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The problems of Richard III’s Y chromosome; the problems relating to the burials at Clare Priory, and the problems of working with Historic England

John Ashdown-Hill May 22, 2017

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

My Name is Jane…Boleyn

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....

We Talk The Last Kingdom With Alexander Dreymon

C.S. Hughes and Olga Hughes May 12, 2017

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

1000 Years Of Cnut

C S Hughes May 7, 2017

Firstly, do not read this if you are dyslexic. And no tittering in the back row. This is mostly a...

A Christmas Feast In The Court of Richard III

Olga Hughes December 23, 2016

An oft-repeated excerpt from The Crowland Chronicle Continuations claims that the chronicler called the Christmas festivities at Richard III’s court...

The English Christmas Panto from the Regency to Its Roots by Kyra Kramer

Olga Hughes December 21, 2016

The Christmas panto is a very British tradition, one still embraced in some former colonial states and eschewed altogether in...

Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard

Olga Hughes December 20, 2016

Greensleeves by Adrienne Dillard Let’s face it, whether you recognize it as Greensleeves or What Child is This, you...

Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli

Olga Hughes December 17, 2016

Christmas With Queen Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII by Sandra Vasoli The celebration of Christmas in the Henrician Court...

Festive Marchpane by Claire Ridgway

Olga Hughes December 16, 2016

Marchpane by Claire Ridgway Marzipan, along with turrón, is one of the sweets sold traditionally at Christmas in Spain. Toledo...

The Light in the Labyrinth – Christmas at Greenwich

Olga Hughes December 15, 2016

My two Anne Boleyn novels, Dear Heart, How Like You This? and The Light in the Labyrinth, a young adult...

A Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson

Olga Hughes December 13, 2016

Tudor Christmas by Sarah Bryson Christmas during the Tudor period, especially during the reign of Henry VIII, was very different...

In the Footsteps of the Six Wives of Henry VIII with Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris

Olga Hughes November 23, 2016

In 2014 Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris took us on a unique journey through the life of Queen Anne Boleyn,...

Elizabeth Norton’s ‘The Lives of Tudor Women’ Book Tour – The Seven Ages of Women

Olga Hughes October 12, 2016

Elizabeth Norton has brought us intriguing and compelling historical studies and biographies, looking at both the famous and infamous Queens...

The Maligned Lady Rochford – An Interview and Cover Reveal with Adrienne Dillard

Olga Hughes September 19, 2016

Nothing remains of Jane Boleyn. We do not know what she looked like, where she is buried, and we have...

Scandalous Liaisons : Charles II and His Court with R.E. Pritchard

Olga Hughes September 14, 2016

When faced with the legend of Charles II, and his decadent court, it is tempting to think that, like so...

Prince Arthur: The Tudor King Who Never Was – with Sean Cunningham

Olga Hughes August 1, 2016

He was the Once and Future prince. The most important boy in all of England, the entire hopes of a...

Toni Mount’s The Colour of Poison Book Tour “The Printing Press”

Olga Hughes April 26, 2016

Historian Toni Mount joins us today on her tour for the first book in her Sebastian Foxley Medieval Mystery series,...

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