The king of the gods in the ancient Greek pantheon had a notorious reputation for sleeping around, so it should come as no ...

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Thomas Cromwell’s final six months were a Greek tragedy of hubris and political venom, all presided over by a tyrannical king ...

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“One can hardly imagine a human being in a more degraded and brutalised condition than that in which I found this female.” The woman, Anna Stone, had been found naked, filthy and chained with several ...

For those who want to know how the Windsors spend the festive season, Channel 5 has the ideal double bill. First up is a documentary devoted to stories of the royals at Christmas, including the time a ...

In the early 13th century, Wanyan Yongji, mighty emperor of the Jin, sent a message to an upstart warlord who had had the temerity to invade his territory. “Our empire is as vast as the sea,” it read.