Island unifier

Exhibition of the week Hawai‘i: a kingdom crossing ...

Ties between Britain and Hawai‘i ran deep, so much that the Union Jack was included in the Pacific country’s new flag and its coat of arms was designed in London, as a British Museum exhibition highlights

Samurai rose to be global emblems of honour and courage, but their story doesn’t always match the myths they told about themselves, as a British Museum exhibition shows

This moment is surely imbued with the most global symbolism. It was when, according to the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas, adventurers sailed across the north Atlantic from settlements on the west coast of

How KING CHARLES is a monarch on a mission…

Imaobong D. Umoren Empire Without EndA new history of Britain and theCaribbean528pp. Vintage. £25. At the height of the British Empire, the idea that we needed to study the history of Britain’s coloni