The 400th anniversary of James VI and I’s death has been marked by several new approaches to the reign that gave ...

Henry VIII planned a monumental tomb to match his power and legacy. Instead, the king who reshaped England’s relationship with Rome now lies beneath a small, easily missed slab. Here’s how three Tudor ...

Spend just a few minutes with England's Joe Heyes and you will be entertained by his company. But you're also likely to learn ...

The Cann Office has been part of the Llangadfan community since 1310 and has been a popular resting place for holidaymakers and beachgoers heading to North Wales along the A458. Its current owners ...

"Eat, drink and be merry!" With roots in the Roman festival of Saturnalia, the Lord of Misrule was a festive, roll-reversal ...

The 1562 likeness of Thomas Howard, Fourth Duke of Norfolk, was created by Hans Eworth, a Flemish artist whose Tudor-era ...

On the latest episode of the Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things podcast , royal biographers Robert Hardman and Kate Williams ...

The Knights' Retreat at Leeds Castle offers simple but comfortable accommodation in a magical historic setting ...

From Britain's distant Viking past right up to the D-Day landings, here are 15 of the most common misconceptions that many ...

Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral — was destroyed by King Henry VIII in 1538, to this day pilgrims walk along that ...

Terry Henricks, 82, and his brother, Roger Henricks, 85, died in a small plane crash in November. How Russia keeps raising an army to replace its dead Fetterman’s poll numbers flip in major turn The ...

Today in History for Nov. 29 In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to King Henry VIII of England, died. He had fallen out of the king’s favour because of his failure to secure an annulment from the ...