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Winners of Race Across The World 2025 crowned

Four teams successfully crossed the world’s largest continent.

Evening Standard

Shameless star made OBE says Prince of Wales joked about her playing Elizabeth I

Anne-Marie Duff, 54, was formally made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire at Windsor Castle on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Discover the best mother-of-pearl jewellery for timeless elegance

Heed the siren call: the allure of mother-of-pearl jewellery, perfect for big moments and everyday wear

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Every Royal Family Obsessive Needs to Visit These 10 Destinations

From majestic castles to Queen Victoria's beach house and a retired royal yacht.

Marie Claire

Cate Blanchett: why is the Oscar winner considering retirement?

The Australian actress says she is serious about leaving her profession behind

Evening Standard

The ‘morning shed’: a brief history of the sometimes dangerous lengths women have gone to look beautiful

In TikTok’s latest viral beauty trend “the morning shed,” beauty influencers “shed” hair and skin products that have been worn overnight. These include hair styling items, skin masks and creams, and physical products such as chin straps and mouth tape, which are intended to help with breathing through the night…

The Conversation

Rare wall paintings found in Cumbria show tastes of well-off Tudors

Artwork thought to date from reign of Elizabeth I reveals how those with disposable incomes decorated their homes

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Barometer! Is anybody on earth more chuffed with themselves than Stanley Tucci? Perhaps only Louis Theroux

What’s hot... and what’s not — keep up with Joe Bromley’s weekly barometer

Evening Standard

Artists have the power to stand up for truth, says Edinburgh festival director

Performers can fight cynicism in age of Trump, says Nicola Benedetti as she announces 2025 programme

The Guardian - UK

From Ripley to Ragnarok: Cate Blanchett’s 20 best film performances – ranked!

Ahead of her starring role in Steven Soderbergh’s thriller Black Bag, and as her London stage run in The Seagull continues, we look at the screen queen’s most commanding roles

The Guardian - UK

Inside the controversial Oscars ‘fashion show’ – and why Hollywood hated it

OSCARS 2025 : For years the Best Costume Design Oscar was presented via an elaborate spectacle that involved supermodels, dancers and – on one occasion – a live elephant carrying an envelope with the winner’s name in their trunk. Lydia Spencer-Elliott digs into the archives to unearth the truth behind…

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Bar manager ‘gobsmacked’ after winning £4m ‘Saltburn-style’ country house

Paul Knight has won the latest Omaze Million Pound House Draw in Bath.

Evening Standard

After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain

A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Actress Anne-Marie Duff ‘very grateful’ to be made an OBE for services to drama

The actress made her name in hit drama Shameless and further established herself in films such as The Virgin Queen and Suffragette.

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Artwork to explore why Elizabeth I would not marry Robert Dudley

Exclusive: Artwork offering fresh perspective on queen’s relationship with courtier to go on display at Kenilworth Castle

The Guardian - UK

Letters from Lord Byron, Elizabeth I and Benjamin Franklin among collection discovered in British stately home

Rare autographed cache found by researcher at National Trust’s Waddesdon Manor

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Party like it’s 1899: the young, wealthy women still attending debutante balls

Opulent celebrations of well-born women became déclassé under Elizabeth II, but the tradition is making a comeback

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Readers reply: The Moon Under Water – from where did George Orwell get the name for his perfect pub?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

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Rediscovered Elizabethan portrait may have been love token for Sir Walter Raleigh

Exclusive: Miniature thought to be Elizabeth, Lady Leighton, one of Queen Elizabeth I’s ladies-in-waiting

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Gender-fluid Mary, Queen of Scots ballet to debut at Edinburgh festival 2025

International festival’s director says Scottish Ballet production is part of lineup that will challenge perspectives

Homes & Gardens

King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I once inhabited this off-the-beaten-path royal residence – its interiors balance Tudor history with modern approachability

The resident historian at Ashridge House explains how the design of the home is influenced by its royal past and its current status as a wedding venue

Marie Claire

King Charles Once Saw the Ghost of Queen Elizabeth I at Windsor Castle

A paranormal historian claims every royal residence is haunted.

The Conversation

Mary Queen of Scots and the clandestine tricks of the women who kept her secrets

Mary, Queen of Scots spent almost 20 years in captivity. She was held in various locations across Britain from 1568 until her execution on February 8 1587. As I explain in my new book, Captive Queen: The Decrypted History of Mary, Queen of Scots, during this period she relied upon…

Marie Claire

Martha Stewart’s 2024 Halloween Costume Was Inspired by Queen Elizabeth I's Coronation

All hail the Queen of Halloween.

The Conversation

From Camilla to the ‘ugly’ Elizabeth of Austria: a problematic history of obsessing over royal women’s looks

Throughout history, queens have often been judged on their looks. Beauty standards shaped early-modern queenship. Even today, royal women such as the UK royal family’s Camilla, Catherine and Meghan are scrutinised for their looks, while their male counterparts aren’t held to the same standard.

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