Monday, 19 March 2012

"In Bed With the Tudors."

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     My new book, due out in July- "In Bed With the Tudors: The Sex Lives of a Dynasty, from Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth...
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Medieval Memento Mori Tomb

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Just wanted to share this wonderful fifteenth century manuscript illustration depicting a rich lady atop her tomb with her decaying bones ...
Tuesday, 14 February 2012

A very short history of 500 years in the garden.

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German Garden, 1410. Gardens and domestic outdoor spaces have always been a feature of our lives. Most Tudor homes had a garden of some so...
Saturday, 28 January 2012

Who's the daddy ? Scandal in Elizabethan Essex.

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These days, paternity can be easily ascertained using DNA testing. Four hundred years ago, the question was far more complex, often pitting ...
Thursday, 19 January 2012

Artquake, 1910: The show that shocked London.

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From Ridicule to Respect: How Post-Impressionism altered national  perceptions of art.   Modern artists are no strangers to controversy. S...
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Saturday, 14 January 2012

Feasts from the Past

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I love browsing through old menu cards; here's a few I've found recently. A menu card for lunch at Trinity College Cambridge, 30 J...
Sunday, 8 January 2012

Women of 1912: a generation of new consumers

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The women of 1912 had been born and raised during the Victorian era, yet soon the watershed conflict of the Great War would forever alter th...
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