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An ancient tree linked to Mary, Queen of Scots, which has been described as “one of the most important trees in Scotland”, ...

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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 ...

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

She said: “We are overjoyed to be a key partner in National Library of Scotland’s centenary celebrations. The last letter written by Mary Queen of Scots ... in modern history, and the longest ...

Mary, Queen of Scots at London Coliseum review: a long overdue standing ovation - 4/5 Thea Musgrave’s powerful and imaginatively scored opera finally gets its London staging ...

An “extraordinary” silver casket believed to have belonged to Mary Queen of Scots has undergone fresh conservation work ahead ...

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

Back in the 1970s, before neglect of women composers was recognised as an urgent issue (with resultant automatic entry to the ...

Elizabeth I ordered the beheading of Mary, Queen of Scots, a Catholic claimant to the English throne, on this day in 1587 Sarah Holzmann On this day in 1542, the Battle of Solway Moss left James V ...

And so to the final new production of English National Opera’s season; Mary, Queen of Scots, directed by Stewart Laing and ...