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

Here’s What You Need to Know: No empire wins every fight, not even the vaunted British. For centuries, the sun never set on the British Empire. But eclipses there were, and... Here’s What You ...

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 ...

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

Kevin Osei, founder of Bridging Barriers, has been awarded a British Empire Medal for empowering more than 2,000 underrepresented young people ...

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

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

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

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 ...

English actress Kate Elizabeth Winslet is best known for playing strong, complex female characters in independent films and historical dramas. Her iconic role in James Cameron's epic romance Titanic ...

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 ...