From icWales:
A RARE copy of the first printed atlas of England and Wales is to be offered at auction, it was announced today.
Sotheby
Totally off-topic cross-post from my personal blog
This has nothing to do with the Tudors, but it is something that I wanted to get the word out about to keep others from getting stuck with fraudulent charges on their credit cards because they weren’t caught quickly enough… Read more about it here
TudorCast #9 – February 2007
Featured website this month: http://heraldica.org/
Music from Magnatune.com, artists La Primavera, The Dufay Collective and Jacob Herringman (album “Blame Not My Lute”)
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Special Edition “A Man For All Seasons” (1966) DVD
This week in the US a special edition of the Academy Award-winning “A Man for All Seasons” movie from 1966 was released on DVD. The UK version was released last week. The links below goes to my Amazon affiliate stores. The US is on the left and the UK is on the right. If you order, be sure to get the correct one if you don’t have a region-free DVD player.
Second season of “The Tudors” in planning stages
An Irish newspaper is reporting that the studio that produced the first season (or ‘series’ as they are called across the pond’) has signed on to do a second.
Ardmore Studios, Ireland
A little Tudor fun
Thanks to Sonja Marie from The Lady Jane Grey Internet Museum who posted this to the TudorTalk list:
From Nevi‘s page at deviantART
Although I do think that Henry VII should get one too… even someone as frugal as him would at least buy a Shuffle.
Where are you?
Some friends of mine have been posting these maps to their blogs, so I thought I would join in!
TudorCast #8 now posted!
I’ve finally finished the January podcast, now that we’re two days into February. It’s available for download over at the podcast blog. There are also links for setting up iTunes, Yahoo Podcasts and PodPlanet to grab episodes.
TudorCast #8 – January 2007
Here it is, finally! Yes, I know I said I’d have it posted yesterday but anyone who knows me should have automatically translated this into “oh, it will be up maybe by the end of next week…”.
Featured website: http://hrp.org.uk/
Music from Magnatune.com by the groups La Primavera and the Dufay Collective
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January episode coming soon!
Hello all! I’m hoping to finally get the January podcast recorded tonight, so I’ll get it posted tomorrow. Sorry for the delay!
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“The Tudors” on Showtime April 1
No April Fools joke… I meant to post this while back but just got around to it today. More information on the show is up at the Showtime website: http://www.sho.com/site/tudors/
Shakespeare’s Church Needs Help
Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon (my picture is above, from my trip there in 1998) is trying to raise money for some much needed repairs. You can donate or join the Friends of Shakespeare’s Church at their website.
First Female Beefeater
While I guess this isn’t strictly Tudor related (not like that has stopped me before), I was pleased to see that the first woman has been selected to the ranks of the Yeoman Warders at the Tower of London. Actually, I guess there is a Tudor connection, since they were started by Henry VII…
From the Times Online:
A woman has been appointed to the ranks of the Tower of London
PBS re-airing “The Virgin Queen”
For those of you in the US, PBS will replay the Anne-Marie Duff “The Virgin Queen” this Sunday and next. As the saying goes, check your local listings!
Catching up
Hello all! I hope everyone is having a good 2007 so far!
I meant to put something up on the news blog about the new design for the front page of TudorHistory.org, but bad weather, a satellite internet connection at home and getting caught up at work have all conspired against it.
So, yes, I’ve changed the front page again. I think the “window” design has only been up for two years (at the most), but I wanted something with smaller graphics and more text that *should* help people find what they are looking for a bit easier. At least, that’s the plan. Plus, this design matches the rest of the site a bit better. I might be tweaking the designs of the blogs a bit too, when I get a chance. Apologies to those who liked the old design better. At some point I’m going to put together a little gallery of all the old designs, since I have the files for most of the revisions from the old tudor.simplenet.com all the way through today.
Also, I’m going to start turning on comments for posts here at the news blog. I really didn’t have any reason to not have comments before, I just didn’t think about it. So from now on all my blogs will have comments turned on by default. I will have comment moderation turned on though, mostly to keep comment spam out.
Happy New Year!
Henry VIII medal fetches 10 times estimate
Via Cronaca
A rare Henry VIII medal, military decorations and a Royal Marines helmet, belt and spurs proved to be the star attractions in Thomson, Roddick & Medcalf
TudorCast #7 now posted
The final podcast for 2006 is now up!
Follow up on Catherine of Aragon letter
The letter that I mentioned back in October sold for $156,000 (about
Tudor Christmas Feast to be televised
For those of you with access to BBC2:
A FEAST of a boar’s head, peacock complete with flaming beak and a salad in the design of the family coat of arms may not sound like a typical family Christmas lunch but back in Tudor days it was all part of the traditional festive atmosphere for the lords and ladies of the time, all eaten in full costume whilst musicians provided in-house entertainment.
This scene was recreated in the stately setting of Haddon Hall to bring the magic of a Tudor banqueting hall to life for a BBC2 documentary to be shown over Christmas.A Tudor Feast at Christmas was filmed earlier this year as a follow up to the Tales from the Green Valley and will be shown at 9pm on Friday December 22.
