Flagship Brexit legislation survived intact as it returned to the Commons despite further Tory concerns and a mini-rebellion.

David Davis has accused Brussels and its chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier of having a "silly" approach to the talks on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have formally welcomed the King of Spain to the UK with a military spectacle full of pomp and pageantry.

Governments and civil servants in 27 EU countries now have to waste time on the British problem, when there are many other vital issues to be addressed, writes John Bruton

The widow of a famous artist, whose work features in the British royal family collection, has donated one of his paintings to an Irish care home where he spent his final days.

There is never, not now or ever before, any justification for what took place in Manchester.

Scientists are to examine human remains from the Tudor warship Mary Rose with the hope of creating accurate skeletons of some of the crew.

Kya deLongchamps traces the history of wallpaper from the early stone-chilled castles of the medieval period, to the rococo mansions of the restoration and beyond.

The other day I found myself looking into the eyes of a large, beautiful and rather unusual fish, writes Dick Warner.

I wanted to write from the age of 12. I am obsessive, so I don’t need self-discipline. 

Kya deLongchamps takes a wincing look at the most peculiar protuberance of male attire which thankfully wilted in the age of Shakespeare’s ‘A Mid-Summer Night’s Dream’.

THE glittering, jewel-encrusted private world of Britain’s five Tudor monarchs returns gloriously in these pages.

Idris Elba has earned his first Bafta television awards nomination.

The Egyptian Enchantment. A Lottie Lipton Adventure by Dan Metcalf (Bloomsbury, €6.40)

Kya deLongchamps looks at some of the most extravagant gifts in history.

Rose Martin suggests a return ticket stocking-filler to see one of the glories of the Tudor Age and a house of two sides, Hampton Court Palace.

Here’s a few pub talking points from #RWC2015 that you might have missed ...

Kya deLongchamps considers the emotional and political significance of the Chequers Ring, one of the few surviving objects connected to the very private life of Elizabeth I, Queen of England.

 

Des O’Sullivan reports on an unusual offering at Whyte’s auction house in Dublin.

It was built in the 1920s in the Spanish Mission style, topped by one of those red clay tile roofs so popular in South Florida back then. 

Mark Evans and his six-year-old son hit the British capital to see the sights and found there was a lot more for a child to experience than dinosaurs, Big Ben and a big wheel    

It’s here! And I’m losing already.

The TV-adaptation of Mantel’s novels excelled, but steadily lost viewing figures,, writes Richard Fitzpatrick.

CHINA: China’s annual Lunar New Year variety show, which mocked unmarried women and suggested female officials provide sexual favours to get promoted, has led to online outrage and some state media to urge more attention to discrimination against women.

A new chapter in the story of Anne Boleyn worthy of an episode of Wolf Hall has been unveiled, thanks to facial recognition technology. Henry VIII’s attempt to erase his second wife from history after chopping off her head may have been thwarted after more than 470 years.

What should you watch tonight?

Stephen Fry is Gay Byrne’s guest on The Meaning of Life on RTÉ One tomorrow.

Forget about The Tudors. A new series captures what it was really like in the era of Henry VIII, writes

Alocket of hair inscribed Catherine Parr and crested with a crown motif is one of the more unusual lots at the James Adam Sunday Interiors sale in Dublin tomorrow.

Philippa Gregory

ARDMORE Studios, which opened its doors as Ireland’s first film studio in May 1958, remains the physical heart of the Irish film industry. Having played host to more than 100 films, the original studios, situated on a 10-acre site, represented an investment of over £500m at the time.

Abolition is about a politics fearful of other ideas. Abolition would stymie the challenge to the dominance every Irish government has had over a directly elected Dáil and an indirectly-elected Seanad

Even the President's daughters want to brag about their Irish roots.

Michelle Obama has arrived in Ireland for a 24-hour visit while the G8 summit takes place.

RONAN and Emma Lally have caused quite a stir.

He wore the English crown, but he ended up defeated, humiliated, and reviled.

The confirmation yesterday that a skeleton found under a car park in Leicester is that of Richard III is an indication of how far the science of DNA and its power as an investigative tool has advanced.