Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
A 16th-Century Guide to Pooping at King Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace
Discover how King Henry VIII and other members of the Tudor nobility handled going to the bathroom in the mid-1500s. (Spoiler: There was velvet involved, but it still wasn’t pretty.) ...
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HENRY VIII OF ENGLAND
Read full article: This portrait may be the only one of England's 9-day queen painted during her lifetime Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England ...
Six the Musical is rolling out at cinemas this month – and we've seen it
Since its meteoric rise, SIX has been awarded endless accolades, including two Tony Awards and five Olivier nominations. As ...
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This portrait may be the only one of England's 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
One of England's most tragic regal figures ... of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche’s painting ...
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The Characters of Wolf Hall: The Mirror and The Light
A shrewd soldier and administrator, he has profited from the Dissolution of the Monasteries and is making the most of England’s changing religious landscape. For Henry VIII, power means nothing ...
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The Royal We: PW Talks with Holly Race
The fantasist’s 'Six Wild Crowns' transports readers to a supernatural analog of Tudor England where King Henry VIII is ...