Two paintings by the Portuguese painter Paula Rego have replaced portraits of Queen Elizabeth I and Sir Walter ... and timed ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors ...

Elizabeth I is a colourful monarch. Her reign has been referred to by some as a ‘golden age’ but more recently this has been challenged and Elizabeth’s control over her country has been ...