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Slim majority means any member of party sitting in House of Representatives could block legislation. Plus, the meteorite that may solve mystery of Earth’s water

Today a picture claimed by some to be the only one painted during William Shakespeares lifetime (pictured) will be put up for sale, with the owner hoping it could sell for more than £10million.

Only two images of the Bard, both posthumous, are generally recognised as valid.

Only two images of the Bard, both posthumous, are generally recognised as valid.

Only two images of the Bard, both posthumous, are generally recognised as valid.

The NJBIZ Leaders in Real Estate, Construction and Design Awards celebrate those changing New Jersey’s commercial real estate landscape.

Jessie Childs’s The Siege of Loyalty House tells the story of how Basing House resisted a two-year siege – until Cromwell arrived

The British Library’s current major exhibition, Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens, charts the relationship and the lives of Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots, as well as the significant figures who were part of their courts and inner circles. One of the concluding sections of the exhibition...

Rare 17th-century painting of Charles II unearthed by seven-year-old boy History buff Dylan Maggs convinced his mother to take the painting, which once hung on his grandparents wall, to be restored on BBC show 21 April 2021 • 6:00am Dylan Maggs, then aged seven, and mother Elizabeth Vella with the portrait Credit: BBC A seven-year-old history buff unearthed a contemporary 17th-century portrait of Charles II after studying Britain’s kings and queens. Dylan Maggs fell in love with the paintin...

This was a prestigious position at court, and no one except the Master of Horse was allowed to physically touch the young Queen Elizabeth. The two of them became increasingly intimate, and Amy Robsart Dudley saw her husband less and less. The Queen and her Master of Horse spent a lot of time together, and Dudley’s duties pertained not only to the obligations of the Master of Horse, but also for the queen’s accommodations and her travel arrangements. To make things even more odd, his sleepi...