If officials in the Raj ever forgot who their boss was, they would bring the whole government down about their ears.

The villagers of Mabutso in Southern Africa begged Dr David Livingstone to rid them of a menacing pride of lions.

Sir William Hunter looks back over a Government committee’s plan to introduce tea cultivation to India in 1834.

The Founder of Singapore established his city on principles of free people and free trade.

Stamford Raffles, Lieutenant-Governor of Java, urged London to bypass our European partners and trade directly with Japan.

Sir Charles Lucas looked back at the role of the Government, the military and private enterprise during three centuries of British adventure overseas.