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How did James VI of Scotland come to rule as King James I of England? Who were his personal favourites? And what was his role in the witch hunts at the turn of the 16th century? Historian and author Tracy Borman presents a comprehensive guide…
National Portrait Gallery, London
Today, we are all extremely familiar with what our Royal Family looks like, thanks to advances in photography and the advent of the internet and television, yet 500 years ago, the public only knew what their King (or Queen) looked like thanks to royal portraiture.
Employing court artists to capture their likeness, most monarchs utilised coded symbolism to get important messages about who they were across: the future King James II was painted as the Roman God of War, Mars, to showcase his strength, while Queen Anne was dressed up to look like her famous predecessor, Queen Elizabeth I.
Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum in 2017. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Facing a small classroom, former Republican senator and current CNN pundit Rick Santorum stands at a podium emblazoned with the logo of the Young America’s Foundation, an organization for conservative youth.
There are six young women in the front row, arms crossed, waiting intently for Catholic Dad™ to tell them the story of his “fight for religious freedom,” and he doesn’t disappoint. After a 20-minute preamble about the Civil Rights era, which he describes as destroying the soul of America, Santorum pauses briefly, then says: “We birthed a nation from nothing.”