Monthly Archives: January 2010
Picture of the Week #56
Nursery scene from the Henry VII tower at Pembroke Castle. Photo May 2003. Okay, so maybe this is a little cheesy, but since Henry VII’s birthday is tomorrow I figured what the heck. And I love that medieval chair Margaret … Continue reading
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National Trust Properties in Google Street View
This is very cool! I first saw mention of this collaboration in this Birmingham Post article: Solihull National Trust property added to Google street view It was a case of try before you buy but now you can see before … Continue reading
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Remembering Jean Simmons
I posted when Deborah Kerr died in 2007 about how I came across “Young Bess” early in my early teens, so I of course have to mention it again with the news that Jean Simmons died yesterday. And as with … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week #55
St. James’s Palace, London. Photo May 1998. Perhaps because it isn’t open to the public I tend to forget about St. James’s, even though it was built by Henry VIII and quite a bit of the Tudor palace survives. You … Continue reading
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Frequently Asked Questions – 2009 edition
I had fun doing the 2008 tally of the most common themes in the questions submitted to the Q&A blog, so I thought I would do it again with the 2009 submissions. The total number of submission emails that I … Continue reading
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New "Bloody Mary" London Dungeon attraction
Yeah…. I’m not so sure how I feel about this. I’m not a Mary “fan” by any stretch of the imagination, but I really hate to see people of history reduced to stereotypes. I know the job of The London … Continue reading
Some fun videos
First up is a time lapse of the initial building work on the new museum for The Mary Rose. I love how the ships in the port go up and down on the tide – it makes them look like … Continue reading
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Picture of the Week #54
Tomb of Cardinal Reginald Pole at Canterbury Cathedral. Photo May 2003.
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Another round-up post
Sorry to do another “link dump” post so close on the heels of the last one but it’s just a lot quicker this way (and I’m sure you all don’t want to be bombarded with a bunch of posts at … Continue reading
News link round-up
I’m clearing out all the articles that I have saved over the past couple of weeks and dumping them all into this post: * Debunking the Myth of Lady Jane Grey Thought-provoking article by Leanda de Lisle at Intelligent Life … Continue reading
Picture of the Week #53
The Old Palace at Hatfield with part of the recreated Tudor garden. Photo May 2000.
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Whew… Links finally checked and updated
That’s what I get for putting off some of those maintenance tasks so long! I keep thinking I have another batch of links to add somewhere, so there might be a few more up soon. And, if anyone I had … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
I’m not making any resolutions this year, but I will make a promise to blog more! I’ve also been doing some “behind the scenes” stuff on the rest of the site over my break from work, as well as finally … Continue reading
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