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
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The Princess of Mirrors
On the twelfth day of Christmas C.S. and Olga Hughes bring you a Tudor fairy tale
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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 Tudor Twelve Days of Christmas
On the tenth day of Christmas Eddie Boverington presents a new ditty with special art by Dmitry Yakhovsky
Henry VIII as Santa Claus by Dmitry Yakhovsky
Dmitry Yakhovsky is studying for an ... 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...
Hell’s Bells! Something Scary For Christmas
Sometimes it is easy to forget in the cheer and frivolity of the festive season, that celebrations at this time of year began as a way of warding off the evils of long, dark winters, where snow didn't mean rosy... Read More...
Happy Tudor Christmas (The Second)
On the Sixth Day of Christmas Eddie Boverington shares with us, ‘Happy Tudor Christmas’ (The Second)
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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
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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...
Happy Tudor Christmas (The First)
On the Second Day of Christmas Eddie Boverington shares with us, 'Happy Tudor Christmas' (The First)
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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...