British Empire14 Feb 2025New exhibition explores stories of emigrationThe display includes letters from the early American colonist John Winthrop, organisers says.14 Feb 2025Suffolk22 Jan 2025South Africa's WW1 servicemen finally honoured at new memorialThe contribution of hundreds of mostly black servicemen had gone unrecognised until now.22 Jan 2025Africa4 Nov 2024Sunhat 'violently taken' by colonisers returnedThe artefact was acquired in 1923 by Pitt Rivers Museum - where it has never been displayed.4 Nov 2024Oxford1 May 2024Ghana celebrates as looted artefacts put on displaySome of the royal artefacts were stolen by British colonisers during the 19th Century Anglo-Ashanti war.1 May 2024Africa28 Apr 2024The forgotten 'family party' of the British EmpireButter sculptures of British royalty and a working coalmine were on display but what was it all for?28 Apr 2024London24 Jan 2024UK to loan back Ghana's looted 'crown jewels'Treasures taken 150 years ago will go back, the BBC can reveal, in a possible model for other disputes.24 Jan 2024Entertainment & Arts30 Nov 2023Victorian traded Aboriginal remains for accoladesThe trade in human remains was against a backdrop of "state-sponsored violence", a study says.30 Nov 2023Cambridgeshire3 Nov 2023Glasgow's slave trade past: New exhibition opensA new permanent exhibition in Kelvingrove Museum has opened exploring Glasgow's links to slavery.3 Nov 20233 Oct 2023The lives upended by colonial rule in the Middle EastBritish and French control of the region a century ago came at a cost which is felt until this day.3 Oct 2023Middle East