A memorial to the Royal Navy’s West Africa Squadron, which disrupted the Atlantic slave trade for...
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From Ararat to Albion: The Interwoven Histories of Britain and...
At the end of the First World War Britain was briefly and unsuccessfully engaged in the defence of...
Truth be Told. The Truth About Empire Assessed
The Truth About Empire, a collection of essays edited by Alan Lester, promises ‘real histories of...
A Case for Slavery Reparations? Perhaps Not
The case for reparations to be paid for transatlantic slavery is subjected to legal scrutiny and...
Towards a revised School History Curriculum
The new Labour government has announced a review of the school curriculum, established a committee...
Labour must not leave our children ignorant about Britain’s past...
Robert Tombs explains the background to the new government’s curriculum review and sets out his...
Part 2: A Review of Kwame Nkrumah: Visions of Liberation
We print below the critical review by Vishnu Raghavan of a recent biography of the Ghanaian leader...
Part1: The Story of Vishnu Raghavan, and his review of Kwame...
We print below the critical review by Vishnu Raghavan of a recent biography of the Ghanaian leader...
The Great Surveys of India
In another of his articles on the cultural and scientific contributions of the British in India...
The Home Office and Distortions of History
The Home Office has been teaching compulsory courses in British History to its civil servants...
