From Indian colonisation to the opium trade, an empire of avarice and brutality was powered by the East India Company.

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen has a ...

After Carl Carby arrived in England from Jamaica, in 1943, he wore starched shirts, polished dress shoes, and neatly knotted ties. He was from the colonies, but his mannerisms evinced a restrained, ...

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The genealogy of the term British reveals a fragile and contested historical identity – something Brexit has thrown into stark relief. In the 17th century, being British only had meaning as a colonial ...

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Actress and broadcaster Jameela Jamil sparked intense public backlash across social media after branding the British Empire the most 'evil' force in human history and comparing the nation to Marvel ...