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Dear Editor, As we commemorate Emancipation Day on August 1 — the anniversary of the abolition of chattel slavery in the ...

Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

VJ Day will be honoured and remembered with special programming across TV, iPlayer, Radio, Sounds and the BBC Archive to mark ...

Israel’s announcement of its “humanitarian city” in Gaza stirs up unsettling, traumatic and barbaric images of concentration ...

Cleo Laine, an English singer who moved easily among musical genres with a dazzling vocal range of almost five octaves and ...

It’s a question that Zohran Mamdani has had to contend with constantly as he runs to be New York City’s first Asian American ...

Among the new elements of this year’s party is the return of Grail Ale, a reddish amber beer that was the first the brewery ...

Rod Bransgrove, the former Chair of Hampshire Cricket, has been awarded an OBE in the 2025 New Year Honours for his major contributions to sport. He led the transformation of the club, securing its ...

A very different kind of newspaper deal was completed last December, when news website Tortoise Media bought The Observer.

David Olusoga tells the story of the beginnings of the British Empire under Elizabeth I.

Bafta-winning actress Sarah Lancashire will be among those honoured at Windsor Castle on Tuesday as she is made a Commander ...