Portrait of King Henry VIII, Jane Seymour and Prince Edward. (Photo by Getty Images)

Tudor

The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

Illustrations by Sarah Young, based on contemporary portraits where available

Henry VII’s brilliant upstarts: the lowborn henchmen who served the first Tudor king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical television and the battle of Flodden. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London

Photo of pencils

Q&AHow old is the pencil?

Full-Length Portrait of King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger

Q&AHow big was Henry VIII’s codpiece?

The reluctant ambassador: the life and times of Tudor diplomat Sir Thomas Chaloner

Mompesson House, which has sinister connections with a ghost known as the Demon Drummer. (Clare Hargreaves/The National Trust)

9 haunted historic houses

7 unusual historical sites in Britain and Ireland

Tudor monarchs and a medieval civil war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of William Shakespeare by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

My history hero: William Shakespeare (1564–1616). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Did Eustace Chapuys really despise Anne Boleyn?

Suzannah Lipscomb & Dan Jones discuss Henry VIII's final two wives: Catherine Howard & Katherine Parr

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb discuss Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in the 1967 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. One of the playwright's most notorious couples, Katherine and Petruchio are far from a harmonious love match. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Shakespeare’s 7 most notorious couples

Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare’s London: playing a dangerous game

Swan Theatre, Bankside, London, interior from drawing by Johannes de Witt. The Shakespearian theatre, erected c1593 on Bankside – could hold 3,000 spectators – typical of the time. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

At the playhouse: watching Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan England

Elizabeth I of England

Personal politics in Elizabeth I's court

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb on 'Henry VIII And His Six Wives'

Student life and working class culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: the historians’ view

A portrait of Catherine Howard. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Catherine Howard: The death of innocence

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth I painted by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

How Shakespeare rewrote history

The ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire. Henry’s motives when dismantling such monasteries “were much more complex than pure revenge or pure avarice alone”, says Adam Morton. (Photo by Getty Images)

History explorer6 places to explore the dissolution of the monasteries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Dissolution and a forgotten colony. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Tudor sex guide

Elizabeth I’s Armada portrait. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images

The Tudors’ unlikely allies

Muslims and Jews in the 16th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain's 10 best palaces