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A painting shows a topless woman sitting up in bed, holding her hand against the face of the man leaning over her

What did the Tudors think was ‘good’ sex? These tips and tricks were key to relationships in the 16th century

Two green hearts are sideways, facing each other. In each there is an image: one has a painting of Elizabeth I and the other has a painting of the Duke of Anjou

The Virgin Queen? Elizabeth I's forbidden love

An illustration showing Queen Elizabeth I. Her body has been replaced with an egg timer and her facial expression is looking worried.

Master the art of procrastination, with the help of the Virgin Queen

William Shakespeare. (Photo by Getty/Bridgeman)

Shakespeare’s 'lost years': what do we know about this secretive chapter of the bard's life?

My history heroJoan Armatrading chooses Charles Dickens

Elizabethan London: a multicultural melting pot

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare

Queen Elizabeth I.

QuizHow well do you know the Elizabethan period?

Shakespeare: Past MasterWhat the Bard's most famous works say about history

Week fourThe Succession

Week threePlots and Rebellions

Week twoElizabethan Daily Life

Week oneThe Elizabethan Court

Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots.

Why Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots never met

Francis Drake: life of the week

Catherine of Braganza: the Merrie Monarch's forgotten queen

Priest's Hole, formerly a medieval sewer, beneath the kitchen in Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire.

A perilous game of hide and seekThe history of priest holes and hunters

Invisible ink & toad poison: tools of Elizabethan spycraft

Forgotten women writers of the Renaissance

Picture of Owen Horsley

My life in historyDirector at the Royal Shakespeare Company

Tracy Borman at Hampton Court Palace

Explore Hampton Court Palace with Professor Tracy Borman

Shakespeare, depicted in a later image based on a contemporary portrait

Race, love & money: 8 Shakespeare plays that reveal the past

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I and VI

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga in Shogun

Shōgun: release schedule: when is episode 8?

Elizabethans quiz – week four

The Succession, with Professor Tracy Borman

Elizabethans quiz – week three

Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman

Elizabeth I

"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans

Elizabethans quiz – week two