Beijing's Old Summer Palace burns as British soldiers seek retribution. They're seeking reward too — looting silks, vases, paintings … and something else. A dog. A dog that is destined to swap this ...

The RSC play 'Falkland Sound' tells the islanders' story as they found themselves at the centre of world attention and deals sensitively with notions of jingoism and nationalism Joane Howarth as ...

This is the report delivered by Tom Scripps, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), to the 2023 International May Day Online Rally. To ...

A British colonial official arrives at Simla, the summer capital of the Raj. (Getty Images) This week’s election in Israel was just the first of several major votes across the globe in 2019 that ...

In this ambitious sequel to Empireland, the journalist travels far and wide to examine the legacy of British imperialism, piecing together an important rebuttal of revisionist narratives In 1891, as ...

Doubtless kindness lay behind Penguin’s absence of response to The Critic’s repeated requests for a review copy for me of this book. My request also failed, but I have gone out and bought a copy, and ...

In the 20th and 21st centuries, thirteen conflicts and wars have occurred between Israel and its neighbours. There have been three wars between close allies of Israel and neighbouring Arab countries.

Through the prism of a single September day in 1923, from Jamaica to London to a tiny Pacific island, Parker captures peak British imperialism in vivid detail On 29 September 1923, the British empire ...

This article contains mild spoilers for the first five episodes of Around The World in 80 Days. While Jules Vernes’ classic novel Around The World In 80 Days has long been celebrated for its depiction ...