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HISTORICAL FACTS: Catherine howard - Caught on Camera

Actor known for playing Monica Sutton in Coronation Street, her many stage roles, and film and TV appearances with her father, Donald Pleasence

The Guardian - UK

Straight from the heart: 'Love Letters' exhibition examines 500 years of emotions

Love is, famously, a many-splendoured thing, encompassing a multitude of emotion. Such feelings expressed on paper over half a century are now on show in a new exhibition titled “Love Letters” that's open at Britain’s National Archives in London.

Euronews

PS, I love you: why love letters are making a comeback

LET’S UNPACK THAT: As love notes from historical figures including Jane Austen go on display at the National Archives, Lydia Spencer-Elliott explores why putting pen to paper is increasingly popular in the UK

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Centuries of love letters go on display at the National Archives in London

Love letters spanning five centuries are on display at Britain’s National Archives

The Independent UK

Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser leaves after four months

Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda

The Guardian - UK

‘We stick two fingers up at Henry VIII’: can the riotous all-Japanese Six out-Tudor-queen the original?

The Japanese version of the pop-rock phenomenon about the six ill-fated wives caused a sensation in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. As that production now hits the UK, we go behind the scenes (and thrones)

The Guardian - UK

22 Chilling Photos That Show More People Than There Were While Taking The Pic

We’ve gathered some allegedly “haunted” photos, where some netizens swear they can see ghosts.

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Could you pass the UK citizenship test? Find out here

People must pass the ‘Life in the UK Test’ to obtain citizenship

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‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors?

England has long adopted the version of events informed by the Victorians’ biases and neuroses. But what is behind the flood of 21st-century retellings, including the new TV series The Mirror and the Light?

The Guardian - UK

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light: which actors are playing famous characters from history?

Time to brush up on your half-remembered knowledge of Tudor history

Evening Standard

50 Chilling Photos That Show More People Than There Were While Taking The Pic

We’ve gathered some allegedly “haunted” photos, where some netizens swear they can see ghosts. The post 50 Chilling Photos That Show More People Than There Were While Taking The Pic first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Volunteer discovers ‘astonishing’ array of witches marks at English Heritage site

Tudor property Gainsborough Old Hall was once visited by Henry VIII and his fifth Queen, Catherine Howard

The Independent UK

‘Staggering array’ of witches’ marks discovered at English Heritage site

Marks found at Gainsborough Old Hall in Lincolnshire are among most identified at any of the charity’s 400 sites

The Guardian - UK

“By the time I swapped over the tapes I knew I was in the stinky brown stuff. Somebody said, ‘God help us’ … the budget for the cover was cut back”: How Rick Wakeman proved everyone wrong with The Six Wives of Henry VIII

His 1973 debut solo album was roundly hated by label bosses and reviewers – but it became a coffee-table classic and gave him freedom from Yes

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