The transfer of Britain’s “last African colony” to Mauritius has sparked deep opposition, mistrust, and disappointment from multiple quarters. The dispute over the Chagos Archipelago remains a potent ...

Children should stop being taught about the “greatness of the British Empire” as part of the Government’s curriculum shake-up, Bridget Phillipson has been told.

This move aligns with India’s broader efforts to decolonize its military, following past changes like renaming Rajpath to Kartavya Path, modifying military ceremonies, and restructuring regiments.

1815–1914 (1976), is the distillation of a lifetime’s learning and teaching about the British Empire. The earlier work, Ronald Hyam explains, was a kind of ‘user’s handbook’. The present study, based ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...

Britain had to come to terms with no longer being the world’s economic superpower and the loss of its Empire, with decolonization and migration reshaping British politics, society and culture. Britain ...

Heather is a third year PhD candidate working under the supervision of Dr. Amitava Chowdhury. Her research interests include the British Empire and Commonwealth in the 20th century, decolonization, ...

The Battle of Rorke’s Drift. Britain’s history of colonialism in Africa is not currently on the national curriculum ...

M. Gessen is an Opinion columnist for The Times. They won a George Polk Award for opinion writing in 2024. They are the ...