Deadly social climbers

Richmond Palace, 22 March 1603. Elizabeth I – the self-proclaimed Virgin Queen who had ruled England for 44 years, seeing off the Armada, healing religious divisions and creating a court so magnificen

Exhibition of the week The World of King ...

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A balletic counterpart to histories of royal women as whores or virgins

Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

The posthumous reputation of James VI and I