HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) - Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is ...

PROFESSOR SEELEY has pointed out, in his work on The Expansion of England, the prevailing tendency to look upon those conditions which we observe around us as having always existed, and to consider ...

The British monarchy is entering a new era with the coronation of King Charles III. The king has pledged to be a transformational head of state, helping to bring the institution into the 21st century.

Reviewed by Michael J Boyle Key Takeaways Mercantilism increased a country's wealth by boosting exports.Colonies experienced high inflation and heavy taxation under mercantilism.Mercantilism led to ...

The British Museum has a “terrible colonial past”, according to Dame Tracey Emin. The artist, who is one of the museum’s ...

The U.K. on Thursday finally agreed to pay compensation to thousands of victims of horrific torture during the British colonial rule in Kenya in the 1950s. Nearly 50 years after Kenya became ...

India’s decision to fly its flag at half-mast for Queen Elizabeth, someone who was also a colonial ruler until her last breath, is antithetical to the country’s post-1947 identity. Britain’s Queen ...

British soldiers with objects looted from the royal palace during the military expedition to Benin City in 1897 (via Wikimedia Commons) Melancholy, Paul Gilroy once argued, is a common reaction to ...

British colonial rule in Nigeria lasted for decades, shaping the country’s political, economic, and social structures. Today, several places across Nigeria still bear the marks of this era, from ...

The Palm Beach Architectural Commission said the house was a finely detailed example of the British Colonial style. The unanimous vote to approve the design was notable because commissioners were ...