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Eleanor of Aquitaine: Queen of France and England, Mother of Empires with Sara Cockerill

Olga Hughes May 27, 2020

“Writing about Eleanor of Aquitaine has been a very different experience to writing about Eleanor of Castile. With the latter,...

When the remains of Richard III were formally identified in 2012, it led to new discoveries about his life and...

When Richard III decided that his coronation would take place only ten days after the day he had taken possession...

Pamela Furmidge February 17, 2020

To modern eyes, the coronation of a British monarch is one of spectacle. The processions through the streets of London,...

Olga Hughes November 16, 2019

It is difficult to try and define which of Henry VIII’s queens have been the most maligned, because they have...

C S Hughes January 26, 2018

Following the runaway success of the albums Please Please Me and With The Beatles in 1963 and a string of...

Olga Hughes May 30, 2017

I was walking on a local beach known for its dinosaur fossils, playing with pebbles and sea weed, thinking...

In 2004, following the request of colleagues in Belgium, I discovered the mtDNA sequence of King Richard III and his...

Olga Hughes May 19, 2017

“War and hate are their business, and one of their chief weapons is un-Naming—making people not know who they are....

It seems like Bernard Cornwell has spent two years reminding people that there are “no dragons” in The Last Kingdom....