Queen Elizabeth II’s Death Is a Chance to Examine the Present-Day Effects of Britain’s Colonial Past

Some see Queen Elizabeth II's death as an opportunity to acknowledge the struggles of those who were affected by British ...
Foreign Affairs

Economic Planning in the British Colonies

UNTIL the decade before the last world war, British policy in the colonies had aimed chiefly at the establishment of order, the extension of the rule of law, the control of abuses, the creation of ...

The British Empire was a millstone around our neck, not an asset

The rotting Old Republican Palace in Khartoum, first erected in the 1830s and rebuilt by the British in 1899 after the Battle ...
Foreign Affairs

Britain’s Colonies in the War

Article link: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-kingdom/1941-04-01/britains-colonies-warhttps://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-kingdom/1941-04-01 ...
Yahoo

How the Christmas pudding, with ingredients taken from the colonies, became an iconic British food

The Christmas pudding, a legacy of the British Empire, is enjoyed around the world -- including in former British colonies. esp_imaging/iStock via Getty Images Plus As an American living in Britain in ...
The New York Times

How British Colonies in the Far East Are Governed.

Written for THE NEW YORK TIMES By A Crown Colony Servant For Twenty Years. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version ...
MSNBC

What the queen's death means to Britain's former colonies

My mother, now a New Yorker, grew up speaking the Queen’s English. Her father was an Anglophile who excelled as a lawyer in a British legal system. He dressed in tweed jackets, drank tea with milk and ...
PBS

Map: The British Colonies

From 1619 on, not long after the first settlement, the need for colonial labor was bolstered by the importation of African captives. At first, like their poor English counterparts, the Africans were ...
Travel Weekly

The British Colonial steps into the future -- with one foot firmly in its past

The lobby of the British Colonial is brighter than in years past following a refresh. Photo Credit: Omar Perez The majestic staircase that greeted me at the British Colonial in downtown Nassau isn't ...