As someone who grew up in the last days of the British Empire, I am often asked how it was that so few people controlled so much of the world for so long? The answer is that technology underpinned the ...

The British Empire was the largest empire in history. At its height in 1922, it covered around a quarter of Earth's land surface and ruled over 458 million people. Established by England in the late ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. “The sun never sets on the British empire.” Variations on the ...

An empire is a single state that contains a variety ... as it became after the Anglo-Scottish Union of 1707, the British — one.

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 ...

The wealth the British extracted from India 'would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British pound 50 notes almost four times over,' said the report The richest 10 per cent of the ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

WIDESPREAD interest throughout the British Empire and elsewhere was aroused by the Imperial Conference, attended by statesmen and representatives from the constituent parts of the Empire ...

Top Irish author Des Ekin says delving into past atrocities of the British Empire for his new book led to him experiencing nightmares. The former Sunday World journalist and Book of the Decade ...

The Truth About Empire: Real Stories of British Colonialism; By Alan Lester Hurst; 304 pp., 34.95 Pennycuick, a British Indian Army engineer, achieved deification for building the Mullaperiyar Dam ...

During the nearly two-century-long rule over India between 1757 and 1947, the British Empire exploited the country's resources, wealth, and people. The impact of colonial rule is felt to this day.