Hugh Cecil Lowther was a real English peer and sportsman during the period around which A Thousand Blows is set. He’s the ...

The Hong Kong Democratic Party, a leading opposition force dating back to the British colonial era, is set to disband, ...

The process of colonizing North America transpired quickly between 1492 and 1620 with an increasing number of settlers ...

I was on research leave from the University of Dhaka to do a postdoctoral stint at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. I ...

The BAFTA-winning historian and broadcaster serves as an executive producer and historical advisor on the new drama.

The Netherlands have officially signed a transfer agreement to give back their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. On Thursday, January 20, 119 artefacts from the Benin Bronze collection were signed over at a ...

Does your cruise stop in Nassau, Bahamas? Here what you need to know about how to get around, the best attractions to see and where to shop and dine.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the timber industry had replaced the fur trade as the economic engine of British ...

Although the Communists defeated Chiang in the Chinese Civil War, they adopted his expansionist blueprint. Both Chaing and Mao Zedong viewed the Han race as superior and China’s “lost territories” as ...

From the Second World War the dynamics of the vast overseas empire of the United Kingdom began to change, although certain ...