1838 was the second year of Queen Victoria’s reign. Looking at this single year, we can get a sense of the different experiences of life in the British Empire. In Jamaica, the abolition of ...

In the years leading up to the start of the Second World War, Britain’s empire extended to every continent on Earth. As such, British forces fought in every theatre of the conflict alongside troops ...

Kit Kowol’s first book, released at the end of 2024, achieves the rare feat of fundamentally revising our understanding of British politics and society during the Second World War.

The 1934 Games were originally awarded to Johannesburg however; the second British Empire Games eventually took place in London. The reason for this change was to avoid a political crisis over ...

The Attorney General has described “almost every element” of the British Empire as racist and revealed he fought to get reparations. Lord Hermer, speaking on a podcast for his former chambers ...