Let’s keep the Empire in our Honours – they don’t need modernising
Once again the idea that there is something disgraceful in the existence of a Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is ...
Kemi Badenoch would likely be 'deeply sceptical' of dropping 'empire' from British honours
Buckingham Palace is said to be considering allowing those recognised with an OBE the option of receiving an Order of British ...
Daily Mail22d
Where are the British Empire's lost treasures? How some of the UK's most valuable items including royal gem stones and Spanish loot have eluded experts for centuries
The Jewels of the Order of St Patrick, were given the lord lieutenant of Ireland by King William IV in 1831, at a time when the country was still under British rule. They were said to be formed ...
BBC11mon
The British Victorians who became Muslims
At the height of the Empire, a select band of British people renounced Christianity ... Ottoman Sultan Abdul Aziz (centre) with the Order of the Garter Despite the official recognition, many ...
CounterPunch15d
The Erasure of Palestine: Colonialism and a Century of Struggle
The early leaders of Zionist thought and action understood this, the colonial nature of Zionism. They had known that if it ...
heraldscotland21d
Reparations? The world owes plenty to the British Empire
Nevertheless the United Nations is the nearest that we have to a world order based on the rule of law, in succession to the British Empire. These are at least some of the factors to be considered ...
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Hew Locke: What have we here? at the British Museum
Built in 1753 and opening its doors to the public four years later, the British Museum has seen the rise and fall of the ...
Badenoch would likely be 'deeply sceptical' of dropping 'empire' from British honours
The new leader of the Conservative Party Kemi Badenoch would likely be "deeply sceptical" of dropping the word "empire" from ...