AD Whatever period of history you study, there are basic human traits which transcend time. That’s why when The History Press offered me a copy of Tudor Folk Tales by David Tonge I jumped at the chance. I LOVE Tudor History but didn’t know anything about its folk tales – what timeless and universal stories…
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Exploring Secret Shrewsbury
Technically, you could call me a Salopian (just like Charles Darwin). I was born in Shrewsbury due to a chronic lack of hospitals in Mid Wales. I also lived there for a couple of months when I left university. Unsurprisingly, I considered myself to have a fairly sound knowledge of the town and it’s history….
Historygram – The Best Tudor History Instagram Accounts
The latest in my series of Historygram posts highlights the best accounts to follow for what is most probably the most popular period of history – The Tudors. Why do we all love the Tudors so much? For many its because the lives of Henry VIII and Elizabeth I read like the early modern version…
Planning for a Great 2019 with the Tudor Book of Days
AD – GIFTED There are two types of people in the world – the organised and the spontaneous. I am definitely the former. Therefore I was properly chuffed when the lovely people from Tudor Times gifted me one of their BEAUTIFUL Tudor Book of Days Perpetual Diaries. What makes this diary so different is the…
Hardwick Hall – More Glass than Wall
In the midst of the Derbyshire Hills lies an extraordinary house built by an extraordinary woman. It was a marvel of its age – a true prodigy house (a large and showy country English country house built by a courtier or wealth family). It is as legendary as its creator. Hardwick Hall was built by…