Back in the 18th Century, George Macartney used the phrase “this vast empire on which the sun never sets” to describe the global reach of British imperial power. This means the average British video viewer watched almost 161.6 videos that month.
In recognition of her World War I charity work, Melba was appointed a Dame Commander in 1918 by the British Empire, later becoming Dame Grand Cross in 1927. Google is celebrating the 150th birthday of Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba with...
Fought over for centuries, the diamond was finally seized by the East India Company, the British Empire's merchant navy, and eventually became part of the British Crown Jewels to be worn by Queen Victoria.
Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager posted - his name suggests he may have grown up in a country once ruled by the British Empire - but so were a lot of us. You can view buildings such as the British Museum, a treasure trove of historical...
Just a few miles away from where I write this article lie the ancient remains of Carthage, the one-time capital of the Carthaginian empire of Hannibal and his elephants. The Carthaginians were the Roman Empire's greatest enemy and when Carthage was...
I read in The Boston Globe this morning that Boston Red Sox owner John Henry has "stretched his sports empire across the Atlantic" by "completing what amounted to a hostile takeover of Liverpool FC, one of the cornerstone teams of the English...
Let's go back to what Churchill actually said: "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island...
So, what has Mike gone and done now that will have everyone in the former colonies of the British Empire up in arms…again? According to Mike, “SEO's glory days are over. And we should get over it. Back on June 11, 2007, Mike wrote a column for...
