As he embraces authoritarianism, Trump takes his place in a rogue's gallery populated by such disreputable figures as Nero and Robespierre.

Among their favourites of the recently released are a very popular war film, an Oscar-winning dark comedy, and a cult ...

New York is abuzz with the freshly reopened Frick Collection, the Fifth Avenue mansion once owned by one of America's ...

The Rise and Scandal of Robert Dudley: Elizabeth's Favourite.

When King Henry VIII's wife Anne Boleyn was executed in 1536, her Book of Hours went missing for centuries. A recent discovery reveals a string of women who secured the book for decades after her ...

It’s been nine years since Danny Dyer unforgettably discovered he was related to English royalty – and now Will Young is ...

From the trenches of the World Wars to the scheming royal courts, from the perspectives of ordinary citizens to towering ...

Despite being born 48 years apart, Queen Victoria and Queen Mary of Teck have far more in common than first meets the eye - ...

Preston Digital Archive Penwortham is home to many things: fantastic independent bars and restaurants, great charity shops, ...

Queen Mary of Teck, grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II, was a reserved intellectual. But some historians and descendants argue she was also an "upmarket kleptomaniac".

Originally a way to cover men’s poles in 15th and 16th century Europe, men wore codpieces beneath their doublets with no other underwear, before the ingenious sartorial invention became a piece of ...

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