Category Archives: Tudor History news and events
Sunday Short Takes
Not nearly as many things this week, which is good because I’ve already spent too much time today checking links, adding graphics and social links to, and re-organizing the Links Directory section (which is hopefully in a more useful state … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Elizabeth and the Three Goddesses. Image:NPG The big news in the Tudor/Elizabethan art realm this past week was the announcement that the National Portrait Gallery has purchased a portrait of Elizabeth I from a house sale and that it would … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Lots of things this week! * Historic milestone for 500-year-old wreck of Mary Rose warship – Scientists have stopped spraying the 500-year-old wreck of the Mary Rose with a protective wax for the first time in nearly two decades, an … Continue reading
Upcoming books, exhibitions, and events for May 2013
How can it already be May? Books From last month – In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion was released last month in the UK and will be released on May 15 in the US. More about … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
News still seems to be slow right now, but I had a few things to post this week. * Bess of Hardwick’s Letters – The Complete Correspondence c.1550-1608 – I think this site just came online this past week and … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Finally, enough stories to do another round-up! * I posted this on Twitter earlier in the week, but for those of you not on Twitter: Smithsonian Channel gets North American rights to ‘Richard III’ documentary * Portsmouth’s New Mary Rose … Continue reading
Upcoming books, magazines, and events for April 2013
Things are looking quite Tudor-y in April! Before I get to the books for the month, I have to mention that BBC History Magazine has a Tudor-themed April issue out (cover image above). Be sure to check out the podcast … Continue reading
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Sunday Short Takes
News has been slow and I’ve been really busy so there haven’t been many posts lately! And I only have two stories to post this week, but I guess that’s better than nothing. And really not relevant to anything, this … Continue reading
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Upcoming books and exhibitions for March 2013
Lots of things this month! Books Starting off the bunch – The Chalice by Nancy Bilyeau, sequel to her entertaining debut thriller, The Crown. I should have posted this last month since the UK release was actually February 28, but … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Only a few things to post about this week, and only one of them is strictly Tudor history related! First, I wanted to post something about this event now, instead of waiting for my monthly round-up, since it sounds like … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
The last few weeks have been a lesson in “no matter how long you have to wait, keep following a story!”. The most recent example relates to a portrait of Elizabeth I that I first posted about nearly 5 years … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
I’m going to put the three non-Richard III stories at the top, so all of you who are tired of that story can just skip the rest of the post. * Shoulder of wren with salad: diets and debt in … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
Well, here we are finally on the eve of the big announcement from the University of Leicester! Just a reminder, you can get info from their website here: http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/press/media-centre/richard-iii and this one will be re-launched after the press conference: http://www.le.ac.uk/richardiii/ … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
As occasionally happens, a story that isn’t really “new” all of a sudden becomes “news”. In this case, the portrait above, which was called Katherine Parr for years, has been re-identified as Catherine of Aragon. I knew of the new … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
In the continuing saga of the possible Richard III discovery… we should know the results of the scientific testing soon: * Richard III dig: Conclusions to be revealed in weeks * Step by step: the Science of the Search for … Continue reading
Sunday Short Takes
The first Sunday Short Takes of 2013! A few stories showed up last week related to the new National Portrait Gallery’s “Hidden: Unseen Paintings Beneath Tudor Portraits” that I mentioned in the January 2013 upcoming books and exhibitions post. * … Continue reading
Upcoming book and exhibition for January 2013
2013 is starting off with a couple of things to look forward to! Book David Loades has another book on a wife of Henry VIII, this time wife no. 3 Jane Seymour. It’s out at the end of January in … Continue reading
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Sunday Short Takes
Yes, they’re back! Sorry for the silence last weekend in particular – I got really ill about a week and a half ago and I basically slept all of last Saturday and Sunday. Thankfully I got better before the holidays! … Continue reading
Survey results!
The news was pretty light this week so in lieu of the Sunday Short Takes, here are the results of the survey that I put together as part of the give-away of “Anne of Holywood”. I’ve sent emails to the … Continue reading
Upcoming books and events for December 2012
A pretty light month this time around! Books The Tudors on Film book that I posted about last month has had the US release date moved back to December 31 (which is what I originally had), which is also the … Continue reading
