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

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

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 ...

The Founding of Australia 1788 was painted in 1937 by Algernon Talmage. It was commissioned for the sesquicentenary celebrations of 1938. The painting depicts the moment that Captain Arthur Phillip ...

Boris Johnson called Vladimir Putin a "f**king idiot" during a TV interview and said the Russian leader needs to understand ...

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 ...

Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, ...

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

In the British Empire, this was done using a lot of force and violence when local people did not cooperate with the merchants. who wanted to trade in Asia to get spices, cotton and indigo dye and ...

Washington may have to manufacture some reason explaining why secession is good for Greenland, but secession is awful when ...

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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 ...