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What Makes British Art ‘British’?
In ‘The Invention of British Art’, Bendor Grosvenor explores how the ‘commissioning classes’ have long influenced the making ...
‘The Revolutionary Self’ Review: The Age of the Individual
During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...
The National14d
What was Scotland's role in the British Empire? Let's understand it
DEBATES over the legacy of the British Empire constantly simmer in public discourse, and this week, Scotland sparked an eruption. A new YouGov poll has revealed that Scots are more likely to see ...
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“To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire
To aid in navigation:” the political economy of cotton in the Portuguese Empire. In 1790, British envoy Robert Walpole asked Luís Pinto de Sousa Coutinho, the Portuguese Sec ...
New York Post26d
Empire State Building lights up in Eagles colors again — learning nothing from 2023 embarrassment
The Empire State Building was lit up in Eagles green on Sunday night shortly after Philadelphia punched their ticket to Super Bowl 2025 with a win over the Commanders. The iconic New York ...
CNN28d
British Museum partly closed after fired employee broke in and shut down IT systems
The museum, filled with treasures from around the world, is also facing growing pressure to return artifacts taken from other countries during the period of the British Empire – notably the ...
The Independent28d
Paying reparations will not teach Britain about the damage inflicted by empire
In 1969, when I came from India to study, I showed a professor a book I had detailing the harm the British had caused to India. I hoped this would stimulate a discussion about the empire.