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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles on 06 20th, 2011 | Comments Off
Get your own Tudor calendar for 2012!
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...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 03 4th, 2011 | Comments Off
Did Blood Cause Henry VIII’s Madness and Reproductive Woes?
Did Blood Cause Henry VIII’s Madness and Reproductive Woes?
Henry VIII From the History Channel: “Why did Henry VIII have so many wives and mistresses yet so few children? What caused the Tudor monarch’s descent into mental instability and physical agony in the second half of his life? A rare blood group and a genetic disorder associated with it may...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, Misc on 02 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
Henry’s 88 faces
Henry’s 88 faces
This might be the greatest thing I’ve ever heard!!! And it’s near where I live (sorta) so I might actually be able to go see it!! From Boston.com, “Imagine King Henry VIII is standing on a sandy beach, posing with a surfboard. He’s wearing green shorts and a Tudor-style hat, and his...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles on 01 9th, 2011 | Comments Off
National Portrait Gallery needs your help to conserve Anne Boleyn painting
National Portrait Gallery needs your help to conserve Anne Boleyn painting
National Portrait Gallery needs your help to conserve the famous Anne Boleyn painting!!! They need 4000 pounds, and so far, they’ve raised 1,000 pounds. This is the current portrait… …compared to what the original looks like! Read more about it here and DONATE TODAY!
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 08 22nd, 2010 | Comments Off
Elizabeth I portrait a mystery!
Elizabeth I portrait a mystery!
From The Daily Reflector: “As recently as Thursday morning, East Carolina University history professor Larry Tise searched for the reason that a portrait of Queen Elizabeth I crossed the ocean to be purchased by a North Carolina woman living in New York City in 1958. It’s a final detail eluding...
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Posted by happyhelen in Entertainment, Featured Articles on 08 8th, 2010 | Comments Off
Looking for Battle of Bosworth descendants!
Looking for Battle of Bosworth descendants!
This is SO COOL!!!! “Curators at Bosworth Battlefield in Leicestershire have launched an international search for the descendants of the men who fought at the bloody battle for the English throne on August 22 1485. Timed to coincide with the battle’s 525th anniversary and an extensive re-enactment...
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Posted by happyhelen in Entertainment, Featured Articles on 08 1st, 2010 | Comments Off
Historic 300 dish dessert served again
Historic 300 dish dessert served again
Hey everyone, Sorry I’ve been MIA.  I have been insanely busy with work and I’m going on vacation so life has been hard to update.  I just came across this, though I’m a bit behind. “Bosses at Kenilworth Castle decided to reproduce the food-fest – originally served at...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 05 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off
Henry VIII’s 12-ft tall wine fountain recreated
Henry VIII’s 12-ft tall wine fountain recreated
THIS IS AWESOME.  Henry VIII’s 12-ft tall wine fountain has been recreated at Hampton Court, and you can even drink out of it on Saturday for 3.50 pounds a glass.  So awesome. Excerpt: “The project was inspired by the discovery of the remains of a 16th century fountain during an archaeological...
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Posted by happyhelen in Book News, Featured Articles on 03 29th, 2010 | 4 Comments
Mary Grey, by author LEANDA DE LISLE
Mary Grey, by author LEANDA DE LISLE
I am thrilled to present this lovely article, especially written for TUDORTASTIC, by Leanda De Lisle, the author of “The Sisters Who Would be Queen.” I asked her to write an article about Mary Grey, as she has already written articles about Jane (read here) and Katherine Grey (read here)...
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Posted by happyhelen in Featured Articles, History News on 03 5th, 2010 | Comments Off
Snake now appears in Elizabeth I portrait where it use to be a posy
Snake now appears in Elizabeth I portrait where it use to be a posy
This is awesome!! So there is some anonymously painted portrait of Elizabeth I holding roses that curators x-rayed and found that instead of roses, originally it was suppose to be a serpent in Elizabeth’s hand. From The Independent: “As the centuries wore away the top layer of paint on the...
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