The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of where Whitehall is today. It is best ...

The house is the only surviving part of the old Whitehall Palace. In 1698 it was converted by Wren into the Chapel Royal. In 1809 it became the Chapel of the Horse Guards. It was again used as the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Exactly 400 years ago, give or take a couple of weeks, Monteverdi’s Orfeo received its first performance in ...

Archaeologists are attempting to uncover the medieval wing of one of Sussex’s grandest country houses. The first ever serious dig at Petworth House has already uncovered what experts believe to ...

The opportunity to look beneath the floorboards at Banqueting House led to the discovery of several items left behind by floor layers A 1964 letter addressed to a man named Mr W.R. Cuthill, who is ...

The Banqueting House is the last surviving building of Whitehall Palace, the main residence of English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 which occupied most of where Whitehall is today. It is best ...