Though the British Empire officially dissolved decades ago, its legacy is still woven into the fabric of many nations across the globe. From language and law to education systems and infrastructure, ...

In the South Pacific, where white-British colonies, including Australia, became colonisers themselves, colonial wrongs remain ...

Numerous nations that were once colonies under British rule are demanding the return of a $400 million diamond “taken” by Queen Victoria nearly 200 hundred years ago, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The British left their last colonial outpost in Yemen in 1965. As recently as 2020, countries continued to gain independence, with Barbados formally rejecting the queen as head of state and ...

The coronation of King Charles III will be seen by some as a statement that the U.K.’s connection to its past is one of unity and strength. It will remind others, however, of a history of sub… ...

The recently deceased Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Charles Mitchell, entered the Colonial Service in 1868, after having served in the Royal Marines; as Colonial Secretary of British ...

The British Colonial Governor, as a type of the more elevated expatriated officials, is the most miserable of beings. If he has strong will and straightforward purpose, he may make for himself ...

Jamaican school children greet Queen Elizabeth II at the National Heroes Monument in Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 14, 1983, during the second day of the queen's visit to the former British colony.

Map: The British Colonies By the early 1600s, England was eager to gain a colonial foothold on the North American continent. The first enduring settlement was founded at Jamestown in Virginia in 1607.

We have seen how the sentiment in regard to colonization has passed through two distinct phases in England, and is now in a third. The first phase was that of the old colonial system ; the second ...

Professor Robert Paulett talked about Caribbean sugar and its role in the development of Britain's Atlantic colonies, especially in regards to ideas of race and slavery in the 1600s. He focuses on ...