A dispute that’s been going on for centuries has heated up again as the neighboring towns plan competing celebrations to mark ...

In the course of time, the forts were repaired and partly rebuilt several times, more recently under British rule in the 19th century. The mainly neoclassical housing stock of the Old Town is partly ...

Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Studies at UB brings together faculty whose interests and scholarship focus on the literary, cultural, and political histories of modern Britain ...

During the 19th century the British fought minor wars in Africa to secure British control of colonial territories. These included the: Ashanti Wars in West Africa. Matabele Wars in South Africa.

There were several changes in the late 19th century, many led by the government, that improved the health of the British public. The government did not intervene immediately. However, in 1848 ...

The British then continued to Concord ... There were hostile newspaper articles in each town, and the dispute continued throughout the 19th century, as the towns held competing commemorations.