The Latest Breaking News from The British Empire

SCHOOLS will be forced to teach pupils to love the UK and that the British Empire did “more good for the world than it did bad” if Reform UK’s…

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: - 19th century Opium Wars - In the mid-19th century, two conflicts over the opium trade, which became known as the Opium Wars, pitted China…

Ahead of next week’s Commonwealth heads of government summit in Samoa, a major report recommends a complete overhaul of the organisation with historic links to the British Empire

SOMETIMES it’s easy to forget that Scotland really is a part of Great Britain – especially when you surround yourself with people who bear no…

Starmer is in Washington for this year’s Nato summit with Biden keen to back him over changing Brexit

Sathnam Sanghera wants to play a game with you. He’s visiting a school where the boys wear “spotless white shirts” and “dark-blue blazers”, there’s a Latin motto, an official crest, a house system, and a stirring school song that contains the lyrics “always play the game!” Is he somewhere in…

They used to say the sun never set on the British Empire because God wouldn’t trust an Englishman in the dark. And when darkness fell on the empire after the Second World War, that was proven unsettlingly true. While politicians in the post-war period spoke of a “wind of change”…

The comedian on unpicking the myths around Empire, the issue of reparations, and running against Nigel Farage as the Pub Landlord

The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire