Ellizabeth I’s refusal to go to bed was a deliberate final act, shaped by a lifetime of political strategy, emotional restraint and unresolved reckoning.
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The recently discovered heart-shaped locket may offer a rare glimpse into the king’s personal affections.
We seem to have an endless appetite for Tudor history.
Mary’s letters were slipped under the sleeves of ladies’ gowns, sewn into doublets, or even packed into the heel of a shoe.
Jude Law joins the pantheon of great screen Henry VIIIs, up there with Robert Shaw and Richard Burton.
Henry unwittingly set in motion a series of events that would forever change how English scholars would access the primary sources used in historical research.
Lady Jane Grey only ruled for nine days so the show makers had to take a lot of artistic licence in creating this new series
Beaufort’s presence at Collyweston formed part of a strategic plan, devised by mother and son, to exert royal influence both locally and nationally.
During the Tudor period, religious beliefs shaped people’s attitudes towards food and food waste.
The court would laugh at rather than with the fool.
Henry had always been a theatrically pious king and in his last years he turned to religion with melancholy intensity.
A short guide to the Wolf Hall author’s remarkably varied back catalogue.
Other queens were just teenagers when they ascended the throne.
Dragons have been used for political manoeuvring throughout the history of Britain.
The Victorians are to blame for our conservative ideas about how a pregnant body should look
Rumours and gossip dominated his short reign and the stories were more than just about the Princes in the Tower.
Historically inaccurate portrayals of Anne Boleyn aren’t new, and artistic license is vital to telling her story.
It’s a malleable mythos that has been adapted by kings and queens as well as artists and filmmakers.
Could spending money on goods and produced in the UK help bolster the crumbling economy?
Humphrey Llwyd quite literally put Wales on the map.
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