Queen dido

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

In July 1575, Robert Dudley enlisted mythological figures to convince Elizabeth I to wed him. Exactly 450 years later, artist Lindsey Mendick reveals how and why she reinterpreted their encounter in her installation for Kenilworth Castle

In her latest novel, Sarah Dunant explores the life of Italian aristocrat Isabella d’Este, the archetypal Renaissance woman

Life’s pleasures immortalized in a marble sculpture

July’s magazine featured a review of Max Hastings’s book Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle, alongside an iconic photograph of British troops. That image has featured so many times in articles and TV shows

Uncover the secrets of the Viking pantheon and ...