The formation of the United States of the Ionian Islands under British rule in Greece is a little known period of the country ...

The British Empire began in the late 1500s under Queen Elizabeth I. By 1913 the empire had grown to rule over 400 million people, making it the largest empire in history. British government and ...

JANUARY 27, 1925 from the page of The Hindu ...

Charles Byrne, born in 1762, standing at approximately 7 feet, 5 inches tall was hailed as the tallest man in the world. He ...

Young Heffernan’s beige complexion, curly hair, and long eyelashes symbolize the social perplexity of the British Empire come home to roost. He resembles young Dean Stockwell in The Boy with ...

An emergency laparotomy nurse specialist at Paisley's Royal Alexandria Hospital has been honoured in the New Year Honours List.

The wealth the British extracted from India 'would be enough to carpet the surface area of London in British pound 50 notes ...

Stephen Fry has been knighted in the U.K.’s annual New Year Honors list, while Carey Mulligan and Sarah Lancashire have been named commanders of the British Empire. Each year, the reigning ...

Dame Joan Plowright, the esteemed British actress whose career spanned over seven decades, passed away peacefully on January ...

It is of little wonder that England’s queens were reluctant to own the world’s most famous and expensive diamond. The story of the Koh I Noor diamond, which sits in ...