In the culmination of the Hilary Mantel adaptation, Mark Rylance’s Thomas Cromwell becomes a more poignant figure, weighed ...

Historical films are bound to have dramatic inaccuracies, but few have been as controversially skewed as 1970's Cromwell.

Today (March 27 2025) marks the 400th anniversary of the death of James VI and I and series of commemorative events are taking place throughout ...

Julius Caesar, who used his army to seize power in ancient Rome, was a cautionary tale. So was Oliver Cromwell’s use of his military power in the English Civil War to execute King Charles I and rule ...

Mary Penington, who lived through the turbulent years of the English Civil War, is well known amongst Quakers as the mother-in-law of William ...

This popular film location for the Crown may look like an ancient castle, and while it is the UK's oldest castle, it is also ...

Farnham-based, award-winning children’s author Ally Sherrick hosted a launch event for her latest book, Rebel Heart, at ...

It’s an enchanting place for a childhood. Saffron Walden is indeed marvellous, certainly I like it the best of anywhere I’ve ...

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light also stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster , Jonathan Pryce , Timothy Spall , Harriet Walter, ...

From colonialism to the Troubles, the story of Britain’s first colony is one of exploitation, resistance, and solidarity — and one we should fight to ensure is told, writes teacher ROBERT POOLE ...