On his death the manor passed to the 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, who fought in the bloody War of the Roses, where he eventually ...

PA Media Mary, Queen of Scots was thought to have dined on 16-course ... 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, both wrote books on how food could be used to cure diseases and were scientists in their own ...

There have been many biographies of Mary, Queen of Scots. The best for the general reader is probably still Antonia Fraser’s, now more than 50 years old. More recent publications have examined ...

Alum and faculty member Cynthia Hand (MFA, creative writing, 2003) is a New York Times bestselling author and an Eastern ...

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For me it is of particular interest, since the story of the Casket Letters is at the heart of my forthcoming book, Exile: The Captive Years of Mary, Queen of Scots, which recounts the time Mary spent ...

You have to wonder whether history would have been kinder to James VI & I if he had ended up being beheaded. His mother, Mary ...

At first glance you might think these photos of Geri Halliwell-Horner had been taken on the same day. However, they were ...

A new exhibition at the Jane Austen House in England includes six artworks that are going on public display for the first ...

Australia’s first A-list celebrity was Dame Nellie Melba, a gifted opera singer with legions of adoring fans across the globe ...

A COUPLE of years ago, better late than never, the acclaimed Glasgow band Cado Belle saw the release of a remastered collection of their live ...