England

Retha Warnicke unravels the evidence on the rise and fall of Henry VIII's second wife.

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of Sherlock Holmes' most famous case, March 25th, 1902.

Jez Ross takes issue with the traditional view that sees the early foreign policy of the second Tudor monarch as a costly failure.

Curator Alex Werner marks the 25th anniversary of the Museum of London

The 'puffing devil', the first passenger-carrying vehicle powered by steam, made its debut on a road outside Redruth in Cornwall on December 24th, 1801.

L.W. Cowie describes the wedding of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon on November 14th, 1501.

Charles Saumarez Smith, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, reflects on some of the issues raised by the exhibition 'Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II'.

Elaine Murphy looks at the two families who dominated the private provision of care for the insane in London in the early 19th century.

The remarkable wave of rebuilding and new building that took place across society, between 1570 and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Robert Curthose invaded England on July 21st, 1101.