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Once banned by Parliament for being ‘wicked’, maypole dancing–with
SOME mornings I sit and marvel at the ...
The BBC Proms changed the face of classical music when ‘the people’s festival’ was launched in 1895. The perennially popular event features some of the nation’s favourite tunes from composers inspired by the countryside of the British Isles. Here Kitty Corrigan selects her top ten
When skirts, tights and frills were the hallmarks of masculinity
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
How Chaucer reshaped English poetry
The dandy’s role as icon and irritant
