Love letters through time: Words from history’s most iconic romances
From passionate declarations to quiet devotion, these letters from history's greatest lovers offer a glimpse into their deep ...
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Half term activities in South London for the whole family
Step into the thumb-sized world of the lesser-known of the Grimm Fairytales. Using chants, rhythms, puppetry, repetition and ...
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Why you should visit London's 'happiest place to live'
Alternatively, the Tea House at Michelin-recommended Petersham Nurseries is a 20-minute stroll from the mound. Further afield ...
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The fates of the six wives of King Henry VIII that inspired a musical
A song and dance is being made of cold-hearted British King Henry VIII’s six wives in the upcoming musical, SIX The Musical ...
Beautiful village is one of UK's oldest and perfectly preserved
The gorgeous village is a well-preserved medieval settlement and so steeped in history that almost everything is watched over ...
Hotels are so last year - why everyone’s sleeping in castles, caves and cranes
Travelers spent an estimated $200 billion staying in non-traditional tourist housing last year, and Precedence Research estimates desire for alternate accommodations will send that figure skyrocketing ...
The top 10 BBC dramas on iPlayer right now ranked – and one will leave you sobbing
The award-winning BBC police drama last aired in May 2021, and the sixth series was thought to be the last. Fans have been ...
Will castles, caves and cranes replace hotels?
Zuzana Paar Travelers spent an estimated $200 billion staying in non-traditional tourist housing last year, and Precedence Research estimates desire for alternate accommodations will send that ...
Valentine’s Day love letters: poems to celebrate the love of your life
Seamus Heaney’s love-poem to marriage, The Skunk, combines exile and erotica, moving from an American wilderness image ...
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’ ...
Little-known islands on the ‘Thames Riviera’ – home to famous rock stars and floating spas
BRITS may not be realise that are 180 tiny islands dotting the River Thames. Not all of them are open to the public – but ...
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Henry VIII
In 1521 Pope Leo X conferred the title of Defender of the Faith on Henry for his book 'Assertio Septem Sacramentorum ... became clear he wanted to marry Anne Boleyn, who had been a lady-in ...