This is the third volume of Anthony Emery's magisterial survey, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300–1500, first published in 2006. Across the t

The first volume of the acclaimed Time Out Country Walks has been fully revised and updated, featuring 52 walks within easy reach of London, all starting and en

It is 1546: the last year of Henry VIII’s reign. What is the purpose of the top-quality portrait, painted then, of Elizabeth I aged about 13? It hangs today f