Deposed kings

That threatened thrones

Without England’s most notorious Tudor king, the country’s religious and political history would’ve looked very different

Strange murder mysterie s from times gone by

It’s there beside the guildhall. A large grey stone surrounded by Victorian railings. Over the years, countless visitors to Kingston-upon-Thames have strolled past it, many barely registering its exis

The posthumous reputation of James VI and I

In AD 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial for the crimes of perjury, coveting the papacy and violating canon law by holding more than one bishopric at a time. In truth, the whole thing was a spectacle