The Truth About Empire: Real Stories of British Colonialism; By Alan Lester Hurst; 304 pp., 34.95 Pennycuick, a British Indian Army engineer, achieved deification for building the Mullaperiyar Dam ...

Sir Keir Starmer has defended the "great British institution" of the sandwich after Tory leader Kemi Badenoch said the lunchtime staple is not "real food". The controversy emerged following an ...

Scotland great Greig Laidlaw has picked his British and Irish Lions XV based on current form with just one England ... and Dan Sheehan in the front-row with Joe McCarthy and James Ryan the lock ...

We’re firm believers that British beer is some of the best beer in the world, which is why we decided it’s high time to take a look at the finest examples. But first, a quick look at recent ...

In 1924, the critic Gustave Geffroy recalled watching Claude Monet at work in London in 1900. Positioned by the Thames in early morning darkness, Monet peered through the fog, waiting for the ...

Doris Lessing was one of the most restless novelists of her generation. She toggled between realist bildungsromane, autofiction, postmodernist experimentation, and speculative fiction. Despite her ...

It has been another bad week for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government collapsed faster than Afghanistan’s had in August 2021. Syrian ...

They were removed by Lord Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire – still governing Greece in the early 19th century – between 1801 and 1805 and were subsequently shipped to Britain.

The author of celebrated children's book series Horrible Histories has revealed what he really thinks about the British Empire 30 years after the first book was released. Award-winning writer ...

The Great British Bake Off 2024 has come to a close (or The Great British Baking Show if you are in the US!), with our winner for the 15th season chosen and the famous white tent closed for another ...