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Remember, remember, the fifth of November, when a bad guy tried to blow up a political system

A dastardly plot is afoot to burn it all down by any means necessary. Sound familiar, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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The Scapegoat by Lucy Hughes-Hallett review – James I’s beloved bedfellow

A biography of the Duke of Buckingham brings the royal favourite, and his ‘entrancingly strange’ world, to life

The Guardian - UK

The disaster that was Battle of Flodden in Scottish Borders

IN this penultimate part of my series on the ancient history of the Scottish Borders, I will deal with momentous events, none more tragic than the…

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The Tour's left-field turn: sampling stage nine of the Tour de France

Stage nine of the Tour de France, taking place on Sunday 7 July, features 32km on the white roads of the Champagne region. Steve Shrubsall grabs his gravel bike to sample what lies in wait for the peloton

Cycling Weekly

Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials review – the misogyny will make you want to smash furniture

The actor is an engaging, funny host for this thoughtful documentary’s journey into witch-hunts and their underlying sexism. It’s eye-opening TV

The Guardian - UK

7 best shows like 'Shogun' to watch after the miniseries

Watch the best shows like "Shogun," including "Rome" and "Game of Thrones"

Tom’s Guide

Dorset couple find 17th-century treasure hoard while renovating kitchen

‘Poorton coin hoard’, discovered under floor by Betty and Robert Fooks, expected to fetch £35,000 at auction

The Guardian - UK

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Starz Premieres Intricate 17Th-Century Drama 'Mary & George' With Unpredictable Tone

Delve into the captivating world of 'Mary & George' on Starz, a historical drama filled with intrigue, betrayal, and power struggles in 17th-century England.

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‘We had a very dry orgy!’ Tony Curran on mastering Jacobean sex for Mary & George

The actor stars alongside Julianne Moore in this salacious TV drama about the troubled monarch’s lascivious life. He explains how he negotiated palace backstabbing – and stately home sex shoots

The Guardian - UK

Mary & George: what’s true and what's false – fact checking the scandalous new Sky show

The story of a mother and son who rose from the fringes to the top of Jacobean society is now a lavish new drama

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The Guardian - UK

Shock of the old: 11 vintage, vaginal and downright dangerous cigarette ads

In the days when smoking was advertised everywhere, the sell was often genuinely bizarre: from dancing polar bears to Ronald Reagan to recommendations from friendly doctors

The Guardian - UK

Union With David Olusoga review – finally! A history show that’s not deathly dull

Most history documentaries are so drearily simplistic they make you cross-eyed with boredom. Thank goodness then for this fascinating, first-rate effort about how our septic isle came to be

The Guardian - UK

‘We live in a complicated country’: David Olusoga on the UK’s contested union, then and now

The historian’s new TV series, Union, exposes the contradictions and conflicting identities that have beset the United Kingdom from its earliest alliances to our present divisions

The Guardian - UK

John Bradbury obituary

Other Lives: Sculptor who carved a life-sized figure of William Caxton in Westminster Abbey and won awards for his work on Cambridge colleges

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Autumn TV preview 2023: all the best dramas coming in the new Fall season

In our exclusive Autumn TV preview we reveal the best dramas on their way over the next few months.

The Guardian - UK

‘Heart-stopping’: censored pages of history of Elizabeth I reappear after 400 years

British Library uses new technique to uncover passages of Camden’s Annals, the first official account of Elizabeth’s reign

The National (Scotland)

BBC issues correction after major error about Scottish royalty

THE BBC has issued a correction after it excluded the history of Scottish royalty from a news report ...

The National (Scotland)

Edinburgh Castle in embarrassing Scottish king blunder

EDINBURGH Castle has come under fire for an embarrassing blunder involving a Scottish King born in the historic fortress.

Wales Online

London commuters baffled as Gunpowder Plot conspirators ride the tube

A group of reenactors of the 1605 event took to the London Underground this morning - to highlight the fact that over a quarter of Brits lack knowledge of the historical plot

Daily Mirror

One in six Brits believe the Gunpowder Plot is a fictional story, research finds

A group of reenactors of the 1605 event took to the London Underground this morning, leaving commuters baffled as they rode towards Westminster

Daily Mirror

What is the Coronation Spoon and how will it be used in King Charles' Coronation?

King Charles III's Coronation will feature the aptly named Coronation Spoon, which is over 600 years old and has an unusual use - but it's not for eating coronation chicken

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