Heights of imperialism

For all the time I spent last year talking and reading about Western Europe's overseas empires of the 16th to 20th centuries, I wasn't quite prepared for the contents of this article. It's from the Manchester Guardian of 10 May 1877, and reports on Britain's annexation of the Transvaal in South Africa. It's an amazing read, especially considering the fact that the present-day Guardian is a bastion of woolly liberalism.

(N.B. no more below)