They're the Forty Elephants, a real gang led by the charismatic Mary Carr (Erin Doherty), who pilfer the prized possessions ...

The former reigning monarch of Denmark, Queen Margrethe announced during her New Year’s Eve address in 2023 that she was ...

Mary, Queen of Scots at London Coliseum review: a long overdue standing ovation - 4/5 Thea Musgrave’s powerful and imaginatively scored opera finally gets its London staging ...

The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum. The Opera followed Mary’s short-lived reign as Scottish queen. Something of a synthesis between Shakespearean ...

Genius doesn't always tally with equal opportunities, to paraphrase Doris Lessing. Opera houses have a duty to put on new ...

When it comes to the biggest questions about British history, there is perhaps none more frequently asked than who were the best (and worst) monarchs. YouGov asked the public for their opinion.

Paintings of senior politicians and royalty at No 11 axed in favour of artworks depicting social distancing and Covid anxiety ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle ...

Mary’s obsession with the English throne allowed Queen Elizabeth to manipulate her. Believing that marriage would be one way to distract Mary from her ambition to rule England, Elizabeth cannily ...

The myriad strengths of Hollow Knight have been expounded upon at length—doubly so during the interminable wait for Silksong. But while one could pen a treatise about Hollow Knight's extensive ...

Since its record-breaking run at Queen's Theatre Hornchurch, the play has undergone further development and will feature new scenes and new music from Wilko's back catalogue. A special gala night ...

A LETTER penned by Mary Queen of Scots six hours before her death is to go on display in Perth. The Scottish monarch wrote the handwritten letter at 2am in Fotheringhay Castle, England, in 1587 as she ...