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

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OUR three-year-old grandson, Aidan, has a flair for the dramatic. From somewhere, no-one knows where, he’s picked up the phrase, “Or I die!” He says things like, “I need an ice-lolly or I die!”, and “

I had watched Richard III meet a bloody end at Bosworth, come face to face with a plague victim, stood in the shadow of a mighty trebuchet, and been put on trial for my life. And it was barely lunchti

At the height of his popularity during the early 20th century, Rudyard Kipling emerged as the standout literary star of his generation. Adored by the British reading public for his vivid storytelling

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the