Gibraltar recognised as a British city, 180 years late
London, UKReuters Gibraltar finally joined the official list of British cities on Monday, after 180 years in which its status, granted by Queen Victoria, had been overlooked due to an administrative error. The British overseas territory bid to become a city earlier this year as part of the celebrations for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, but […]
Essay: Royal jubilees have always been surprisingly religious affairs
PHILIP WILLIAMSON, professor of modern British history at Durham University, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the role religion has played in marking monarchs’ jubilees in the UK…
Trudeau denounces church burnings, vandalism in Canada
Vancouver, British ColumbiaAP Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday denounced the burning and vandalism of Catholic churches that has followed discovery of unmarked graves and former schools for Indigenous children. Several Catholic churches have recently been vandalised or damaged in fires following the discovery of more than 1,100 unmarked graves at the sites of […]
Origins: Why do brides wear white?
MARLISE SCHOENY, assistant curator for the Ohio State Historic Costume & Textiles Collection, looks – in an artcile first published on The Conversation – at the origins of the white wedding gown…
“The time feels right”: Prince Charles welcomed to New Zealand’s founding site of Waitangi
Wellington, New ZealandReuters For Ngati Kawa Taituha, the welcoming of Prince Charles onto the Waitangi Treaty Grounds in New Zealand’s far north on Wednesday marks the latest step towards finally fulfilling the promise of New Zealand’s founding document. Taituha’s ancestors were among the 40 Māori leaders who signed the Treaty of Waitangi with representatives of […]
KNOW IT ALL: QUEEN VICTORIA
This month marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Queen Victoria. DAVID ADAMS looks at some facts and figures about the woman who became synonymous with the idea of a British Empire – and the 19th century…