His pessimism about Britain proved untrue — and its own kind of comforting fantasy

We must not capitulate to self-indulgent and hypocritical student outrage over Cambridge’s Seeley Library

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s many passions included a view of Empire that would today be regarded as racist

This magnificent one volume history details the tumultuous days of the Indian army in the jungles of Burma

There is a lesson here for those who prefer to sharpen their knives on the whetstone of grievance

Britain’s bleak record with the slave trade makes a horrible story, but it is one not helped by getting it wrong

Daniel Johnson says Spanish imperialism left a legacy defying simplistic analysis

One man’s crusade against the woke decolonisation of our patriotic anthems

Public memory of the war in Iraq fails to consider the human cost

Christopher Bray reviews History and Imperialism by Louis Althusser