As described in my last post, many of Britain's political institutions have a proud, centuries-old tradition. This is as impressive as it...

In my posts about football and how it reflects society (and also how it doesn't), I have sometimes talked about Britain and sometimes...

In this blogpost I spend quite some time on the history of the Empire, but considering the scope of the topic, my descriptions only just...

India's path to independence can be seen as a blueprint for the decolonisation of the Empire. Liberal policy led to an organised...

Without the complex interplay of liberal and imperial powers, the expansion of the British Empire would not have occurred. It is an irony...

The Opium Wars were absurd: the Chinese Empire, which had the largest population and arguably the largest economy at that time, were...

Many Brexiteers wish for the ‘good old days’ when free trade made Britain, and somehow all other countries, rich. In my previous posts I...

The colonisation of India is a good example of the mechanisms that drove the expansion of the Empire. As early as 1600, the East India...

I would like to begin my excursion into British history with the following observation: Prior to the 19th century, Britain would not have...