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Stories of sex, power and public execution in Tudor England provide endless entertainment. But let’s not forget their ...
The artist behind the works may have used Elizabeth's likeness as a template in other royal portraits to visually emphasize ...
The Italian Renaissance crawled to Britain. Tudor architecture is therefore the age of freestyle, of making it up as you go, ...
Tudor Grange Academy students to re-enact Queen Elizabeth I’s 1575 visit to Worcester with a parade, Elizabethan dance and scenes from Romeo ...
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Paul McCartney revealed that during a live performance he was so moved by Fela Kuti that he was overcome with emotion.
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The brooch, first seen on the Queen three years ago, has been interpreted as a show of support for her husband ...
The House of Tudor had more than its fair share of scandalous figures, from Henry VIII’s many marriages to the intrigue and ...
Infrared images have revealed that an artist who painted Anne Boleyn deviated from an approved design for portraits of the ...
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn is actually that of her daughter, Elizabeth I.