At the end of 1969, Anne of the Thousand Days was released in cinemas across the world. An epic historical drama based on the life of...

When compared to the countless portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I, her half-sister Mary is often consigned to the fringes of film and...

I have always revered Elizabeth I. As the daughter of undoubtedly my favourite character from history, Anne Boleyn, and viewed by many as...

I wrote part one of this blog back in March and had planned for part two to follow shortly thereafter, so my apologies that I have only...

Lady Margaret Beaufort is one of the most fascinating and at times unfairly maligned characters from English history. Thanks to fictional...

Game of Thrones, the television drama adapted from George RR Martin's book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" has been called the biggest...

Very few high profile women in Tudor England met their ends on the executioners scaffold. Countless common folk did of course die in...

On the 8th February 1587, Mary Stuart, formally Queen of Scotland was led to a scaffold in the Great Hall of Fotheringhay Castle. Shortly...

On the 12th February 1554, a girl of just seventeen was led from her rooms in the tower of London to the place of execution within its...