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A man after my own heart
Way cool!
From This Is London:
[F]or 68-year-old Walter, who has spent the last four years painstakingly hand-crafting mullioned windows, stained glass, medieval-style carvings, you name it – it’s the realisation of a lifelong dream.
… Walter’s pride and joy is the only faithful recreation of a Tudor home in Britain, right down to his piece de resistance – the Oriel window, or two-storey bay window that pokes out into the road at the front and necessitated quite a lot of smoothing of ruffled neighbours’ feathers.
At the moment, there are no stairs, no proper floors, no loo – there will be modern plumbing – but there are mountains of wood and notebooks full of his immaculate drawings everywhere.
Trailer for “The Other Boleyn Girl”
And the poster:
A very attractive trio! I have to admit that I still haven’t read the book, but I do hope to see the movie. I’m really curious to see Natalie Portman’s performance as Anne. There are a couple of shots in the trailer that are quite interesting… especially Anne in coronation robes and regalia in a pose quite similar to her daughter’s 26 years later.
Smashed Tudor rose window restored
There is only a short article about this on the Daily Post site, but it’s good to hear that the window has been restored. Unfortunately only three small fragments from the original window were able to be incorporated into the new one.
Original blog post on the vandalism
Survey results…
ACK! I totally forgot to post this Friday afternoon/evening and just now remembered it.
Here’s the graphical output for the results (click for a larger version)
And here are the raw numbers — there were a total of 213 votes cast, so here’s how the responses break down in actual votes and percentages (winner in bold):
Who is your favorite Tudor monarch?
Henry VII – 7 votes, 3.3%
Henry VIII – 62 votes, 29.1%
Edward VI – 0 votes, 0% (poor Edward!)
Jane Grey – 10 votes, 4.7%
Mary I – 4 votes, 1.9%
Elizabeth I – 130 votes, 61%
If you could go back in time and witness just one of the following events, which would it be?
The Battle of Bosworth Field – 14 votes, 6.6%
The wedding of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII – 43 votes, 20.2%
The Field of Cloth of Gold – 54 votes, 25.5%
The coronation of Elizabeth I – 77 votes, 36.2%
The defeat of the Spanish Armada – 25 votes, 11.7%
Did you study the Tudors at school (any education level)?
Yes – 128 votes, 60.1%
No – 85 votes, 39.9%
Have you ever attended or participated in a Renaissance Faire or historical re-enactment activity?
Yes – 114 votes, 53.5%
No – 99 votes, 46.5%
Do you have a Tudor-related tattoo?
Yes – 7
No – 206 votes, 96.7%
Survey results…
ACK! I totally forgot to post this Friday afternoon/evening and just now remembered it.
Here’s the graphical output for the results (click for a larger version)
And here are the raw numbers — there were a total of 213 votes cast, so here’s how the responses break down in actual votes and percentages (winner in bold):
Who is your favorite Tudor monarch?
Henry VII – 7 votes, 3.3%
Henry VIII – 62 votes, 29.1%
Edward VI – 0 votes, 0% (poor Edward!)
Jane Grey – 10 votes, 4.7%
Mary I – 4 votes, 1.9%
Elizabeth I – 130 votes, 61%
If you could go back in time and witness just one of the following events, which would it be?
The Battle of Bosworth Field – 14 votes, 6.6%
The wedding of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII – 43 votes, 20.2%
The Field of Cloth of Gold – 54 votes, 25.5%
The coronation of Elizabeth I – 77 votes, 36.2%
The defeat of the Spanish Armada – 25 votes, 11.7%
Did you study the Tudors at school (any education level)?
Yes – 128 votes, 60.1%
No – 85 votes, 39.9%
Have you ever attended or participated in a Renaissance Faire or historical re-enactment activity?
Yes – 114 votes, 53.5%
No – 99 votes, 46.5%
Do you have a Tudor-related tattoo?
Yes – 7
No – 206 votes, 96.7%
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Tudor survey and contest give-away wrap-up
I just sent off emails to the 5 randomly chosen winners of the give-away for merchandise from “The Tudors” television series, so if you entered, keep an eye on your email!
I’ll post the outcome of the survey later today…. some interesting results. Only seven people of 213 admitted to Tudor tattoos. 🙂
Updated to add: Just in case anyone was interested in how the winners were chosen… I pasted the email addresses into an Excel spreadsheet, so there was a number for each address. Then I went to Random.org and had it generate 5 numbers in the range that the addresses covered (1 to 185, I think). And that’s how they were chosen. If it had been less than 100, I might have gone the “slips of paper” route, but I really didn’t feel like cutting nearly 200 email address out!
Couple of quick links
Thanks to Kathy for the note on this one:
Varese Sarabnde will be releasing the soundtrack of “The Tudors” in December. More info from their Upcoming Releases page.
And this is an interesting link from Linda about British Tourism taking advantage of popular movies. Here’s the Yahoo story and the special page on Elizabeth:The Golden Age tourism.
Now I just wish the exchange rate would be more favorable for those of us in the US to to travel to Britain *sigh*.
Tudor survey and contest give-away wrap-up
I just sent off emails to the 5 randomly chosen winners of the give-away for merchandise from “The Tudors” television series, so if you entered, keep an eye on your email!
I’ll post the outcome of the survey later today…. some interesting results. Only seven people of 213 admitted to Tudor tattoos. 🙂
Updated to add: Just in case anyone was interested in how the winners were chosen… I pasted the email addresses into an Excel spreadsheet, so there was a number for each address. Then I went to Random.org and had it generate 5 numbers in the range that the addresses covered (1 to 185, I think). And that’s how they were chosen. If it had been less than 100, I might have gone the “slips of paper” route, but I really didn’t feel like cutting nearly 200 email address out!
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The Great Squirt
I got a huge kick out of this.
From The Daily Mail:
The instruction booklet was a little worse for wear. But then it does date back to 1577.
That didn’t stop a group of gardening enthusiasts using it to recreate an Elizabethan watering contraption known as the “Great Squirt”.
Full article, complete with a drawing of the original and a photo of the recreation.
A new podcast some of you might be interested in
Frock Flicks is a new podcast dedicated to costume movies, and the second episode was on the new “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” movie. You can also subscribe through iTunes (just type in “frock flicks” in the search box in the podcast directory and it will come right up).
New clue in the search for the Bosworth battlefield
From This is Leicestershire:
Archaeologists hunting the real site of the Battle of Bosworth may have found the most important clue of all.
They believe they could have found the site of the marsh, a key feature of the battle which forever changed the course of British history.
Interesting development! I thought I had blogged about the renewed search for the true site of the battlefield, but I couldn’t find anything in the archives. I think it may have gotten lost in the shuffle when I was inundated with a bunch of other news articles! Anyway, here is the archaeology page from the Leicester County Council’s page on the battle and what they are hoping to find.
A new podcast some of you might be interested in
Frock Flicks is a new podcast dedicated to costume movies, and the second episode was on the new “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” movie. You can also subscribe through iTunes (just type in “frock flicks” in the search box in the podcast directory and it will come right up).
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Tudor Cast #17 – October 2007
Featured Websites: Google Books and Internet Archive’s Text Archive
Survey and “The Tudors” Give-away
Music from Magnatune.com
La Primavera, The Dufay Collective (album “Cancionero”) and Jacob Heringman (album “Blame Not My Lute”)
Intro – “Greensleeves” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
After news – Paul’s Galiarde by Jacob Heringman on “Blame Not My Lute”
After “This Month” -“Dolce amoroso focho” (excerpt) by Dufay Collective on “Cancionero” (to 37 sec)
After glossary – “Lightlie Love Ladies” from Jacob Heringman on “Blame Not My Lute”
After text – “The Hunte ys Uppe” by Jacob Heringman on “Blame Not My Lute”
After closing – “Oxenford” by La Primavera on “English Renaissance Music”
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Remembering Deborah Kerr
While this is only tangentially Tudor-related, Foose reminded me in comments to the Elizabeth open thread that I wanted to comment on the passing of Deborah Kerr. (And yes, I’ll do some more “open threads” in the future on some other topics, since it was kind of fun to read other people’s thoughts on “The Golden Age”).
I first really got into the Tudors when I was about 14 years old, which was also about the time that I really got hooked on watching old movies. I think it was around this time that American Movie Classics and channels like that starting popping up and I fell in love with some of the old movies (not to mention forming crushes on some of the actors, in particular Cary Grant and Yul Brynner). So, of course, I started seeking out old historical movies, and I’m pretty sure the first Tudor one I watched was “Young Bess” (1953). Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger (who were married to one another at the time) star as the young Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour, Charles Laughton reprises his role from “The Private Life of Henry VIII” (1933) as the big king himself and Deborah Kerr played Katherine Parr. Interestingly, the boy who played Edward VI in “Young Bess” would go on to play the son of Kerr’s character in “The King and I” (one of my all-time favorite movies).
When the news came out the Deborah Kerr had died, the coverage mostly mentioned the famous kiss on the beach in “From Here to Eternity” and her roles in “The King and I” and “An Affair to Remember”, but I also thought of her in the role I first saw her – Queen Katherine Parr in “Young Bess”.
“Elizabeth The Golden Age” open thread
I have no idea when I’m going to get a chance to see the movie, but if you have and want to comment on it, this is the place!
“The Tudors” give-away and survey extended
I’m going to leave the survey open for another two weeks because I’m going to be very, very busy in the next week or so, so I don’t think I’ll get a chance to deal with all of that this weekend.
BTW, I was originally hoping to get the October podcast out this weekend (Oct 13-14), but it looks like next weekend is more realistic. I’m slowly moving them up towards the beginning of the month, but I probably won’t start getting them out in the first week of the month until the start of the new year.
Here’s the link to the survey, if you haven’t already taken it.
“The Tudors” give-away and survey extended
I’m going to leave the survey open for another two weeks because I’m going to be very, very busy in the next week or so, so I don’t think I’ll get a chance to deal with all of that this weekend.
BTW, I was originally hoping to get the October podcast out this weekend (Oct 13-14), but it looks like next weekend is more realistic. I’m slowly moving them up towards the beginning of the month, but I probably won’t start getting them out in the first week of the month until the start of the new year.
Here’s the link to the survey, if you haven’t already taken it.
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Interesting Embroidery Project
It’s just slightly past our period, but this was too good not to share. Since I know some of you are fellow needleworkers or are interested in historical fashion, I thought some readers might find this interesting.
Welcome to Plimoth Plantation
Image of Elizabeth’s Birth Announcement
Here is the image of the birth announcement that I read in the September episode of the podcast. Sorry it took me a while to get it posted! I’ll add it to the letters page on the the site (along with the transcript) eventually.
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