King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder ...

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

West Horsley Place hosts a Tudor festival celebrating Henry VIII with jousting, dances, and historical feasts on September 13 ...

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 ...

The musical SIX is an ode to sisterhood. Call it the Tudor version of The Eurythmics’ Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves or ...

Bank Holiday weekend and half-term quickly approaches, you might be at a loss for things to do. Luckily, we have got you covered with 10 off-the-radar historic gems from around the UK.

The UK's largest tulip festival at the former home of King Henry VIII is delighting visitors in the Spring sunshine. 100,000 bulbs are painting the garden of the historic royal palace in a carpet ...

The 67-year-old St. Thomas More — a striking example of modernist Catholic ecclesiastical design — will hold its last liturgy on May 25 and will no longer function as a church after that.

For Damian Lewis, just standing for two weddings of King Henry VIII in "Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light" was a daylong royal marathon. The English monarch is remembered for having six wives ...

Wadsworth said the Henry VIII portrait "reveals the grand opulence of the king's reign." ...

Wolf Hall's latest episode introduced us to King Henry VIII's fourth bride, Anne of Cleves, who was married to the monarch for just six months before he decided to annul the union. At the time ...

with an excruciating tale of how the King met his fourth bride for the first time - but how much of it is really true? Find out here… In the show, Henry is shown a portrait of his new bride ...