When India became independent on 15 August 1947, the map it inherited was not a finished document. It was a patchwork of ...

He pointed to the 2008 HBO miniseries " John Adams ," about the Founding Father and second U.S. president; the filmmakers ...

At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’.

When two British historians, Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, began the show, neither anticipated it would become the top ...

The proscription of Palestine Action brought a different consequence of these laws into focus: Their use against protest in ...

Newly uncovered documents reveal the story of David Maltbie, who relayed intelligence to the patriots in 1776, narrowly ...

There’s always been the argument that India gained much from the British Raj — democracy, the railways and the English ...

Analysis - In Lagos in the 1910s and 1920s a new market of readers was emerging who wanted to express themselves in their own ...

Ruby Quayle, pictured with her teacher of seven years, Emma Lewis "Delighted" A-level students across the Isle of Man have been collecting their results, with one school achieving the highest grades ...

Jemima Lines has hailed a "pivotal moment" in her sport after she became the first woman to be selected for the British America's Cup team in 90 years.

English will join Te Reo Māori and sign language as an official language of New Zealand, after the English Language Bill passed its third and final reading at Parliament. The bill, in the name of ...