After losing the 13 colonies Britain did not want its empire to shrink again ... and the region had suffered from famine before British rule, but British policies often made the situation worse.

Some initially criticized Elkins’ findings as exaggerated, but they were vindicated years later after Kenyan torture ... A History of the British Empire.” I spoke to Elkins last week about ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War ... required firm instruction before they could be awarded their liberties.) Indeed, the main reason that the British Empire ...

Twelve days before Malaya’s independence, in 1957, British soldiers ... opened in Bristol after more than a decade of planning. In a slant rhyme to the end of empire, it closed its doors six ...

Decades after the end of the British Empire, which lasted from the 17th ... Last month, however, King Charles, who, like his mother before him, also heads the so-called Commonwealth, which ...

Throughout its history, the British Empire has taken countless artifacts ... The British then took the Rosetta Stone after they defeated the French in 1815. The Rosetta Stone has been another ...