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Porcelain: From Chinoiserie to Brown Betty
Jun 15 , 2022
The British and European appetite for beautifully designed porcelain had been well and truly whetted, with Chinese artisans enjoying great populari...
First Opium War and Legacy
Jun 14 , 2022
Used since ancient times for illness and ailments, today opium provides important pain relief drugs such as morphine, but also the illegal and dest...
Trade and Spice
Jun 10 , 2022
Spices and the spice trade have been an enormous influence in global political, social, and economic developments for over 1000 years. They were co...
The Story of Marmalade
Jun 10 , 2022
Paddington Bear and the officers of the original East India Company had one thing in common – a love of marmalade on voyage. Britain has long been ...
Tea Breaks & Tea Ladies
Jun 09 , 2022
In the early years of the 1600s, The East India Company was run out of the private residence. When East India House was opened as the new Headquart...
A Short Story about EIC
Jun 09 , 2022
3.5 billion. That’s the number of pages returned today for a Google search of The East India Company. It’s also approximately the number of people ...
The Coat of Arms
Jun 09 , 2022
The original East India Company was honoured by being granted a Coat of Arms by HM Queen Elizabeth I. It was given as a symbol of her confidence in...
What caused the Boston Tea Party?
Jun 09 , 2022
The East India Company was in trouble. In the mid-18th century, the Company was in debt and sat on huge stocks of tea in London. The British Parlia...
