In 1952, British troops were fighting independence movements in Egypt and Kenya. They would go on to lose both, and many others. By 1979, the British empire was reduced to a few pockets around the ...

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.

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 ...