I desire some information about my mother. The last time I saw her was in Alexandria, Virginia, about the year 1852 or 1853.

Of all the periods in English history, it is the reign of Henry VIII, his six wives and the machinations of his chief ...

This time 10 years ago the first episode of a highly popular six-part BBC series aired on TV - but why was it filmed in Somerset?

The programme premiered in 2007 and is set during the reign of Henry VIII. The first series became the highest-rating ...

BRITAIN’S “White House” with 40 bedrooms, a ballroom and an underground swimming pool has been sold to a mystery buyer for ...

The BBC drama, based on Dame Hilary Mantel’s final novel in her epic Tudor trilogy, returned last year with Wolf Hall: The ...

Peter Kosminsky said that both he and Mark Rylance, as well as the show's producer and writer, had to 'work for very little' ...

The director of one of BBCs best-loved historical dramas has revealed that a British acting legend took a pay cut to save the ...

He became a less volatile figure on TV as Judge John Deed and Inspector George Gently, but he's always impressed on stage, and this is his second pop at A Man For All Seasons.

Rosemary is a freelance critic, specialising in theatre, dance and visual art. She has written for the TLS, New Statesman, ...

Read our beginners' guide to the turbulent events of the Tudor era before seeing Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s musical *SIX* in ...

The first 'Act of Union', a title not used until the early 20th century, was passed in 1536. The March was divided into seven counties: Denbigh, Flint, Montgomery, Radnor, Brecon, Monmouth, Glamorgan ...