famines and the use of concentration camps by the British Empire. Armed Afrikaners on the veldt near Ladysmith during the second Boer War, circa 1900 (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) During the ...

The sun is setting — literally, this time — on the British Empire. That’s the upshot of Prime Minister Starmer’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Britain’s former Indian Ocean colony, Mauritius.

The year 2024 offers an excellent opportunity to commemorate some memorable centenaries. A few spring to mind, like Malta’s participation in the grand British Empire Exhibition, held in Wembley ...