Tudor

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Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London

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Q&A How old is the pencil?

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

Q&A How big was Henry VIII’s codpiece?

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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

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7 unusual historical sites in Britain and Ireland

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

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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?

Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb
PTC for Six Queens of Henry VIII
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Suzannah Lipscomb & Dan Jones discuss Henry VIII’s final two wives: Catherine Howard & Katherine Parr

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PTC for Six Queens of Henry VIII
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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

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

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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