From the importance of female pleasure to why you might need ribbons in the bedroom, historian Ruth Goodman explores the ...
From Bette Davis to Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth I, from Charles Laughton to Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII, from “Fire Over England” to “Wolf Hall,” the Tudor era has kept movies, ...
After four seasons and 38 episodes, Showtime’s “The Tudors” will have its series finale on June 20. And I, for one, will be sad to see it go. I say that even though I was a history major in college ...
For all the tabloid fuss and docudramas, the messy love lives of today’s British royals seem like pallid reflections of monarchical scandals past. The personalities are smaller, the stakes so much ...
A new book examines art made for the royal court and increasing numbers of ‘middling’ professionals, who embraced art and ...
The 1500s gang is back, and Showtime's got 'em with the return of "The Tudors" for a second season, its bawdy sensibility, spectacular costumes and period grandeur fully intact. By Ray Richmond, The ...
Henry VIII, the 16th century British monarch best known for beheading wives, gets an extreme makeover in "The Tudors," a lavish 10-part drama five years in the making. By Barry Garron, The Associated ...