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Reminder about spam

Hello dear readers…

Although this might not be too helpful to people who actually read this site, I just wanted to post something about any spam that appears to be coming from tudorhistory.org. One of the techniques of spammers is to “spoof” a domain name, or in other words, make it appear that an email is coming from a domain that it actually is not. The only legitimate email from my website is from lara@tudorhistory.org or tudorhistory@tudorhistory.org. And I can guarantee you that you won’t get an email from me unless I’m responding to something that you sent me in the first place (either a direct email or a submission to the pen pals page or something to the question & answer blog).

Thanks!

Letter from Catherine of Aragon to be auctioned

From This is London:

A document that records one of the defining moments behind England’s split from the Roman Catholic Church will go under the hammer next month.

The letter was penned by Catherine of Aragon in 1534 as she desperately tried to cling on to her marriage to King Henry VIII.
In it the estranged noblewoman begs her nephew Roman Emperor Charles V to ask Pope Clement VII to uphold her marriage to the King.

Full article

The article also has a picture of the letter, although not large enough to read.

Sting’s “Songs from the Labyrinth”

As I mentioned a few month’s back, Sting’s new album is the music of Elizabethan musician John Dowland. There has been a lot of press on the album since its release last week, so here is a round-up of just a few, as well as links to Amazon US and UK to buy it if you’re intrigued!

From The Telegraph: A Step Back in Time – Sting has exchanged his guitar for a lute, returning to the renaissance for inspiration.

From The Guardian: Sting makes lute popular again

From The Independent: Sting plucks lute composer from obscurity



iTunes not showing episodes

Well, I’m not sure what’s going on, but the episodes and reviews for the podcast aren’t showing up in iTunes right now. I’ll investigate and see if something is goofed up. I haven’t changed anything and the feed seems to be okay, so it might be something on Apple’s end.

The next new episode should be ready next week, so hopefully I’ll get it fixed before then!

UPDATE: Seems to be working now. I have no idea what happened to break it or to fix it, but the eps are listed and reviews are back. Strange!

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Tower of London Memorial

Here’s another story that has gotten lost in the shuffle over the past couple of months…

From 24 Hour Museum:

TOWER OF LONDON UNVEILS MEMORIAL TO THE EXECUTED
By Richard Moss

English Queens, nobles and a trio of unfortunate Scottish soldiers are amongst the names commemorated on a new permanent memorial, unveiled at the Tower of London on September 4 2006.
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Comprising two engraved circles with a glass-sculpted pillow at its centre, the larger circle of dark stone bears a poem – written by the artist – around its rim, whilst the upper glass circle bears the engraved names of the ten famous and not so famous individuals executed in front of the Chapel Royal.

Full article

“Ugly Betty” Necklace

A couple of people have mentioned this, so I thought I would post something about it… There is a new show on ABC in the States called “Ugly Betty” where the title character wears a necklace with an initial “B” that should look familiar to Tudor fans. You can see the character wearing the necklace here.

And, if you would like a “B” (or any other initial) necklace of your own, you can get them here:
Parrish Relics (who actually supplied the necklaces for the show!)

Ghost Story Contest update

I just wanted to mention here that I’ve clarified the $5 entry fee on the story contest. The money is to cover Wendy’s expenses (the prize, mailing it to the winner from Australia, etc.) and any left over money will be donated to UNICEF. Also, Wendy’s Yahoo address appears to be bouncing, so we’ve switched it to her other email address if you need to get in contact with her.