Headline History, a history education website in the UK, occasionally has a “hot seat” where students can chat with a historical figure. In June, the featured person will be William Shakespeare. You can find out more on their website: http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/
Month: May 2006
Rediscovered Holbein to be auctioned
I have been getting news alerts on this story for a few days, but I was waiting for one of the stories to actually run a picture of the portrait before I posted it. Thankfully the BBC finally came through! The portrait is a large version of a relatively well-known miniature of Thomas Wyatt the Younger, which you can see here.
From the BBC article:
A recently rediscovered painting by Hans Holbein is expected to fetch between
First episode of TudorCast now posted
After taking about three weeks longer to do than I had originally planned, I finally have the first episode of TudorCast posted. Head on over to the TudorCast page to learn more about it!
(the podcast site has been discontinued and all of the posts have been migrated to this blog and are available under the
TudorCast #1 – May 2006
Well, here it is at last, the first full episode of TudorCast! Sorry that it took a little longer to get posted than I had hoped.
Show notes:
Website of the month – Gode Cookery www.godecookery.com
All music in this episode is by the group La Primavera.
You can listen to the complete tracks, as well as the other tunes on this album, at Magnatune.com
Opening/introduction music: Excerpt from “Greensleeves”
Between the News Recap and the Website of the Month: Excerpt from “Wolsey’s Wilde”
Between the Website of the Month and This Month in Tudor History: Excerpt from “Volt and La Primavera”
Between This Month in Tudor History and Texts from the Tudor Period: another excerpt from “Greensleeves”
Between Texts from the Tudor Period and Reviews and Closing Comments: Excerpt from “Bransle de Malte”
Closing music: Excerpt from “Oxenford”
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Next Philippa Gregory Tudor novel
Philippa Gregory continues on with writing about the Tudors, this time going a few years after the death of Anne Boleyn. It won’t be released until September in th UK and December in the US, but you can pre-order through Amazon at the links below.
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Bothwell descendant fights for reputation
From The Herald
A descendant of James Bothwell, who was famed for raping and abducting Mary Queen of Scots and murdering her husband, is attempting to restore his reputation.
Sir Alastair Buchan-Hepburn is undergoing DNA testing to establish that remains held in Denmark are those of the fourth earl of Bothwell, to whom he is related. He hopes to bring his ancestor’s remains back to Scotland for a Christian burial.
Full article
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Royal Cate
I wasn’t planning on doing blow-by-blow coverage of all the news of the new film, but I had to share this since it is such a lovely picture.
Full article and photo
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New episode coming soon!
The May issue has been recorded, but now I need to do some editing and plug in some music. If I don’t get it done today, look for it on Monday (the 22nd).
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BBC “Six Wives” re-issued on DVD in US
The BBC Keith Michell “Six Wives of Henry VIII” series from the 1970s has been re-issued on DVD, this time with an added bonus feature of “The Other Boleyn Girl” based on the Philippa Gregory novel.
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Introducing… TudorCast!
Yes, I’ve finally been bitten by the podcasting bug! For those of you who don’t know what a podcast is, this Wikipedia article is pretty good at explaining it all. I’m still working on writing up all the instructions for how to subscribe and adding links to the iTunes directory etc., but if you have iTunes and are familiar with podcasts, you can just search the directory for “TudorCast” and it will show up.
Here is the website for the podcast, which has all the show information and direct links to the mp3s, as well as the links for subscribing with a podcast grabber: http://podcast.tudorhistory.org
I only have the introductory episode up so far, but the first full episode is in the works. Stay tuned!
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New Holbein Exhibit in London
From the BBC:
Portraits of Henry VIII, his third wife Jane Seymour and their son Edward are to be hung together for the first time since Henry himself owned them.
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The works by 16th Century court painter Hans Holbein the Younger will go on display in an exhibition at the Tate Britain in London in September.
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It will feature 30 portrait drawings, six paintings and several miniatures from the Royal Collection, along with some of Holbein’s jewellery designs.
Update 1: more links
Another article from the Independent
And from The Times
Update 2: one more…
From the Telegraph
Update 3:
I completely forgot to add a link to the Tate and their own page for the exhibition (including ticket information). Here it is – Holbein in England: 28 September 2006
Cast news for Showtime “The Tudors” series
From Reuters:
Sam Neill, Jeremy Northam and Henry Cavill have joined the cast of Showtime’s Henry VIII drama “The Tudors.”
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Neill will play Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s most important government minister, who possessed great power until he failed to secure for Henry a divorce from Catherine of Aragon.Northam will play famed lawyer, writer and politician Sir Thomas More, who is chiefly remembered for his principled refusal to accept Henry VIII’s claim to be the supreme head of the Church of England, a decision that ended his political career and led to his execution as a traitor.
Cavill will play Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Brandon was Henry VIII’s closest friend, but their friendship was sorely tested when Brandon secretly married Henry’s favorite sister, the beautiful Princess Mary Tudor.
Full article
I’m excited to see Sam Neill in the cast, although he might not be rotund enough for Wolsey!
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TudorCast Introductory Episode
Welcome to the introductory episode of TudorCast! This is a little about myself and what I hope to do with the podcast.
Show notes: Not much for this one except to note that the music pieces I used are from Jon Sayles and are a combination of the pieces Now is the Month of Maying and Sweet Nymph come to thy lover.
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