and India — where nearly all the countries share a history of being ruled by the British Empire as a territory or colony. While most of these commonwealth countries are independent from the ...

The sun will quite literally set on the British Empire for the first time in 200 years. The UK government confirmed yesterday ...

There was a time when, to use the old adage, the sun did not set on the British Empire. It certainly didn ... and 14 British Overseas Territories (BOTs) – each of them with an element of ...

Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...

Immigrants made efforts to fit into British society ... control of foreign territories so that trade and economic activity could prosper. How Britain gained an empire - religion and ideas ...

By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago.

The contribution of hundreds of mostly black servicemen had gone unrecognised until now. The artefact was acquired in 1923 by Pitt Rivers Museum - where it has never been displayed. Some of the ...