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

Presented by Professor Suzannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Max Wintle, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob Weinberg. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff. All music courtesy of ...

A coin minted during the reign of one of Great Britain’s most famous monarchs recently fetched a record price at auction. The ...

Julian Gasgoine said the 4th Duke of Norfolk was "the most important, powerful man in the Kingdom during the reign of Elizabeth I" [Nicola Haseler/BBC] A 500-year-old painting of a duke, believed to ...

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

A 1562 painting of a duke has sold for more than £3.2m, said by the auctioneers to be a record for an Elizabethan portrait at auction. Hans Eworth's portrait of Thomas Howard, fourth Duke of Norfolk, ...

The coin, minted during the reign of the former Queen of Great Britain Elizabeth I, was sold at auction for a record price.

Which royal queen are you, based on your birth month? According to astrologers and history buffs, there’s a famous royal ...

Katherine of Aragon and Anne Boleyn - the first two wives of the Tudor king, Henry VIII - are so often portrayed as opposites ...

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Islip writer Amanda Roberts has earned a Bronze Medal from The Coffee Pot Book Club for Lady of the Quay, her historical novel set in ...

Islip writer Amanda Roberts has earned a Bronze Medal from The Coffee Pot Book Club for Lady of the Quay, her historical ...