The statue of Robert Clive outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in central London depicts him with an imperious gaze, his hand gripping the hilt of a sheathed sword. But despite ...

Former UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, whose parents are of Indian origin, has sparked controversy by saying that countries once colonised by Britain should "pay the British back" instead of ...

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ruled a quarter of the earth’s landmass, has seen its overseas empire reduced ...

The death of Queen Elizabeth is a moment for some countries to decide if they really want a King Charles. There is, of course, a Commonwealth of Nations, countries attached to the United Kingdom, in ...

Britain once built a government advertising agency for empire, and modernist artists helped market colonial rule.

IN 1825, English artist George Chinnery left Calcutta for Macau, chased away by his disgruntled wife Marianne and his creditors. He’d been based in India for the past 23 years, having previously lived ...