The surprising secret life of Scotland's gay king that caused scandal
Historian Gareth Russell has written Queen James, a biography of King James VI and I - the last king of Scotland - who moved to London ...
‘Queen Mariana of Austria’: Diego Velázquez’s Monumental Portrait of a Monarch
The 17th-century artist’s likeness of the young Hapsburg, currently on view at the Norton Simon Museum in California, ...
Bucket-list stately homes from around the world you can actually explore
From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...
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Meet Surrealist Gertrude Abercrombie, the ‘Jazz Witch’ Who Captivated the Art World
"The Whole World Is a Mystery" at the Carnegie Museum of Art marks the first retrospective look at Gertrude Abercrombie in ...
Inside the 300-year-old stately home that once hosted Queen Victoria
Wentworth Woodhouse is the largest private residence in England but it was left to descend into ruin. Now, it's undergoing a ...
When a town has to fend off a tyrant
“We kill the tyrants or die trying to, for we are many and they are few,” proclaims a mayor pushed to his limits in a new adaptation from Spanish playwright Juan Mayorga of the classic 17th-century ...