A Life in Armor

Henry the Eighth, I am, I am. Dressed to Kill, an exhibition of close-fitting combat dress at the Tower of London shows Henry VIII's ballooning figure. And David Starkey, author of Henry, Virtuous Prince, curates Henry VIII: Man and Monarch at the British Library. All this and more to mark the five hundredth anniversary of Henry's accession to the English throne. More power and less liberty. Sounds familiar?