Joanne Major

Strange as it may seem, the best idea we can get of Kitty’s famous bonnet is from a painting of two girls dressing a kitten by candlelight.

A sentry found Cromwell's head and kept it. At his death, the sentry bequeathed it (what an inheritance!) to his wife and daughter.

Newspapers, plays and paintings portrayed the romance of elopement — but what was the reality?

With Wimbledon in full swing, thoughts – naturally – turn towards that perennial British summer favourite, fresh strawberries and cream.