Sinister conversations in hushed tones behind gold-plated Gothic columns faintly illumined by flickering torchlight.

This 1974 story from the L.A. Times revisits the legendary Mary Pickford in her later years, living in seclusion at her ...

“Cromwell was very conflicted when he took Anne Boleyn to the tower at the end of the finale episode of the first series of Wolf Hall. He felt it was a real waste,” director and showrunner ...

King Henry VIII of England is surrounded by his 6 wives, including Anne of Cleves, Jane Seymour, Catherine Parr, Catherine Howard, Anne Boleyn ... to the future Queen Mary I in 1516 but failed ...

So, when Henry ordered his minister to do what Wolsey could not and clear the way for his marriage to Anne Boleyn ... of the clergy. Mary’s supporters feared that she would face the same ...

Facial reconstruction reveals the real face of Santa Claus after 1,700 years, just in time for Christmas. Depictions of the yuletide man originated from Saint Nicholas of Myra, who left a legacy ...

Saint Nicholas of Myra died in 343 AD - long before anyone could snap a photo. Scientists have revealed the face of Saint Nicholas of Myra, the real-life bishop who inspired the concept of modern ...

Here comes the real Santa Claus! Remarkable new high-tech images reveal the face of the real-life bishop who inspired the concept of Santa Claus — more than 1,700 years after he first made ...

She was the daughter of Henry VIII’s first queen, Catherine of Aragon; he helped engineer the annulment of their marriage so that the king might marry Anne Boleyn ... or that Mary herself would have ...