The British Empire was truly massive during its height. At one point in time, the Empire comprised 23% of the world's total population and 24% of the world's total land area. It's for this reason that ...

Histories of imperialism, especially the European imperialism of the 19th and 20th centuries, were long dominated by purportedly neutral accounts that sanitized the often bloody practice. More ...

‘Winnie” Recharts His Hectic Course as Suzerain of the Seas Now on the outside of politics, Winston Churchill gives full vent to his literary genius. His book,* except for some too technical pages, is ...

Britain can run but it can’t hide from its Imperial legacy. Almost 70 years after the independence of India, Britain is ...

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen has a ...

The skewed perspectives in my A-level curriculum are staggering. Until that changes, harmful ideas about race and migration will live on, says Emerging Voices winner Astrid Barltrop ...

In the new film of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park, the writer and director Patricia Rozema includes an early scene that is not in the book. As Fanny Price departs from her family in Portsmouth to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Queen Victoria had several wards and godchildren from British colonies, including Africa and India. The godchildren were treated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Empire with David Olusoga is available on BBC Two on Friday November 7 at 9pm - BBC/Hillgate Films and Voltage TV My first thought ...