Baghdad falls to the Mongols as the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed and tens of thousands are slaughtered. 1542: Catherine ...

David Lammy used to be an arch-critic of Donald Trump. Can he deal with the new Administration and reset the U.K.’s relationship with the E.U. at the same time?

She was buried in the Richmond vault in Henry VII's chapel on 28th November 1685 ... of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners and was appointed one of the four Tellers of the Exchequer in 1685. He lived at ...

Henry VII ordered brass plaques denoting the measurements ... as well as putting the exchequer in charge of standards custody. From there, the British would continue refining their measurements ...

Scheme to protect mile-long shingle beach from effects of climate change may see Hurst Castle isolated by the sea A castle built by Henry VIII could be cut off from the mainland under rewilding ...

Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with Anne Boleyn was fueled by intimate love letters. Only the correspondence from Henry VIII’s perspective exists today and ...

Sometimes just one person changes things, like Henry VIII. When Henry was 18, he became King of England. He loved music, dancing and playing sports, like jousting and archery. But he got angry if ...

Now the voice of Henry VIII’s fifth wife will echo through its darkened halls as her story – and those of fellow female inhabitants of the palace – is brought to life in a new after hours ...

The years between the crowning of Henry VII in 1485 and the death of Elizabeth I in 1603 saw the old religious order swept away, the establishment of the American colonies, the foundation of the ...

After leaving Yes, Rick Wakeman’s first solo work, ‘The Six Wives Of Henry VIII,’ was an ambitious concept album that remains a jewel in his crown. We’ve become so used to thinking of Rick ...

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII does nothing to sully that fantastic core formula; in fact, it found a way to give me that feeling multiple times over. Games are now split into three Ages ...