At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

HONG KONG, June 21 (Reuters) - Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is ...

The lobby of the British Colonial is brighter than in years past following a refresh. Photo Credit: Omar Perez The majestic staircase that greeted me at the British Colonial in downtown Nassau isn't ...

British colonials with a pet cheetah in Secunderabad, India, 1906. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images) In 2005, Britain’s then–Labour chancellor of the exchequer, Gordon Brown, chose the backdrop of ...

The King and Queen will acknowledge a "painful" period in British colonial history during the visit Chris Jackson/Getty King Charles and Queen Camilla will recognize a dark moment in British colonial ...

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LONDON — As swarms of tourists jostle for position beneath this towering statue, its hollow eyes reveal little about its painful past. The 7-foot-9-inch basalt figure was carved perhaps 800 years ago ...

The 146th anniversary of the Battle of Isandlwana, a pivotal moment in African and British colonial history, was commemorated last week with a re-enactment in KwaZulu-Natal. Participants, including ...

I am an 80-year-old Sudanese-American journalist who has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1980. I’m now finishing the first draft of a long memoir about my journey from a small Muslim village to the ...

British Colonial, an iconic Nassau hotel steeped in more than 100 years of local history, will reopen this winter, showcasing a highly anticipated redesign inclusive of its guest rooms, public spaces, ...