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Interview: Damian Lewis on Playing Henry VIII
Damian Lewis on the embodiment of majesty, the heft of the fat suit, and the complicated king of The Mirror and the Light as ...
Young British flock push Catholics to outnumber Anglicans for first time since Henry VIII
Over the past six years, a shift has occurred among younger generations. Young Catholics now outnumber Anglicans by more than ...
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Famous Henry VIII portrait on display at Hartford museum
A museum in Hartford is now featuring a famous portrait of Henry VIII. The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art said Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII (1540) is currently on display.
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The Real Story Behind ‘Wolf Hall’ and the Fall of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s Most Controversial Adviser
Based on Hilary Mantel's novel "The Mirror & the Light," the last installment in the acclaimed television series chronicles ...
Rags-to-riches hero or villainous torturer? The truth about Henry VIII's scheming right-hand man Thomas Cromwell
With her Wolf Hall books, novelist Hilary Mantel made Tudor bad guy Thomas Cromwell sympathetic. But as a new TV adaptation ...
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Famous Henry VIII portrait on display at Hartford museum
The Hartford museum is hosting an event called Gallery Talk – Hans Holbein’s Portrait of Henry VIII with Matthew Hargraves and Oliver Tostmann – on May 3. Wadsworth said the Henry VIII ...
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Famous portrait of Henry VII temporarily on display at the Wadsworth in Hartford
The Renaissance court portraiture “Portrait of Henry VIII (1540)” was created by Hans Holbein. It’s on special loan from the Palazzo Barberini in Rome through the summer. Wadsworth museum ...
CT Culture Corner: Mattatuck art spurs trivia question, plus Tudor stare-down
This week, the Mattatuck Museum is exhibiting the art of Elizabeth Catlett, the first person, first woman and first ...