Repost – Apparently the last two and a half minutes got cut off the file I originally posted. I don’t know what happened, but the file up now is complete!
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The November 2006 episode of the podcast is now up!
BTW, sorry things have been kind of quiet on this blog lately… I haven’t found a whole lot of articles that caught my attention and I’ve been pretty busy (after recovering from that stupid head cold).
Better late than never! I apologize if the sound isn’t as good in this recording and if you hear extra stray noises. You might even hear a cat meowing faintly in the background at one point since the pets were not very happy about being locked out of the room while I was recording.
Featured website: Westminster Abbey
History podcasts that I mentioned:
Matt’s Today in History
History According to Bob
Baseball History Podcast
Archaeology Channel Podcast
The Biography Podcast
British History 101
The Renaissance Festival Podcast
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Back in January I posted some links to articles of a possible period portrait of Lady Jane Grey. Here’s a follow-up from The Guardian:
The National Portrait Gallery has bought a painting believed to be of Lady Jane Grey – until now the only English monarch since Henry VII thought to lack a contemporary or near-contemporary portrait.
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Dendrochronology, by which a piece of wood can be accurately dated, has established that the panel on which it is painted was cut down around 1593. So the picture was painted around 50 years after Lady Jane’s execution.
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Tarnya Cooper, of the National Portrait Gallery, believes it is a copy of a lost original, possibly created in Lady Jane’s lifetime.
Hey folks! I just wanted to respond to a couple of comments that I saw in the iTunes reviews….
First off, if you want to get episodes that aren’t showing on iTunes screen for the podcast, they can all still be downloaded off the blog (you’ll have to go to the archives section). I changed the settings so that a year’s worth of posts will show on the front page, so hopefully the feed will update and the intro ep. and first ep. will show up on the iTunes page. I don’t think this will change what is automatically downloaded to your individual podcatcher, but I could be wrong…
The other thing I’d like to address is the infrequency of the podcast. I know that some of you would like for the podcast to come out more often, and believe me, I wish I could get more than one out a month. At this point, I just can’t manage that. I my wildest dreams I’d like to be able to get a “this week in Tudor history” out each week. That might be something to shoot for in the new year. We’ll just have to see. Maybe if I can get my desk cleaned off and something set up in my home office (as opposed to my work office, where I usually record) I’ll be able to get something out more often. This is all still just an experiment, so I’m sure things will continue to change over the next few months!
Thanks again to all of you who have taken the time to listen to and comment on the podcast!
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This was an interesting article that came through on my news alerts:
Peter Snow and Ralph Grimston met a grisly end atop York’s Micklegate Bar.
The pair were last seen gazing down at passers-by in the street below. Their severed heads had been attached to spikes.
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Four centuries later, after their skulls were found near Tadcaster, forensic experts from Dundee University have used computer software to reconstruct their faces.
