BBC7 个月
British Empire Exhibition: The forgotten event that took the world to Wembley
Beset by bad weather, the pageant proved to be costly, adding to the money woes experienced by the exhibition as a whole. By the time it closed, the British Empire Exhibition was reported to have ...
BBC6 个月
1924: Wembley's British Empire Exhibition
These extracts are from speeches given by Edward, Prince of Wales, and King George V at the opening ceremony of the British Empire Exhibition. As president of the event, Edward, Prince of Wales ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN15 小时
When London’s Iconic Crystal Palace Burned to the Ground in a Devastating Fire
Three years before World War II, on this day in 1936, an inferno marked the symbolic end of the global hegemony of the ...
BBC3 年
British Empire Exhibition Souvenir
My father, who was born in 1919, visited the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley as "birthday treat" on 1st May. While its official aim, "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother ...
RIBA2 年
Unpacking imperialism: The British Empire in RIBA’s building and collections
The history of RIBA is closely entwined with that of the British Empire, which expanded and consolidated its colonial grip around ... 66 Portland Place and our cities by providing new ways to read and ...
Secret London2 天
This Extraordinary Exhibition At The British Museum Challenges The Histories Of Imperialism
The British Museum are spotlighting the artist Hew Locke in this must-see exhibition, questioning the legacy of imperialism ...
The New Indian Express on MSN9 天
100 years on, Napier Museum relives British Empire Exhibition in Thiruvananthapuram
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Organised to herald an imperial revival, the British Empire Exhibition, which ran over two six-month-long ...
100-year-old textile items to be on display in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram: Aficionados of history fondly recall the century-old textile items which include the intricate French ...