‘It can be done’: peat-free garden to feature at Hampton Court flower show
Gardeners’ World presenter Arit Anderson creating colourful display to encourage gardeners to move away from peat
September 2023
Forgotten Artemisia Gentileschi painting found in Hampton Court storeroom
The very personal work, owned by Charles I, discovered after being left in storage for years
April 2023
Cost of visit to Hampton Court gardens goes from free to as much as £29
Dismayed locals and Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson are calling on palace to reconsider large fees
January 2023
Hampton Court show marries court of Charles II with black queer subcultures
Exhibition explores what is beauty by drawing parallels between artifice and performance of then and now
June 2022
RHS garden with burnt-out cottage ‘shows Ukraine’s spirit cannot be erased’
Victoria and Oleksiy Manoylo, who were in Milan when Russia invaded, have poured their trauma into garden
November 2021
Wooden bird bought for £75 revealed to be Anne Boleyn’s – and is now worth £200,000
The carved falcon belonging to the ill-fated queen is being loaned back to Hampton Court Palace
September 2020
The Audio Long Read
From the archives: Tudormania: Why can’t we get over it? – podcast
From the archives: Our fixation with the sexy powerplays of the Tudor court shows no signs of fading. What is it about this 16th-century dynasty that still obsesses us?
May 2019
Life on a plate
Lucy Worsley: ‘Johnny Depp stood me up at Hampton Court'
The historian and joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces on having to wear a bib on the set of her TV shows and the peril of exploding prosecco
January 2018
The Guardian view on the Royal Collection: if only it belonged to the people
Editorial: Oliver Cromwell missed a trick. Instead of selling Charles I’s masterpieces, he should have nationalised them
April 2017
Take the kids to …
Take the kids to … Hampton Court, Greater London
Some fairly horrible history has taken place at this riverside palace, but it makes for a lovely family day out, especially if the weather is kind
September 2016
Surreal estate
Chalet chic – a beach house in a London suburb
This is how the Swiss roll, but you don’t have to leave the banks of the Thames to experience this imported property, complete with indoor beach
May 2016
The Audio Long Read
Tudormania: Why can’t we get over it?
Our fixation with the sexy powerplays of the Tudor court shows no signs of fading. What is it about this 16th-century dynasty that still obsesses us?
April 2016
Children's books
Ghosts and feasting: Lucy Worsley's tour of Hampton Court Palace – in pictures
TV historian Lucy Worsley tells us how great historical royal palace Hampton Court (where she happens to have her office) inspired her book Eliza Rose, which is set in Henry VIII’s Tudor Court
February 2016
Hampton Court's Chapel Royal stages first Catholic service for 450 years
Vincent Nichols, the Catholic archbishop of Westminster, celebrates Vespers in service largely conducted in Latin
May 2015
Country diary
Going with the flow
Country Diary: Cobham, Surrey The Mole is a pretty river for most of its 50-mile length from just inside West Sussex to its confluence with the Thames at East Molesey, opposite Hampton Court, and deserves to be better known and celebrated
March 2015
Royal gardening show digs out Henry VIII's manual and Victoria's petunia passion
Buckingham Palace exhibition explores centuries of horticultural effort by kings and queens, unearthing William’s pineapple power games and Louis’ methane mortalities
January 2015
Open season for Tudor tourism as Wolf Hall effect takes hold
The BBC serialisation of Hilary Mantel’s novel began last Wednesday to critical acclaim. Already visitors are heading to the historic properties where it was filmed, writes Tracy McVeigh
The Tudors live on – thanks to Henry VIII’s lavish spending
Kate Williams: the monarch’s penchant for palaces has left us with some glorious monuments to the dynasty – but fewer modest homes remain
Henry VIII’s hat to go on display at Hampton Court
Headgear said to have been hurled in the air after capture of Boulogne has been preserved in remarkable condition
November 2014
Cumberland Art Gallery review – like looking into the Queen’s jewel box
Powerful self-portraits by Rembrandt and Artemisia Gentilschi light up the Royal Collection’s new gallery at Hampton Court
