Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850,” on view through June 21, highlights artists from India, Britain, and China ...

Fifty years on from her death, and as a new screen adaptation of Seven Dials lands on Netflix, we delve into the life and ...

A short clip has been circulating on Instagram, often paired with gin labels and captions about empire and empire-building. It shows a stiff-backed British aristocrat aboard a yacht, briefly ...

The Great Exhibition of the Works and Industry of All Nations, to give its full name, was a symbol of modernity, progress and dominion, displaying more than 100,000 objects, artefacts and products ...

The curator of the first display on black British children's literature said it was exciting "seeing children staring at pictures who look like themselves". A new touring version of the exhibition on ...

Idris Elba is receiving a knighthood for his charity "services to young people." Cynthia Erivo is being made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for her services to music and drama. Other ...

The British pound spent much of 2025 rebounding before stalling into uncertainty, with Federal Reserve and Bank of England policy divergence driving volatility. Looking into 2026, sideways but mildly ...

At its height in 1922, the British Empire was the largest the world had ever seen, covering around a quarter of Earth's land surface and ruling over 458 million people - that's a lot of influence. Dan ...

Mervyn Kersh, 101, from Cockfosters, north London, is being honoured for his school talks on Holocaust remembrance and his wartime service. D-Day veteran and Ambassador for the British Normandy ...

Amy and Ryan Jackson, co-founders of the Lily Mae Foundation, have each been awarded a British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours list A couple who founded a charity to support parents who have lost ...

A couple who founded a charity to support parents who have lost babies through stillbirth, miscarriage or neonatal death have been recognised in the New Year Honours list. Amy and Ryan Jackson started ...

The 70-metre-long cloth about the Norman invasion has not been seen in England since it was created in 11th century The Bayeux tapestry will be insured for an estimated £800m when it returns to the UK ...