Mansfield Chad3d
First ever Sherwood Forest Day also celebrates the man Major Oak is named after
And to add to the sense of occasion, this year’s inaugural celebrations are also on February 20 – the birthday of Major ...
The REAL face of Henry VII? Experts to scan 500-year-old funeral effigy head to find out how medieval craftsman made it so lifelike
The effigy rested atop Henry's coffin during his funeral in 1509. The head is all that survives after the body was destroyed ...
The Gazette3d
John Jenkins writes book on history of the Holy Ghost Chapel
John Jenkins has published his book, Quench not the Spirit, to mark the anniversary of the granting of the patent by King Henry VIII to Bishop ...
Westminster Abbey3d
Latest 3D technology reveals secrets of Henry VII's funeral effigy head
Westminster Abbey is undertaking a new project using the latest 3D technology to scan the funeral effigy head of Henry VII - ...
Is this the real face of Henry VII? Westminster Abbey is hoping to finally find out
The effigy head of the founder of the Tudor dynasty is one of the finest examples of its kind to have survived to the present ...
Lovers, famous and infamous
Legends surround love, that crazy feeling that can inspire the most beautiful songs, but also the most terrible wars. History ...
David Starkey: ‘I’ve witnessed the disintegration of everything that I loved in Britain’
The historian – once dubbed ‘the rudest man in Britain’ – on cancel culture, free speech and why he refuses to ‘shut up’ ...
Was Elizabeth I really a MAN? Inside the shocking theory that claims the Virgin Queen was a male imposter
The late Queen of England and Ireland was so legendary that her reign was officially crowned the Elizabethan era. But one ...
The Week12d
How an elephant from Kochi became a favourite of Pope Leo X
Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...
BBC15d
The steamy love letters Henry VIII sent to Anne Boleyn
Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with ... Why a famous photograph of King Richard III's skeleton was a happy 'accident'. Strategist says market impact is muted ...