How the Dudleys played Tudor snakes and ladders – and lost spectacularly
A series of high offices followed in rapid succession: military commander of the Scottish borders, high admiral, governor of Boulogne, envoy to the King of France. More…
Henry VIII too ‘horrible’ for new BBC history series
Deller was speaking at the launch of the BBC Two series where the producer, Russell Barnes, confirmed that after hearing from Deller “we gave up on Henry…
Henry VIII too ‘fundamentalist’ to be included in new BBC art history series
Deller was speaking at the launch of the BBC Two series where the producer, Russell Barnes, confirmed that after hearing from Deller “we gave up on Henry…
Anne Boleyn exhibition to portray her as a feminist to dispel ‘scheming’ mistress myth
Dr Owen Emmerson, the curator of the exhibition, said: “We’re really trying to challenge the idea that she and her family were scheming, grasping courtiers on the…