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The fascinating backstories of images from the past
WORDS: CLAIRE SAUL PIC
TWISTED BY HIS ANGER TOWARDS HIS MOTHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW, JOHN WAYNE GLOVER PREYED ON VULNERABLE FEMALE PENSIONERS IN SYDNEY
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
SYLVIA Havilland did not know what would be in her grandmother’s will, but she had a good guess. Granny Havilland had been dead six months, but only now were her lawyers able to summon a small family
Climber, educator, trailblazer. Few people may have heard the name of Mabel Barker , but her resolve to live life on her own terms pushed the boundaries of climbing, in the Lake District and beyond.
The story of four women who worked in wartime American intelligence
MILLICENT MACK replaced the mouthpiece of their candlestick phone and stepped away from the hall table. A quiet little smile touched her mouth and brought amber lights to fleck her pretty eyes. She mi