With the 96-year-old US-resident composer in attendance, the opening of Thea Musgrave’ s Mary, Queen of Scots was an event of ...

Last Updated on February 18, 2025 Mary’s stage rule is as short as her real one The rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots ...

Genius doesn't always tally with equal opportunities, to paraphrase Doris Lessing. Opera houses have a duty to put on new ...

Mary’s troubled reign was certainly full of incident. Following the death of her husband Francis II of France in 1560, she made her way back to Scotland, where she had become queen in 1542 when just ...

Thea Musgrave’s rarely performed Mary, Queen of Scots makes its London and English National Opera (ENO) premiere in February ...

It’s like the Mary Poppin’s bag, or the Tardis. I used to be a very good yodeller but it’s starting to disappear. I think that happens with age anyway though. Chic Murray was a great ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann Mary, Queen of Scots, was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle ...

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For many monarchs, a single seal has sufficed. In the case of some long-reigning monarchs, such as Queen Victoria, the original seal simply wore out and a series of replacements was required. The ...

The courage of 14 young men who lost their lives during a wartime mission 80 years ago will be remembered in Moray this Sunday. ‘Black Friday’, as it came to be known by the survivors, took place on ...

This was a conspiracy between English Catholics and continental powers to overthrow Elizabeth and replace her with Mary Queen of Scots. The earl also apologises in the letter for his elusiveness ...