The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen ... The British rulers were concerned that those formerly enslaved could now vote in elections and threaten their power.

Stephen Fry has been knighted in the U.K.’s annual New Year Honors list, while Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire have been ...

The now-familiar academic denunciations then came ... but simply a very old form of government. He thinks that the British Empire has done some bad things but some good things as well.

The Indian takeover is now virtually complete ... But there is a special place in Indian hearts for Britain and the British. The abuses of empire, while not forgotten, have been - largely ...

Burma - now Myanmar - exhibited rice ... By the time it closed, the British Empire Exhibition was reported to have lost £1.5m (the equivalent of £75m today). Compare that to the Great Exhibition ...

Every one of the regions that was once some portion of this abroad empire now is a piece of 53 distinctive ... biggest on the planet alongside the British Empire. France's triumph achieved Africa ...

The 2025 list awards a Companion of Honour, of which there are only 65 recipients at any time, to author and screenwriter Sir ...