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In 1437, a woman walked into an Italian bank in London and bought £38 of saffron — six years' wages. Her name was Annabell Furner, the earliest recorded female grocer. Students from Mossbourne Community Academy and St Mary's RC Primary School explored her story through art at Grocers' Hall. Visit the online exhibition.

The Tudor Heart The British Museum has raised £3.5 million to save the Tudor Heart, a stunning 24-carat gold pendant found in a Warwickshire field in 2019. The media immediately called it a love token between Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon. The intertwined symbols are all there: the Tudor rose, the pomegranate, the initials H and K, and the inscription tousiors —always. Romantic, right? Not quite. The British Museum's own research suggests a different interpretation. This