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A heaving Bridgerton cleavage or bloody decapitation? What your favourite era of history says about you | Emma Beddington

A survey has found people would rather travel back in time than to the future. I consulted historical experts to find out what that means

Fifty-eight per cent of us would rather travel to the past tha…

3 months ago

‘La tapisserie, c’est moi’: Macron accused of putting politics first in Bayeux tapestry loan

Organiser of petition says French president ignoring expert advice that artefact too fragile to be transported to UK

The Bayeux tapestry is so fragile that transporting it risks irreparable damage, Fr…

Feuding royal rivals William and Harry go to war. Sound familiar? CHRISTOPHER STEVENS reviews BBC's King & Conqueror

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: James Norton plays Harold II and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau his old friend turned bitterest enemy, William Duke of Normandy, in King And Conqueror.

King and Conqueror review – James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau fight the Battle of Hastings

This tale of 1066 forces viewers to wade through exposition-heavy episodes, and its pace does drag. But Coster-Waldau does play William the Conqueror with a phenomenal 70s dad tache

It is 1066. We are…

What James Norton's King and Conqueror gets WRONG about Battle of Hastings foes William and Harold - historian gives their verdict as 1066 TV drama airs

New TV drama King and Conqueror is set to portray King Harold and William the Conqueror as 'friends' who were once firm allies before their fall-out led to the Battle of Hastings.

From The Crown to Blackadder: TV kings and queens – rated bad to best

Who had an accent that could skin a corgi? Who was one of the greatest TV monsters of all time? And who did far too much flashing of their buttocks? We put television monarchs under the microscope

Rej…

4 months ago

TV’s best (and worst) historical epics: from Wolf Hall to I, Claudius

Sweeping dramas set in days of yore are everywhere. But which are some of the finest television ever created? And which are little more than an excuse to show naked backsides?

Inflate thy balloons and…

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