Celebrating Mother's Day 2021 at the palaces

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

However you're celebrating today, a very happy Mother's Day from Historic Royal Palaces! Through the ...

Never out of style: spotting historic trends at London Fashion Week...

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

The shows at London Fashion Week are always full of smart historical references, and ...

‘A private hour’ with disastrous consequences: Queen Anne and...

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

To celebrate LGBT History Month, we're telling stories of LGBTQ+ love and desire. We ...

Walter Hungerford and the Buggery Act: LGBTQ+ History and Punishment...

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

If you visit the Tower of London, you can walk where some of the ...

A queer walk through Hampton Court Palace

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

Wherever and whenever you look in human history, you will find LGBTQ+ lives. In ...

Winter Warmer: Heating a Royal Palace

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

While the days have started getting longer, it's still very chilly out there, and ...

Blue Monday: Elizabeth I's tips for curing the blues

Posted on January 18, 2021 by Historic Royal Palaces

So, today (18 January) is officially Blue Monday – statistically, the most depressing day ...

Shakespeare, Plague, and Christmas at Hampton Court

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Historic Royal Palaces

With a rather different sort of festive season upon us, curator Brett Dolman reflects ...

Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from Tudor Portraiture

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Historic Royal Palaces

We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was ...