Posted by happyhelen on 11 21st, 2011 | Comments Off
Westminster Abbey’s junk room has the best view in Europe
From the Telegraph:
You may remember the wedding we had here in April,” says the Very Rev Dr John Hall, Dean of Westminster, standing on a gallery 70ft above the Abbey floor. “Well, this is where the cameras were.”
Two bland bars of scaffolding mark the spot from where images of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were broadcast to two billion viewers worldwide. Someone has chalked up the word...
Posted by happyhelen on 09 8th, 2011 | Comments Off
Eerie Evening Tours of Enchanted Palace
At Kensington Palace:
Does Queen Mary II weep in the Room of Royal Sorrow for the babies she never had? Does Peter the Wild Boy still run amok in the Room of the World? Who stands at the window waiting for the ships from home?
As you are guided through the shadowy world of Enchanted Palace in the 17th and 18th century State Apartments, our Eerie Evening Tours of Enchanted Palace will regale you...
Posted by happyhelen on 08 2nd, 2011 | Comments Off
BBC History magazine August issue
BBC History Magazine’s August issue is all about TUDORS!!
“In our Tudor special, Professor Eric Ives considers the lasting appeal of England’s most celebrated Royal household, while Tudor historians Anna Whitelock, GW Bernard,Susan Doran, Steven Gunn and Ralph Houlbrooke explain why they believe their choice of king or queen left the greatest legacy.
John K Walton takes a look...
Posted by happyhelen on 06 20th, 2011 | Comments Off
Get your own Tudor calendar for 2012!
Hey everyone!
I am thrilled to say that two of my photos have been chosen for the Tudor Places 2012 calendar! I am “Miss January” and “Miss March”. My photos are of Lord Leycester’s Hospital and Old Palace at Hatfield House. All thanks to The Anne Boleyn Files!
Please visit the “Tudor Calendar” section of my website for more details and get your very own...
Posted by happyhelen on 06 13th, 2011 | Comments Off
Tudor coroners’ records give clue to ‘real Ophelia’ for Shakespeare
How coool…
From BBC:
“Dr Steven Gunn has found a coroner’s report into the drowning of a Jane Shaxspere in 1569.
The girl, possibly a young cousin of William Shakespeare, had been picking flowers when she fell into a millpond near Stratford upon Avon.
Dr Gunn says there are “tantalising” links to Ophelia’s drowning in Hamlet.
A four-year research project, carried...
