Rajesh James' 'Slaves of the Empire' is visually intriguing and aesthetically provocative as it goes about documentarising, ...

Editorial: Now that Nigel Farage’s party has a foothold, the country will be able to judge them on what they do, not just on ...

The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.

In The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire, Amrita Shah investigates the voyages of one of Gandhi’s contemporaries: ...

Historian David Olusoga investigates how British slave owners fought for compensation as the government moved towards abolishing slavery within the Empire in 1832. He outlines how abolitionists ...

The round-ups of Jews went so easily that a key architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, remarked: "The transports run so ...

In day-to-day life, outside of The Last Night of the Proms and Trooping of the Colour, there is less chest-thumping and “God ...

History often paints simplified portraits of iconic figures, molding them into heroes or villains that fit convenient ...

The heroes of the Caribbean island of Barbados, including the rebel slave Bussa and Rihanna, have been celebrated at an event ...

Taking inspiration from Massachusetts, we should do more to celebrate our state's history, its founding principles and our ...

And without the contribution of Empire and Commonwealth countries, final victory against Germany and Japan might never have been possible ...

Brian Lavalette, property director for Scotland at Peel Waters and member of the James Watt Dock LLP board, said: "We can’t disclose any details just yet, however James Watt Dock LLP are in advanced ...