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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

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Black life beyond the m25

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

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Galactic idiot

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

BBC History Magazine

The heroic everyday

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

The TLS

The illusion of freedom

Slavery and race in Revolutionary France

Trail

‘a grey and mysterious fairyland, far from the world of men’

Climber, educator, trailblazer. Few people may have heard the name of Mabel Barker , but her resolve to live life on her own terms pushed the boundaries of climbing, in the Lake District and beyond.

Country Life

Long live the queen

The TLS

Black life beyond the m25

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

The TLS

Galactic idiot

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

BBC History Magazine

The heroic everyday

The TLS

The illusion of freedom

Slavery and race in Revolutionary France

Trail

‘a grey and mysterious fairyland, far from the world of men’

Climber, educator, trailblazer. Few people may have heard the name of Mabel Barker , but her resolve to live life on her own terms pushed the boundaries of climbing, in the Lake District and beyond.

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BBC History Magazine

11 May 2023

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