Four Hundred Years of Spectacle and Glamour!
This year we mark the 400th anniversary of the building of the Banqueting House, ...
Category: Banqueting House
Now I will believe that there are unicorns: The Tempest at Whitehall...
1 November 1611 was the first recorded performance of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Curator ...
Outliers: The dissolution of monasteries and Whitehall Palace
Outliers is a historical fiction podcast, telling stories from the shadows of history. In ...
From the archives: Drawings of Kew, Kensington and Banqueting House
In this blog post, curatorial archivist Tom Drysdale presents some of his highlights from ...
Festooned with Mystery: Wall Paintings at the Banqueting House
An investigation into some mysterious mural paintings in the Banqueting House took place this ...
Outliers: The fire that destroyed Whitehall Palace
Our podcast Outliers: Stories from the Edge of History is back for season two! ...
Banqueting House: the birth of a revolutionary building
On 1 June 400 years ago, payments ...
The Masque of Callisto: Queen Mary, Queen Anne, Arabella Hunt and...
In 1675, two future queens performed in one of the most glittering and glamorous ...
“The most magnificent Triumph…on the Thames”
The Aqua Triumphalis of Catherine of Braganza © Historic Royal ...