The British Empire began in the 1500s, under Elizabeth I’s rule. The empire grew to rule over 400 million people, having a significant impact on people in Britain and the colonies. British ...

How did Britain's naval strength, coupled with the beginnings of the industrial revolution, lead to the establishment of a strong global empire ... helped redraw the map of the world.

Flags signaled other units in battle, but were also a tangible manifestation of the beliefs and spirit of a group of people. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. Men in ...

Around 1750, the British mainland American colonies had a population of approximately 1.5 million. In addition to settlers from Great Britain, a steady stream of German immigrants began to arrive ...

A stunning and informative graphic from the National Post. Why are we doing this? How can we possibly afford it? Over to you, Bill Kauffman. This is a good place to commend to you my TAC colleague ...

Between 1869 and 1967, government-funded British charities sent nearly 100,000 British children to start new lives in the settler empire. This pioneering study tells the story of the rise and fall of ...

Little orange flags have sprouted along the sidewalks ... the cable capital of the British Empire. Today the new 2.4-terabit Atlantic cable passes invisibly from a tranquil bay to a trench beneath ...

Global Food History, p. 1. This is an important, revisionist account of the origins of the British Empire in Asia in the early modern period. David Veevers uncovers a hidden world of transcultural ...

The word “empire” may be dropped British honours as part of reforms reportedly being considered by royal officials. Under the ...

Students tell us what they have learned from the platonic, familial and romantic relationships in their lives. By The Learning Network How do you feel about automated vehicles? What effects do ...

The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around the world during the institute’s formative years in the 19th and early ...

And so, with tracksuits on, geezer nicknames doled out, and knuckles dusted, Team Empire assembled a list of the very best British gangster movies ever made. From comedy classics, to bruising turn ...