Mary Queen of Scots: martyr or murderess?
There have been few monarchs in British history quite as tragic or beautiful as Mary Queen of Scots. We sift the fact from the fiction
On 8 February 1587, Mary Stuart came to a sticky end....
10 majestic facts about Queen Elizabeth II
Think you know everything there is to know about our reigning monarch? Then why not test yourself with our list of 10 facts?
Who was George V? Why did he change the Royal Family’s name?
King George V promoted the reach of the British Empire and encouraged the idea of a coalition between the three major political parties. He ruled from 1910-1936
As a descendant of Prince Albert and the...
Who was William Wallace?
Who was the legendary warrior and why is he still celebrated as a Scottish hero centuries on?
Words Joan McFadden
For many people, Mel Gibson’s Braveheart summed up William Wallace: a hero fighting for his country,...
Tudor of the month: Lord Robert Dudley
Lord Robert Dudley had a passionate affair with Elizabeth I. Melita Thomas of Tudor Times explores why the queen didn't marry him and what happened to their relationship
Lord Robert Dudley was the love of...
Revealed: Sir Isaac Newton drawing discovered on the wall of his Lincolnshire home after...
A drawing by English scientist Sir Isaac Newton has been found etched into a wall at his childhood home, 350 years later
A sketch of a windmill, said to have been etched by Sir Isaac...
Who was James VI? How did he escape the Gunpowder Plot?
King James oversaw a relatively peaceful reign, despite Guy Fawkes trying to blow up the Houses of Parliament. He was King of Scotland as James VI from 1567 and King of England and Ireland...
Remarkable portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots discovered under 16th-century painting of a man
Unfinished portrait of controversial 16th-century queen Mary Stuart found under painting of Sir John Maitland. The picture may have been painted and then covered up in dangerous times
A rare portrait of Mary, Queen of...
Why Mary, Queen of Scots lived one of the most dramatic lives in British...
The life of Mary, Queen of Scots was dramatic. From the day her father died, when she was a week old, to her death at the hands of an English executioner 45 years later,...
Lost Rubens painting of Jacobean duke found in Glasgow stately home
Oil painting by leading 17th-century Flemish artist is of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham - a controversial figure in Jacobean times
For years it was thought that a portrait hanging in a stately home...
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