British empire

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Tropical Modernism review – a complex story of power, freedom, craft… and cows
Modernist architecture’s arrival in India and colonial west Africa, and how, post-independence, a new generation of local architects made the style their own, is explored in an intriguing new exhibition

Rowan Moore

03, Mar, 2024 @11:00 AM

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Empireworld by Sathnam Sanghera review – the charge sheet against rule Britannia
In this ambitious sequel to Empireland, the journalist travels far and wide to examine the legacy of British imperialism, piecing together an important rebuttal of revisionist narratives

Colin Grant

04, Feb, 2024 @9:00 AM

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I took my children to the Caribbean to live free from British racism, and have never looked back | Zoe Smith
Life in Grenada, the island my grandparents once left to work in the UK, is safe and caring, says Zoe Smith

Zoe Smith

22, Jan, 2024 @11:35 AM

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Never mind returning the Parthenon marbles – Britain wants this lot back!
It’s all very well Greece wanting its rightful treasure – but the Brits have left some pretty good artefacts lying around the planet. Surely it’s time they came home?

Stephen Arnell

01, Dec, 2023 @1:53 PM

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British empire’s past emissions ‘double UK’s climate responsibility’
Data shows that including CO2 from countries once under colonial rule makes Britain one of world’s biggest historical emitters

Damian Carrington Environment editor

26, Nov, 2023 @7:00 PM

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King Charles asked for ‘unequivocal apology’ by Kenya’s rights commission
King urged to offer apology while in Kenya for UK’s ‘brutal and inhuman treatment’ during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s

Caroline Kimeu in Nairobi

31, Oct, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance review – a welcome if partial reckoning
Partly founded on slave money, the Fitzwilliam grapples with its past and present in an exhibition that spreads its net wide but fails to get down to the really painful details

Kadish Morris

24, Sep, 2023 @12:30 PM

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One Fine Day by Matthew Parker review – compelling portrait of the British empire on the brink of decline
Through the prism of a single September day in 1923, from Jamaica to London to a tiny Pacific island, Parker captures peak British imperialism in vivid detail

Christienna Fryar

24, Sep, 2023 @6:00 AM

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‘A huge human drama’: how the revolt that began on the Gladstone plantation led to emancipation
The Demerara Rebellion failed, but it was a step towards ending slavery in the British empire

Jonathan Smith and Paul Lashmar

19, Aug, 2023 @4:04 PM

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Liverpool Biennial 2023 review – horror and healing
At the 12th Liverpool Biennial, bold works from Isa do Rosário, Binta Diaw, Torkwase Dyson and more focus on colonialism and the slave trade. But the aim is to spiritually awaken rather than shock

Kadish Morris

16, Jul, 2023 @12:00 PM

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Windrush 75th anniversary: how a generation helped shape modern Britain
Ship that docked in Tilbury in 1948 with men, women and children onboard would become a byword for a generation

Pamela Duncan, Lucy Swan and Paul Scruton

23, Jun, 2023 @2:08 PM

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‘It’s a badge of honour’: Windrush grandchildren discuss its legacy
Four people related to those who sailed to UK in 1948 talk about its effect on their lives and the country

Tobi Thomas, Geneva Abdul and Elena Morresi

22, Jun, 2023 @1:23 PM

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