The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots (1973) made its London debut at ENO’s Coliseum. The Opera followed Mary’s short-lived reign as Scottish queen. Something of a synthesis between Shakespearean ...

Speaking about marrying Jack, Saoirse revealed to USA Today, "I feel like I'm part of a group, which I never thought I would ...

Thanks to movie magic, there are several instances of actors appearing in scenes together without them actually meeting each ...

Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s 1932 novel Sunset Song was recently dropped as a set text on the Higher English syllabus. Now the 1971 ...

SHE’S a hot favourite to walk off with the Best Actress BAFTA this evening – but win or lose, Irish star Saoirse Ronan has ...

Historian Gareth Russell has written Queen James, a biography of King James VI and I - the last king of Scotland - who moved to London ...

A medieval castle in the Yorkshire Dales is set to reopen next month with a new season of events. Bolton Castle, near Leyburn - owned by the same family for more than 600 years, and regarded as one of ...

A medieval castle in the Yorkshire Dales is set to reopen next month with a new season of events. Bolton Castle, near Leyburn ...

Burton has since written four further bestsellers, including The Muse and The Confession, and her books have been translated ...

Being asked to review a Horrible Histories book has opened the floodgates of nostalgia. Childhood memories have come flooding ...

Eventually in 1603 Elizabeth died and James was offered the throne. The succession passed smoothly and James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland. Although promising to return to ...

The Reformation split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions, creating two roads to salvation - both of which claimed to be true. So it was very important to people that the Scottish state ...