How British rule crippled the Indian economy for 190 years
An Oxfam report has revived the debate about whether British colonial rule helped or harmed India. Here are two empirical ...
The two ex-British colonies that now use dollars instead of pounds
The Pound was the dominant international currency up until the 1940s but changes to the financial system and new trading ...
Daily Mail8d
The sun still hasn't set on the British Empire: Only a fifth of voters say UK's colonial past is a source of shame - and one-in-five want it back
Only a fifth of voters believe the British Empire is something modern Britain should be ashamed of, a new poll suggests. A third of adults (33 per cent) believe that the UK's colonial period in ...
The Nassau Guardian5h
Tourism minister, British Colonial win Carib Journal awards
For the first time in the history of travel media company Carib Journal’s Caribbean Travel Awards, a Bahamas minister of ...
Scots think their country was a victim of the British Empire, poll finds
Only a minority accept that Scotland partnered England to derive its historical wealth from slavery and colonies ...
Trump Shares the Founders’ Delusions on Canada
Trump’s misguided belief that inside of every Canadian there is an American waiting to get out is a misconception that is ...
Princeton University13d
Fung Public Seminar Series: An Ottoman Perspective on British Colonialism: Abdülhak Hamit Tarhan's Indian Plays
Fung Global Fellow, Sezen Ünlüönen, will present her research on how Ottoman literary sources depicted British colonies and British colonialism in the nineteenth century focusing on Abdülhak Hamit ...
The Independent23d
Coldplay’s Chris Martin thanks Indian fans for forgiving British colonialism at Mumbai concert
Band frontman Martin, 47, expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome of fans, despite the British colonial rule in India in the past. “This is our fourth visit to India, and the second time to ...
Daily Express11d
The two ex-British colonies that now use dollars instead of pounds
Two ex-British colonies ditched the Pound Sterling as their currency for one simple reason. The Pound had been the dominant international currency up until the 1940s but changes to the financial ...