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Anne Boleyn painting is ‘actually a different royal’, claims historian

Off with her head? Painting in National Portrait Gallery’s collection may have been important political tool to shore-up Elizabeth I’s hold on power

The Independent UK

Mary, Queen of Scots’ last letter is going on display in 2026 – five interesting facts about her other writing

The last letter of Mary, Queen of Scots goes on display in 2026 for the first time in almost a decade. Deposed from her Scottish throne in 1567, Mary spent 20 years in captivity across Scotland and England before she was executed for plotting against her cousin and captor, Elizabeth…

The Conversation

Google AI Overviews Warned as 'Dangerous' After Giving Cancer Patients Wrong Advice

Google's AI search summaries are giving dangerous health advice, from telling pancreatic cancer patients to avoid fats to misreporting liver test results, misleading users and prompting serious risks.

International Business Times UK

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Naked ambition: the groundbreaking photomontages of Zofia Kulik

In her complex works, the Polish artist manipulates images of male nudes to comment on masculine power-plays and female emancipation

The Guardian - UK

Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England

Women are largely absent from the questions, sources, and mark schemes that shape how history is taught and assessed in schools in England.

The Conversation

Cate Blanchett receives Freedom of the City of London

The actress said she ‘treasures’ the ‘gift’ after attending a ceremony at Guildhall

Evening Standard

Cate Blanchett dedicates Freedom of the City of London to ‘those fleeing persecution’

Australian actor said she ‘treasures’ the ‘gift’ after attending a ceremony at Guildhall

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How to watch 'The Serpent Queen' season 2 online, free stream, TV channel, release date

Choose your side — Catherine or Elizabeth. Read our guide for how to watch 'The Serpent Queen' season 2 online no matter where you are in the world.

Tom’s Guide

An Elizabethan power move with bows

Letters: Dr Charlotte Potter and Chris Walters respond to an article by Morwenna Ferrier on the cultural value of the bow

The Guardian - UK

The five best TV shows about the Tudors – recommended by a historian

We seem to have an endless appetite for Tudor history. Films, TV shows, documentaries, books and exhibitions about this famous dynasty are produced every year. And more recently, the touring production Six has offered a compelling reimagining of Henry VIII’s wives as a work of musical theatre.

The Conversation

Often overlooked, Tudor art richly reflected a turbulent century of growth and change

It can sometimes seem like the Tudors are everywhere, at least in Britain: on television, in bookshops and in historic houses and galleries across the country. Yet within the discipline of art history, appreciation for pictures and objects produced in England between 1485 and 1603 has been slow to take…

The Conversation

School history lessons minimise the role of women, report finds

Campaigners say key stage 3 curriculum plays to misogny and teaches a ‘false version of the past’

The Guardian - UK

Milan Fashion Week 2025: Unmissable shows and Giorgio Armani in mind

The bold and beautiful fashion roadshow moves to Italy on Tuesday with Milan Fashion Week promising a jam-packed programme and special tributes to legendary designer Giorgio Armani and pioneering fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri.

Euronews

Belvoir’s Orlando is a love letter to the contemporary queer community that doesn’t quite come together

The production opens on skates. We are flung into an Elizabethan world articulated with the beautiful simplicity of a circle motif. A circle is dusted on the stage, the queen is dressed with an enormous circular petticoat reminiscent of crocheted toilet roll holders from the 1970s. Courtiers fly through on…

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Orlando review – a heartwarming adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s time-travelling queer adventure

Four trans and non-binary actors take on the role of Orlando in a feelgood adaptation focused on the fluidity of sexuality and gender

The Guardian - UK

From The Crown to Blackadder: TV kings and queens – rated bad to best

Who had an accent that could skin a corgi? Who was one of the greatest TV monsters of all time? And who did far too much flashing of their buttocks? We put television monarchs under the microscope

The Independent UK

Missing Texas woman found living among lost ‘African’ tribe in Scotland

Texas native Kaura Taylor has been found with the Kingdom of Kubala, a group living in a forest in Jedburgh.

The Guardian - UK

Mary, Queen of Scots review – bold ballet brings the royal courts bang up to date

Mary births a balloon and Elizabeth I towers on stilts in Sophie Laplane and James Bonas’s production about the queens’ distant relationship

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‘She was a badass!’ – Mary, Queen of Scots becomes a feisty rock star and daring dancer

Several portrayals of the royal’s tumultuous life take place in Edinburgh this month, each examining her relationship with Elizabeth I and challenging the narrative of two women at war

The Guardian - UK

From Jurassic World Rebirth to Kae Tempest: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

There’s another dino crisis as the cold-blooded megafranchise roars on, and the rapper-poet returns with a hugely personal new album

The Guardian - UK

‘Swashbuckling and cheeky’: island festival celebrates Ireland’s ‘pirate queen’

Achill Island gathering comes amid surge of interest in Grace O’Malley, the legendary seafarer who took on English forces 500 years ago

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30 Weird But True Facts About Royals

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Here’s What Cleopatra And Other Historical Figures Would Look Like Today

My name is Becca Saladin and I work full-time as a graphic designer. I started creating these images of reimagined historical figures as a hobby a little over a year ago. and just kept going.

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30 Surprising Facts About Royals History Textbooks Forgot To Mention

How many of these royal facts will actually surprise you?

Marie Claire

Fashion's Embroidery Renaissance Is Stitching Fresh Life Into a Centuries-Old Art Form

Tracing the gilded thread from ancient Egypt and Tudor courts to the Spring ’25 runways.

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