A real papist plot

The rise and fall of a relationship in Muriel Spark’s letters

Richmond Palace, 22 March 1603. Elizabeth I – the self-proclaimed Virgin Queen who had ruled England for 44 years, seeing off the Armada, healing religious divisions and creating a court so magnificen

MANY years ago, Jess read a line in a novel that stayed with her. According to that book, everyone is triggered by the handwriting of one particular person, and this handwriting, throughout their life

Samuel Pepys’s self-incriminating diaries

Does a newly found Nicholas Hilliard miniature portray Shakespeare’s patron the Earl of Southampton?

DEB LUCKETT set out their last meal in London on a polished table, with plates and shining glasses. There was a baked pie wafting steam into the air. “A pity we cannot entertain your Mr Crago in bette