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Sunday Short Takes
* Shakespeare’s ‘co-author’ named by Oxford scholars – All’s Well That Ends Well has another author as well as William Shakespeare, according to research from Oxford University academics. * Boleyn family bible to go on display at Norfolk Heritage Centre … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* To celebrate the upcoming Shakespeare: Staging the World exhibition at the British Museum, BBC Radio 4 is doing a 20-part series called Shakespeare’s Restless World that you can also subscribe to as a podcast. Be sure to check out … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* The roof comes off as Portsmouth’s Mary Rose’s guns get a new home * Villagers hope to rescue tower from disrepair – Residents of Otford are launching a campaign to restore the early 16th century Otford Tower and open … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* BBC1 to screen War of the Roses epic – I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, I’m happy to see some more historical drama on TV (especially that period) but on the other, we’ll have to deal … Continue reading
Wolf Hall sequel update and mini-series under development
I was originally planning to save the latest news on the sequel to Hilary Mantel’s award-winning Wolf Hall until the Sunday news round-up but the news started stacking up enough that I thought it deserved a dedicated post. The first … Continue reading
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Sunday Short Takes
* Kenilworth Castle displaying mysterious portrait of Elizabeth I – This is the painting that I posted about last year that was studied by the National Portrait Gallery. Here’s more information from English Heritage. * British Library’s Treasures in Full: … Continue reading
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Upcoming movies, exhibitions and books
Time for another round-up post of upcoming items of interest! This post covers the end of September and all of October. As always, I know I’m missing stuff – there is just too much to keep up with! I might … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* Tudor coroners’ records give clue to ‘real Ophelia’ for Shakespeare – I saw a lot of articles going around last week on this discovery by Dr. Steven Gunn, but I liked the discussion in this one of safety in … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* Dr. Susan Bordo is writing at new book called “The Creation of Anne Boleyn” and wants to hear from Anne Boleyn fans, particularly women 20 years old and younger. She and her research assistant Natalie have started a Facebook … Continue reading
“Secrets of the Virgin Queen” on US TV tomorrow
For those of you who get the National Geographic Channel, tomorrow night they will be running a show called “Secrets of the Virgin Queen” (and rerunning “Inside the Body of Henry VIII right after). Here’s a link to info on … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* If you’re in or planning to visit the Portsmouth area, be sure to check these out: Emmy Award-Winning Costumes from ‘The Tudors’ to go on display for Mary Rose 500 Appeal * And if you are going to be … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* Details of Peterborough Cathedral’s 2011 Katherine of Aragon Festival have been posted at their website. Here’s littlemisssunnydale’s video from the 2010 candlelight procession that I linked to last year. * Renaissance Fashion: The Birth of Power Dressing is the … Continue reading
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Sunday Short Takes – Monday edition
Yeah, I was goofing off and watching DVDs that I received for Christmas and totally forgot to do yesterday’s blog post. * A newly built Elizabethan house – an update on a story I first posted about back in November … Continue reading
The Shadow of the Tower finally coming to DVD
It’s hard for me to believe, but early next year the BBC is finally releasing “The Shadow of the Tower” on DVD! I first heard about this program a long time ago when I was putting together my Tudors in … Continue reading
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The Death of Queen Jane
I was going to wait until we got a little closer to the release dates to post about Loreena McKennitt’s new album but then I realized that today is the day to post about it! I’ve been a huge fan … Continue reading
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Sunday Short Takes
Just two stories again this week! But the first one is pretty funny. * Henry VIII may have lied on his Match.com profile * And a new book that I’ve been hearing about and realized that I hadn’t posted about … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Short update today! * The first evening of the London History Festival will feature Justin Pollard, Jessie Childs and Susan Ronald discussing the Tudor Dynasty (check the link for more information on that lecture as well as a schedule of … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* The October edition of History Today features Elizabeth I on the cover and you can read the article Elizabeth I: Exception to the Rule free on the site. * The Vivat Rex! exhibition that was at the Grolier Club … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
* 525th anniversary of the Battle of Bosworth event staged on ‘wrong site’ – Be sure to check out the photos of the battle re-enactment * From the Vaults: ‘Anna Boleyn’ (1920) – A movie blogger’s entertaining review of a … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Just a few stories this week: * Spanish tiles shed light on Tudor palace in Woking * ‘Tudors’ picks up two Emmy awards * Queen’s portrait mystery still unraveling – a follow-up to a news item that I posted about … Continue reading
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