The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

When the colonies became a drain on British resources, Britain grew weary of the struggle to maintain empire and withdrew. How Britain lost an empire - geographical summary World War Two and the ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

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 ...

Is there a case for reparations? Oxfam’s huge estimate of the money drained from India by Britain’s colonial rule does not ...