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'Good or bad, it’s Hong Kong history' says British colonial museum founder

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bryan Ong has made it his mission to preserve items that tell the story of Hong Kong's British colonial past even as Beijing increasingly shapes life in the city that is firmly ...
The Atlantic

Growth of the British Colonial Conception

PROFESSOR SEELEY has pointed out, in his work on The Expansion of England, the prevailing tendency to look upon those conditions which we observe around us as having always existed, and to consider ...
Travel Weekly

The British Colonial steps into the future -- with one foot firmly in its past

The lobby of the British Colonial is brighter than in years past following a refresh. Photo Credit: Omar Perez The majestic staircase that greeted me at the British Colonial in downtown Nassau isn't ...
Democracy Now

“Farewell to British Colonial Rule”: Barbados Breaks from the Queen as Calls Grow for Reparations

Barbados has become the world’s newest republic, breaking ties with Queen Elizabeth 55 years after it became an independent nation, saying it was time for Barbados to break from its colonial past. The ...
The Conversation

Israel: unpopular judicial reform involves repeal of law set up under British colonial rule in Palestine – here’s what that tells us

Anne Irfan receives funding from the British Academy to research the origins of international refugee and mobility policies. Israel’s parliament has voted to significantly shrink the power of the ...
The Atlantic

Who Benefits When Western Museums Return Looted Art?

The world’s most famous collection of African art arrived in Britain after a spectacular act of colonial violence. In February 1897, an expeditionary force of 1,200 British soldiers and African ...