Empire

Charles Townshend has read hundreds of 'witness statements' from the men and women who took part in the Easter Rising, made available to the public in 2003 after decades in a government vault.

Anthony Fletcher uses the papers of his artistic great-aunt, who, as a young nationalist, wrote an eyewitness account of the Easter Rising, to explore her youthful patriotism and vigorous activism.

What was the British empire’s contribution to the victory in the Second World War? What was the impact of war upon the empire?  A.J. Stockwell explores the interlocking questions of the costs of war and empire.

Phil Chapple examines a titanic and controversial figure in modern Irish history.

The organisation which would become the political arm of the Irish Republican Army was founded as a nationalist pressure group on November 28th, 1905.

David Livingstone reached the Victoria Falls on November 17th, 1855.

Robert Carr assesses the nature of British rule in India during a key, transitional phase.

Simon Lemieux shows how a synoptic approach enables us to appreciate the true nature of the Irish Question.

Robert Johnson puts the decline of a once-great Empire into an international context.

John MacKenzie suggests that imperial rule and the possession of empire were an essential component of British identity, life and culture for over 200 years from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries.