Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

SORRY, did I wake you up?” Linda asked. Her bleary-eyed and pyjama-clad flatmate, Pat, had stumbled into their tiny kitchen one summer morning. “It’s five o’clock in the morning, Linda,” Pat moaned, s

Charles II visited Norfolk in September 1671, accompanied by other members of the royal family and a large retinue of gentlemen and servants. Royal visits were a great rarity in the 17th century, as w

The fighting in Europe was over, but lifting up a shattered nation would be a battle of a different kind

From Bertie Wooster’s dressing gown to Mr Darcy’s shirt, Deborah Nicholls-Lee unpicks the art of period costume at world-famous historical costumier Cosprop

EACH time Bethan appeared, she’d be singing the same song softly under her breath. It was starting to get on Nia’s nerves. Nia knew the Welsh words to “Calon Lan”. Well, some of them. They often sang