In 2024, they made up about 14% of Canada’s active Armed Forces, even though they represent less than 1% of the country’s ...

As we look through the lens of history, the quest for independence has shaped the global landscape. Many nations have emerged from the shadows of colonial rule, particularly from the British Empire.

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

1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of America its independence. The so-called "Second Spanish Period" lures ...

India’s Hidden Empire in the Gulf From Aden to Kuwait, more than one-third of the Arabian Peninsula fell under British India’s care in the early 1900s. Bahrain, Kuwait and the Trucial States answered ...

Jeffrey Sachs comments on how closely 21st-century U.S. policy towards the Russian Federation mirrors how the 19th-century British Empire approached the Russian Empire. "We make up stories about ...

Hannay and Arbuthnot went undercover into the Ottoman Empire to thwart German plans (the Ottomans were allied to the Central Powers) to foment rebellion in Muslim lands against their British ...

These are some of the hard questions that British academic, social scientist and theologian Martyn Percy raises in his book “The Crisis of Colonial Anglicanism … Empire, Slavery and Revolt in the ...

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.