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The British empire in 1923: the story of the imperial project’s territorial height
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One day in the British empire
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Who blundered in the Valley of Death?
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Slavery's painful legacy
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Empire: the big historical questions
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Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China
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Kavita Puri
"Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links"
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Empire of blood
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A legacy of inequality: the economic impact of empire
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Sathnam Sanghera
Britain's Imperial Legacy: “It was painful to realise how my education had colonised me”
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Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game
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Have empires ever been a force for good?
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Revising the Raj
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