Interactive Timeline for the BBc Radio 4 Series - This Sceptred Isle - Empire. ... Disclaimer: this map is intended to illustrate trends in the British Empire at the relevant fixed points in time.

The Truth About Empire promises to be “a shield against the assault on historical truth.” Its authors might do well to visit Col. Pennycuick’s memorial at Camberley before it, too, is toppled.

A six-month timeline of President Trump's assault on the arts, plus L.A. arts and culture news and things to do.

Under the visionary leadership of Emperor Peter the Great (Peter I), the empire expanded immensely, becoming one of the largest in history, with nearly 125.6 million people under its rule. 8. British ...

A book which will be welcome to many who have found it impossible to keep track of the rapidly changing relationships between different parts of the British Empire. The book is distinguished by ...

“The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the phrase have been used for more than 200 years to describe the scope and power of the nation and its occupied territories.

The sun is setting — literally, this time — on the British Empire. That’s the upshot of Prime Minister Starmer’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Britain’s former Indian Ocean colony, Mauritius.

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday they are handing over its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian ...