The Bank of England is proposing to replace the great figures who adorn British banknotes with...
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The use of genetic data and genomics is revising down our estimates of the population of the pre...
Mike Wells, a longstanding commentator on the Benin Bronzes, discusses their history and the bogus...
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s call for the Koh-i-Noor diamond restitution exposes deep historical...
Dr Mark Stocker reviews Not Your Victim by Marie Kawthar Daouda, an intelligent and courageous...
It has become customary in the Anglosphere to recognize native peoples as the first and true...
The state of Ghana took the lead in March 2026 in the passing of a United Nations' resolution...
Dr. Bella d'Abrera, a founder of History Reclaimed, discusses her new book on the ideological...
From History Reclaimed. Kings, empires and reparations fill our pages, though there is also a...
Professor Richard Dale, an expert on the history of the South Sea Company, sums up the historical...
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Accusations that Britain drained India of resources and starved Indians to death are nothing new in...
The notorious sign “No Irish no blacks no dogs”, supposedly widespread in rented accommodation, has...
The history of the British empire has become an ideological battle ground. The loudest voices have...
Jeff Fynn-Paul is a Lecturer in History at the University of Leiden. His research interests include...
Reviews
This British monarchy slavery book review assesses The Crown’s Silence by Brooke Newman, examining...
Institutions
Dr Mark Stocker reviews Every Monument Will Fall: A Story of Remembering and Forgetting, by Dan...
Empires
Governor Eyre of Jamaica was one of the most controversial figures in the history of the British...
Slavery
The proposed slavery reparations ICJ case is explored through legal, historical and political...
People
It is sometimes asserted that Cecil John Rhodes is a 'problematical' figure. This was the case in...
Ideas
Naval Weakness invites aggression, and we have never been so vulnerable since the Dutch fleet...
Racism
Bethwell Ogot (1929-2025) was a Kenyan historian who studied in Britain and who was widely admired...
Events
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is one of our great institutions. It looks after a million...
Museums, the Benin Bronzes and repatriation
The Benin Bronzes are slated to return home to Nigeria. In their new home, they'll likely encounter...
Authorities in Nigeria have for years been demanding the repatriation of ‘Benin Bronzes’. But many...
Several major British institutions have announced their intention of giving valuable artefacts to...
Tiffany Jenkins is a writer, author and broadcaster. Her next book Strangers and Intimates: The...
On 27 October, Jesus College held an elaborate ceremony to hand over a ‘Benin Bronze’ to its former...
HR has recently been contacted by the Restitution Study Group, speaking on behalf of descendants of...
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Dr Mark Stocker is an art historian whose research is in late eighteenth to early-mid twentieth century art, particularly British and New Zealand art and especially sculpture, public monuments and numismatics (coins and medals)...
