Glasgow 2014
Commonwealth Games 2014 - news and scores from Glasgow 2014 - Telegraph
Commonwealth Games 2014: Glasgow can be proud of 'best and friendliest' competition ever - Telegraph
Video: Kylie Minogue and Lulu help Glasgow 2014 go out with a bang - Telegraph
But what exactly is the Commonwealth?
CBBC Newsround | COMMONWEALTH | What it is
It all started with the Empire:
The British empire is still going strong in the world of sports - Quartz
British children's understanding of the Commonwealth tarred by Empire view | Herald Scotland
And the British have been almost everywhere:
British have invaded nine out of ten countries - so look out Luxembourg - Telegraph
This is from a rather critical blog:
british empire | Tumblr
Here's a less critical blog:
The British Empire
The British press has very different opinions, depending on its politics:
How Britain Denies its Holocausts | George Monbiot
Deny the British empire's crimes? No, we ignore them | George Monbiot | Comment is free | The Guardian
A very critical documentary:
The British Empire In Colour - part 1/3 - YouTube
But you can always rely on the BBC for being 'fair'...
BBC - History: Empire and Seapower
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, The British Empire
Monarchy and Empire are still very much alive - in the form of the highest award in the UK:
The Monarchy Today > Queen and public > Honours > Order of the British Empire
But some have said No:
Declining a British honour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honours refusenik Danny Boyle joins illustrious roll call of rebels... - Home News - UK - The Independent
"I get angry when I hear the word 'empire'; it reminds me of slavery, it reminds me of thousands of years of brutality, it reminds me of how my foremothers were raped and my forefathers brutalised."[61]
OBE me? Stick it - News - London Evening Standard
See also:
Jay Doubleyou: how to honour your citizens
Jay Doubleyou: every town and city in britain profited from the slave trade
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