The years of Tudor rule saw unprecedented upheaval. Discover the huge changes that took place between the crowning of Henry ...

Edward infamously abdicated on 11 December 1936, after the Government refused to accept his marriage to American socialite ...

Sir John Gage helped Henry VIII dismantle monasteries and dispose of their possessions for the Crown. Yet six fragile pages ...

Looking to watch Henry VIII and His Six Wives? Waris Hussein's Drama film is available through several streaming and digital platforms. It's currently streaming on BFI Player Amazon Channel. Is Henry ...

These six martyred monks—and one more abbot who suffered on Dec.­ 1, 1539—may have rendered too much that was God’s to Caesar in a time of ...

During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, during the An Shi Rebellion, the emperor Li Longji and his consort Yang Yuhuan were forced to flee with only veteran generals Guo Ziyi and Cao Guojie.

Brexit was a “unilateral declaration of political impotence” which has reduced the rudderless UK to “a bobbing cork in the sea”. That is the damning verdict of former Labour foreign secretary David ...

Public sex trials, dildo distribution laws, and forced medical exams for "suspected" sex workers...oh my!

An Editor at Large: Journalist Ben Macintyre's new nonfiction book 'Redwood,' is another intriguing reminder of a familiar but often overlooked aspect of history, argues columnist Gerard Baker, its ...