There is a state in India which was never ruled by the British. That state was ruled by the Portuguese for about 450 years.

Sometimes called the conscience of a generation, Orwell is best known for two novels: Animal Farm and 1984. Both books, ...

Born into wealth and privilege, Ghislaine Maxwell’s life took a dramatic turn following her father’s death and her ...

The idea of the benevolent British Empire is pure myth. From ruthlessly crushing rebellion, to abetting the murders of indigenous peoples, to allowing its colonial subjects to starve, the history of ...

The present war has brought all this to a climax. Hamas demonstrated, once and for all, that its whole purpose was the ...

Meghan and Harry shocked the world when they announced they would step back as members of the British royal family.

Siddiq Mahmood 'Sidney' Malik, a descendant of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, tells MEE he faced a storm of Islamophobia during ...

Fri, Aug 1, 2025 Many of us are intrigued by our ancestry and are eager to unearth potential links to famous figures, ...

There are plenty of other celebrations and commemorations throughout the British-colonised Caribbean. In recent years, Emancipation Day has increasingly become a rallying point in the movement for ...

Sultana Begum, the great-granddaughter-in-law of India’s last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, lives in poverty in Howrah, ...

Mr Patterson reminds us in his August 1 message that, “Emancipation did not come easily. It certainly was not a favour or a ...

ANDREW Abel has been recognised as the first PNG surfer to be inducted into the Commander of the Order of the British Empire.