieved deification for building the Mullaperiyar Dam ...
Artnet news2 年
Magdalene Odundo
Odundo has been honored with numerous accolades, including the African Art Recognition Award, the African Heritage Outstanding Achievement in the Arts award, honorary doctorates from the University of ...
BBC5 年
New Year Honours 2019: 'Super model' Daphne Selfe receives British Empire Medal
A 90-year-old fashion model who helped boost opportunities for older women in the industry has received the British Empire Medal. Daphne Selfe, of Baldock, Hertfordshire, began modelling in 1949.
SBS1 年
First Australians
The 1788 arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney results in cautious friendships being formed between the First Australians and the British Empire. Yet within three years, relations sour as settlers ...