But centuries of conflict would forge the power at the heart of the largest empire ... all of British history, from the Neolithic to the present day, with this easy-to-use interactive timeline.

Why Does Everyone Hate the British Empire? is Murray's third Sky documentary series on British history, and the comedian tells Yahoo UK that it was important the show did more than just have ...

SHAPIRO: How does the range of reactions that we've seen to her death reflect the queen's place in the history of the British Empire and the nations that it colonized? SMITH: I think it reflects ...

In 1838, the British parliament under Queen Victoria had abolished slavery throughout the Empire — a reversal of its history of enslaving and trading people, particularly during the ...

Despite hiding in plain sight, Britain is scarily good at sweeping its dark history under the rug. In tracing how the legacy of British colonialism and empire has shaped modern society ...

John M MacKenzie's A Cultural History of the British Empire shows how the Caribbean turned cricket into a means of resistance There is a clip on YouTube from a 1982 BBC documentary in which the ...

and you can see the 19th Century Victorian British influence. While there is consensus that the Union and its child, the Empire, has been by far the most important single factor in the last three ...