As an American living in Britain in the 1990s, my first exposure to Christmas pudding was something of a shock. I had ...

The author of the Horrible Histories series has admitted he hates the British Empire “with a passion ...

Great Britain, Germany ... Official portraits of Queen Mary and King George V in 1914. The British Empire was ruled by the Royal Family. It’s the same family that reigns today and the King ...

Britain’s economic prominence in the world went through great turmoil during the 20th ... been extraordinarily costly for Britain and her empire, and in 1945 the country was exhausted and ...

Terry Deary, the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, has launched a scathing attack on Britain's imperial past, ...

Christopher Lee is the originator and writer of the BBC Radio 4 This Sceptred Isle history trilogy, from the Romans to the death of Victoria, the 20th Century and now The Empire.

He examines a number of these sites around the British Empire, along with the governmental, military and commercial networks connecting them. Taking many shapes to capture the weather in different ...

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 of 1851 which had six million visitors ...

Finally, Conflict, Diaspora, and Empire assesses the impacts of Irish nationalism in metropolitan Britain ... various currents of Irish nationalism in Britain makes for a fascinating read. Gannon has ...

An Olympic champion warned the UK has an “inactivity crisis” as he picked up an honour from Buckingham Palace for his work ...