Salman Rushdie: Children must be taught about the British Empire

Children need to be taught about the British Empire to understand its significance in shaping modern Britain, Sir Salman ...
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Failing to teach history of British Empire in schools means children do not understand role in shaping UK, claims Salman Rushdie

Failing to teach the history of the Empire in schools means that children do not understand its significance in shaping ...
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The truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools

William Dalrymple says that children ‘don’t learn’ about the British Empire at school. It is an ‘elephant in the ...

Scots are finally waking up to their central role in the British Empire

The King was made to endure a strange performance at the opening of the new session of the Scottish Parliament. Young actors ...
The New Criterion

Rewriting the history of the British Empire

In the new film of Jane Austen’s novel Mansfield Park, the writer and director Patricia Rozema includes an early scene that is not in the book. As Fanny Price departs from her family in Portsmouth to ...
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‘A Thirst for Empire’

A UCSB scholar traces tea’s journey across the globe as a commodity and a tool of the British Empire If you were to take a map of the Earth and trace the rise of tea industry and culture, and then ...