Elizabeth i’s forbidden love

If she had given the monarch a male heir, the crowns of England and Scotland might never have been united

The Barbary corsair ship appeared suddenly on the horizon, bristling with cannon. Its decks swarming with armed men, it sliced through the waves at a clip that its quarry – the British merchant ship A

Matilda feared that the magical creature in the woods was in mortal danger

IT was new to Eleanor, this feeling. An image of Michele floated into her mind during every moment of her day – an outline of him, or the colour of his eyes. He disturbed her vision when he wasn’t pre

A new exhibition explores the enduring style of the infamous 18th-century French queen

Austenland – is there such a place? If so, it’s to be found in drawing rooms and parlours, not in sweeping vistas. So it’s appropriate that the Hampshire village of Chawton, Jane Austen’s home for the