The world’s single largest online collection of historical maps launched earlier this week at Old Maps Online.By the end of the year, the site aims to have 60,000 maps available for public access.

Award-winning spoken word artist George the Poet has revealed that he turned down an MBE because of the “pure evil” of the British Empire. “The gesture is deeply appreciated, the wording is ...

Learn about British history, including what the British Empire was and when it ended in this Bitesize KS3 history guide.

The toy, which doubles as an ad for the encyclopedia, takes the old saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” and represents it physically, through the medium of a spinning wheel.

London has been described as a city built on the spoils of empire, prompting visitors, at least over a damp weekend in March, to wonder why more of these spoils weren’t spent on proper indoor heating.

As the old saying goes, “We are here because you were there.” Two new books consider the “here” and “there”. “One Fine Day” is a sprawling account of the British Empire by Matthew ...