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Richard Roxburgh as Prospero and Guy Simon as Caliban are outstanding in Kip Williams’ latest production, which takes a revolutionary approach to the script

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

Thwarted bid to blow up House of Lords made 17th century Britain even less tolerant

The circle of the 16th-century monarch is fraught with brittle alliances and racism in Rona Munro’s new history play

WHEN Scottish playwright Rona Munro began writing James IV: Queen Of The Fight – the fourth on her series of “James Plays” about the kings…

When Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022, there can’t have been many people in the UK who hadn’t heard about it within hours of her death. The media was on high alert from around midday, when an announcement from Buckingham Palace made clear that the monarch’s health…

King Charles III shares a name with two kings whose rules were marked by bloodshed and scandal. Here's a brief guide to the reigns of those who came before him.

There is a new heir to the throne and now more children in the top eight than adults

On the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the former Prince of Wales was proclaimed King Charles III. Although it’s been known for decades that Charles would succeed his mother, there were rumours that he might, once king, choose the name George due to the contentious legacies of Kings Charles…