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Queen Elizabeth I by unknown continental artist (c.1575), NPG 2082. Image: The National Portrait Gallery, London

Queen Elizabeth I would tell Boris to tax the rich rather than cut universal credit, a new book argues

11 Oct 2021

A new book about how Covid-19 rocked the world argues that Elizabeth I would have supported the poor in the aftermath of the pandemic.

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Queen Elizabeth in procession the day before her coronation in 1559. College of Arms MS M.6, f.41v. Banner image: Rachel Duffield as Elizabeth I, credit: Antonella Muscat

A ‘rare and merveleous’ guest: Elizabeth I samples life in Cambridge 450 years ago

05 Sep 2014

In August 1564 Queen Elizabeth I made her only visit to Cambridge - and found fault with some of the elaborate arrangements. A pageant on 13...

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