The British Empire

An Indian soldier keeps watch in a British trench, c1916

The British empire in 1923: the story of the imperial project’s territorial height

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One day in the British empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Battling the British empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrayal of the Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light Brigade Who blundered in the Valley of Death?

Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Black British history Slavery's painful legacy

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Empire: the big historical questions . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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First World War

Kavita Puri "Many south Asian diasporic families don’t know of their First World War links"

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Hannah Rose Woods Brit Nostalgia WL

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Has Britain always looked backwards? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Empire of blood . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A legacy of inequality: the economic impact of empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British author Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera Britain's Imperial Legacy: “It was painful to realise how my education had colonised me”

A photograph of the England team that faced Australia at the Oval in the 1896 Ashes series

Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game

Illustration representing various empires across history

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Have empires ever been a force for good?

Students study mathematics in Lahore in 1933

Revising the Raj