Happy Holidays from the Nerds
Merry Christmas from C.S. Hughes and Princess Ayonami, Over the Hills and Far Away
Beary Christmas from Arthur, Amelia and Lord Cardigan (and Olga Hughes), The Willows
Merry Merry C... Read More...
A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III
On the eleventh day of Christmas we discuss what would have been served at a Christmas feast during the reign of Richard III
An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the... Read More...
The English Christmas Panto from the Regency to Its Roots by Kyra Kramer
On the ninth day of Christmas Kyra Kramer joins us to discuss the English pantomime.
The Christmas panto is a very British tradition, one still embraced in some former colonial states and eschewed altogether... Read More...
Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard
On the eighth day of Christmas Adrienne Dillard joins us to discuss the iconic Greensleeves.
Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard
Let’s face it, whether you recognize it as Greensleeves or What Chil... Read More...
How Sara Crewe Saved The Little Match Girl
This week we have been discussing the festive season in Tudor England, and largely the nobility's version of Christmas, with celebrations and games and lavish banquets marking the end of a fasting period - whic... Read More...
Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli
On the fifth day of Christmas Sandra Vasoli shares a tale of Christmas with Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII from her novel 'Truth Endures'
Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli
The... Read More...
Festive Marchpane by Claire Ridgway
On the fourth day of Christmas Claire Ridgway joins us to discussthe festive tradition of marchpane and marzipan.
Marchpane by Claire Ridgway
Marzipan, along with turrón, is one of the sweets sold traditional... Read More...
The Light in the Labyrinth – Christmas at Greenwich
On the third day of Christmas Wendy J. Dunn shares a tale of Christmas at Greenwich from her novel 'The Light in the Labyrinth'.
My two Anne Boleyn novels, Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the... Read More...
A Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson
On the first day of Christmas Sarah Bryson introduces us to Christmas with the Tudors!
Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson
Christmas during the Tudor period, especially during the reign of Henry VIII, was very di... Read More...
The Trial of Elizabeth Poldark
The following contains spoilers for Poldark Season 2.
Elizabeth Chynoweth has never been in an advantageous position with readers. In the first instance, when the protagonist Ross Poldark returns to his home i... Read More...
In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII with Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris
In 2014 Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris took us on a unique journey through the life of Queen Anne Boleyn, exploring the historical places associated with Anne and sharing their experiences so Tudor ent... Read More...
Five Reasons Fantastic Beasts Will Be Better Than The Harry Potter Films
David Yates
It is an unfortunate fact that the first four Harry Potter films were a disappointment. I had actually forgotten just how dreadful the first two films were until this week when Harry Potter and the... Read More...
Christopher Tolkien Awarded the Bodley Medal
Christopher Tolkien is to receive the Bodley Medal, awarded by the Bodleian Libraries of the University of Oxford for outstanding contributions to the worlds of literature, culture, science, and communication. ... Read More...
Elizabeth Norton’s ‘The Lives of Tudor Women’ Book Tour – The Seven Ages of Women
Elizabeth Norton has brought us intriguing and compelling historical studies and biographies, looking at both the famous and infamous Queens of England, the consorts of King Henry VIII, his mistress and the mot... Read More...
Banned Books Week 2016: Enid and Noddy Defeat the Despots
Over the last few decades the word "racist" has become almost synonymous with Enid Blyton's name. Accusations of sexism and classism have also persisted, along with the BBC's recent desperate campaign to expose... Read More...
Penguin Comes to the Hundred Acre Wood for Winnie-the-Pooh’s 90th Anniversary
Winnie-the-Pooh's 90th anniversary will be celebrated with an official sequel The Best Bear in all the World, and a new friend coming to the Hundred-Acre-Wood.
Author Brian Sibley, who has written one of the... Read More...
The Maligned Lady Rochford – An Interview and Cover Reveal with Adrienne Dillard
Nothing remains of Jane Boleyn. We do not know what she looked like, where she is buried, and we have rarely seen a word that she ever spoke recorded by anyone. Jane was an unimportant woman, yet she once walke... Read More...
