British democracy has survived all sorts of things: the unraveling of the British Empire, independence movements in Ireland and Scotland, Prime Minister’s Questions. But never before has it ...

CNN’s Peter Bergen interviews Harvard University historian Caroline Elkins about the legacy of the British Empire and the future of countries in the Commonwealth, where the British monarch ...

In the pre-war airliner sector, the Short Empire could still lay claim to being one of the most comfortable, luxurious, fastest, and downright fabulous ways to fly.A quad-engined flying boat that ...

Stephen Miller to FOX News host Jesse Watters on the hatred for Queen Elizabeth: "The British Empire has been such a benevolent force for good in the world. Its unraveling was a historic tragedy ...

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire, by Caroline Elkins, Knopf, 896 pages, $37.50. Histories of imperialism, especially the European imperialism of the 19th and 20th centuries ...

The British Empire covered 24% of the Earth's land mass by 1920. Harvard historian Caroline Elkins says British rulers portrayed themselves as benevolent, but used systematic violence to maintain ...

Award-winning writer Terry Deary has admitted he 'loathes' the British Empire 'with a passion' as he noted there was 'nothing brave or courageous' about how it was won.

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday they are handing over its control of the Chagos Islands in the Indian ...

The British Empire Exhibition transformed Wembley but none of the buildings created for it still stand today All images subject to copyright Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and ...