The Belmont Court home whose reclusive owner disappeared about five years ago is a study in contrasts. Inside the once glamorous home, unopened mail a decade old litters the front entryway, and moldy ...

If you were born into the gentry in the 16th and 17th century, at a very early age you’d be taught how to become a ‘gentleman’ - it’s in the name. But what exactly would you learn? Luke Tomes follows ...

For a brief time in her short life, it looked like Amy Robsart had it all. Beautiful and young, she was also married to one of the most powerful men in the land, Queen Elizabeth I’s favorite, Robert ...