‘An obnoxious distortion of history’: Fury as Jenrick says former British colonies owe ‘debt of gratitude’
Exclusive: ‘Enslavement and colonialism were not ‘gifts’ but imposed systems that brutally exploited people, extracted wealth ...
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The end of the British Empire
This week King Charles III will preside over a summit of 55 nations associated with the fraying ends of the British empire. Hosted by Samoa, the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), a ...
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25 world flags and their hidden meanings
The British flag was adopted on Jan. 1 ... the German flag are reminiscent of the medieval banner of the Holy Roman Empire. The banner had a two-headed black eagle with red claws and beak on ...
The Upcoming28d
Hew Locke: What have we here? at the British Museum
Built in 1753 and opening its doors to the public four years later, the British Museum has seen the rise and fall of the ...
Empire26d
The Best British Gangster Movies
And so, with tracksuits on, geezer nicknames doled out, and knuckles dusted, Team Empire assembled a list of the very best British gangster movies ever made. From comedy classics, to bruising turn ...
PHOTOS: Fort Worth’s first ‘official’ Veterans Day was a party. That would soon change.
We dug deep in the Star-Telegram archives to find these photos of Veterans Day in Tarrant County from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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The Origins of the British Empire in Asia, 1600–1750
Global Food History, p. 1. This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural ...
Kemi Badenoch wins Conservative leadership contest, pitching party to the right after blowout UK election loss
And while Saturday’s result finally ends an extended period of limbo at the head of the party, it will do nothing to quiet a ...
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What happened to the British West Indies Regiment after World War One
There are flags, people waving ... Would this island be part of the British Empire at that point? Alan: Yes it was. Femi: And World War One finished on 11th of November 1918, so maybe these ...
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Empire's Children
Between 1869 and 1967, government-funded British charities sent nearly 100,000 British children to start new lives in the settler empire. This pioneering study tells the story of the rise and fall of ...
LEADERSHIP Newspaper27m
Wanteregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, OFR: A Leader For All Seasons Takes A Final Bow
Wanteregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo, Nigeria’s Stormy Petrel, is no more. For more than sixty years, Unongo dominated the Nigerian political stage. He was a groundbreaking catalyst for social progress, a ...
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African struggles for independence
It had been part of the British Empire since 1874 ... the Gold Coast became the independent country of Ghana. The new flag was designed by Theodosia Okoh with the Pan African colours of red ...