The Whitehall Palace fire started on the afternoon of 4 January 1698, when a Dutch maidservant was drying linen sheets on a charcoal brazier in a bed chamber at Whitehall Palace.

Cromwell’s fate was sealed by a bill of attainder, passed by Parliament on 29 June 1540. This terrifying instrument of royal jurisdiction allowed for noblemen to be stripped of their lands and their ...

Anne of Cleves was Queen of England and Henry VIII's fourth wife for just over six months. Disregarded by some historians as the 'ugly one' and the subject of a much-discussed portrait by renowned ...

In 2014 the Tower of London marked the centenary of the outbreak of The First World War (WWI) with the commemorative art installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, which saw the moat filled with ...

Alice is a curator and building historian. She previously worked in the commercial heritage sector and prior to this, for the Pevsner Architectural Guides. Her research interests include building ...

As manager of the Heritage Science Team and Laboratory, Constantina is responsible for the planning and execution of research informing the preservation of the diverse objects and interiors of six ...

Myles is Assistant Curator of Collections at Kensington Palace. He specialises in the making and reception of the royal image across Britain and Ireland in the 19th century through art, craft, dress ...