It’s difficult to imagine a more skilful propagandist than Hans Holbein the Younger, the German-born artist who spent much of ...

Historian Kate Williams discusses one treasured item Elizabeth I wore until her dying day, which may signal her lasting love ...

Matilda of Canossa, Queen Christina of Sweden and Maria Clementina Sobieska. Though separated by centuries, they each engaged ...

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village,” the author once wrote, “she must seek them abroad.” Yours ...

Discover the secrets behind the childhood home of Princess Diana, Althorp House, where she also first met Prince Charles.

Cue up the international intrigue, including a dicey bit of a U.S. and Canada conflagration and it’s off we go! Penny’s novel ...

Treasure finds in England have hit a record high, with a lamp shaped like a human foot and an earwax scoop among the more ...

The Tudor-era ship had evaded search parties for centuries, and would probably have continued to do so were it not for the ...

A 16th century painting of Thomas Howard, the 4th Duke of Norfolk, has become the most expensive Elizabethan portrait to date ...

Portrait of Temple Grandin” by David Lenz, oil on canvas, 2022. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; acquired ...

A forgotten piece of equipment gets a second chance as we test whether it can fire up and move after years of sitting still.

The Austrian master’s full-length “Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer” sparked a 19-minute bidding war to become the most valuable modern artwork sold at auction.