The Six Wives of Henry VIII - their Marriages, their Deaths and their Births
Check out my guest article for Nerdalicious. Here, I go slightly off the beaten track, and, using a mixture of what we do know about four...
The Other Boleyn Girls
On day 3 of my virtual blog tour, I arrived at "Anne Boleyn: From Queen to History"! Check out my guest article focussing on the...
Chateau Vert, March 1522.
On this week in 1522, it was Shrove Tuesday. Jane, Anne and Mary Boleyn took part in the masque titled “Chateau Vert” at York Place. The...
Throwback Thursday - Meeting Hilary Mantel
This article was first posted on my Facebook page back in May 2012. Here, I give an account of the day I met Hilary Mantel, who did a...
Preview of the final episode of Wolf Hall “Master of Phantoms”
Preview of the final episode of Wolf Hall “Master of Phantoms” according to the TV Times…. “Cromwell is accused of betrayal by Anne,...
Tudor Medicine
Today was apparently “National Sickie Day”. It’s the Monday when everyone calls their Boss and has a good cough down the phone, saying...
Review of Wolf Hall Episode 2, “Entirely Beloved”
On Wednesday night, being both a fan of History and low-budget movies, I had an enormous dilemma at 9pm. Do I watch the second episode of...
Review of Wolf Hall, Episode 1.
The long-awaited dramatisation of Hilary Mantel's novel was finally broadcast and I thought that episode one was an impressive start to...
Jane Boleyn's Last Christmas and Henry Parker's New Year Gift
With the exception of 1536, it’s fair to say that Jane Boleyn Lady Rochford had seen a lot better Christmases than that of 1541....
Jane Boleyn, Lady Rochford and the Fall of Anne Boleyn
Check out my guest article about Jane Boleyn and the fall of Anne Boleyn on "English Historical Fiction Authors"!...