At its height in 1922, the British Empire was the largest the world had ever seen, covering around a quarter of Earth's land surface and ruling over 458 million people - that's a lot of influence. Dan ...

A short clip has been circulating on Instagram, often paired with gin labels and captions about empire and empire-building. It shows a stiff-backed British aristocrat aboard a yacht, briefly ...

A leading historian examines how the monarchy not only tolerated slavery but also administered it, profited from it and ...

In the annals of finest-hour mythmaking, there are two abiding articles of faith: first, that the United Kingdom bravely fought on “alone” after the fall of France, and second, that the New World ...

A D-Day veteran awarded a British Empire Medal has said Britain today is “disappointing” and warned the country risks repeating mistakes made before the Second World War. Mervyn Kersh, 101, from ...

Today, we’re tracing how Spain went from a newly unified kingdom to a globe-spanning empire - and why it all unraveled faster than anyone expected. From Columbus’s gamble across the Atlantic to the ...

The British pound spent much of 2025 rebounding before stalling into uncertainty, with Federal Reserve and Bank of England policy divergence driving volatility. Looking into 2026, sideways but mildly ...

With the end of British colonial rule in 1947, the Indian subcontinent was divided into two nations, majority-Hindu India and majority-Muslim Pakistan. But simmering secular tensions and a hastily ...

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A 13-year archeological excavation has shown that what was once believed a backwater town for the Roman Empire lasted far longer than originally believed. Interamna Lirenas was a thriving town well ...

Obsessed with a treasure city, conquistador Francisco Pizarro captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa. To spare his life, the emperor offered up the largest cache of gold the Spanish ever acquired in the ...