Colourised photographs of British troops fighting during in the Malayan Emergency show the brutality of the battle that claimed 10,000 lives. The conflict against communist insurgents was dubbed ...

Thanks to the local history syllabus, Malaysians, both young and old, have a basic understanding of Malaya’s Emergency period. Most people would say that the Emergency was an attempt by the Malayan ...

THE NETHERLANDS, the United States, and Great Britain are today the rulers of that widespread section of the human race known as the Malays. The Dutch exercise sovereignty over the great and sparsely ...

Previously unseen photos chronicling the life and times of the man who helped create the modern SAS and established the regiment as one of the world's most feared and respected elite forces have been ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Letter news every morning. In his review of Caroline Elkins’ book Legacy of Violence (Life & Arts, March 19) Rana Mitter describes the ...

This paper draws together and evaluates a number of historical events that took place during the early period of British rule in Malaya, especially those involving the official duties and the personal ...

Malaysians seeking an inquiry into the 1948 killing of 24 villagers by British troops have welcomed a decision by London's High Court to review the case. The alleged massacre at Batang Kali happened ...

Leena Lim grew up going out for afternoon tea with her mother at the Shangri-La Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where the tradition of sitting down for scones, clotted cream, and a pot of BOH tea in ...

Unlike those modern domestic goddesses Nigella Lawson and Delia Smith, you won’t know her name. But long before they introduced British families to new types of cuisine, Mrs W.E Kinsey was the go-to ...