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Catherine de Medici faces her biggest adversary yet in The Serpent Queen season 2. Here's everything we know about the new season.

Handwriting is dead. At least that’s what a New York Times article announced in 2023 in its postmortem investigation “What Killed Penmanship?” But there was no doubt about the culprit: technology.

The Doctor finds love in this lush tribute to Bridgerton, but there’s also murder on the dancefloor …

It’s been a strange year for representations of British royalty. In March, major photo agencies issued a rare “kill notice” on a photo of Catherine, Princess of Wales after evidence emerged that it had been tampered with. In May, Jonathan Yeo’s official portrait of King Charles sparked online discussion with…

A Flemish ‘paintrix’ at the court of Elizabeth I, a magnificent mouth artist and a glamorous suffragette are finally given their due in a show tracing female artists’ rocky road to recognition. But the story too often takes precedence over the art

This groundbreaking exhibition re-introduces 110 forgotten female professional artists. Here are 10 of the trailblazing women who paved the way for future generations of artists

Effective Ventures Foundation puts 27-bedroom house visited by Queen Elizabeth I on sale after paying nearly $27m to FTX creditors

Letters: Readers respond to the business secretary’s claim that the UK’s wealth is not connected to its colonial history or the slave trade

‘Poorton coin hoard’, discovered under floor by Betty and Robert Fooks, expected to fetch £35,000 at auction

Here's what you need to know about King James VI in Mary & George and the true story behind his character

She's got a knack for playing complex women.