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Don't forget to buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII bit.ly/3X4zY1K at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Don't forget to buy your tickets for the Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII event @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Six historians on six queens. @melitat.bsky.social @drowenemmerson.bsky.social @enortonhistory.bsky.social Alison Weir, Gareth Russell & @drlindaporter.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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@ftalildave.bsky.social Hi, thanks for following @thetudortimes.bsky.social Hope you enjoy our posts and site at tudortimes.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Looking forward to this. I've spoken at Southwark Cathedral before several times, but never in the nave itself.
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Buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
on 24 Jan 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K @drlindaporter.bsky.social will be talking about Katherine Parr.
December 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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For the last Saturday before #Christmas, the awesome, breathtaking ceiling of medieval angels which soar high above you in Holy Trinity Church, Blythburgh, Suffolk - the 'Cathedral of the Marshes'

The angels still retain some of their paint colour - incredible 🥰😮

📷 My own, 2020
A wooden ceiling of beams & angels
December 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Doggone, I did not know chained libraries were a thing until today when looking up a particular cathedral.

I have to say our local library might appreciate trying this with me, with as many overdue books I have had.
a photo of the Chained Library at Hereford Cathedral, England
December 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Something lovely for the weekend! A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a mouse!

Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️

📷 by me www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
My photo shows a small Roman flask made of translucent cobalt blue glass in the form of a fat little mouse, 14.6 cm in length. The body of the vessel is rounded and stands on four feet made from tooled trails of glass. A separate blob of glass forms the head with eyes, ears, and a pointed nose. The neck of the flask is funnel-shaped and slightly up-turned to look like a tail. The flask surface is decorated with trails of glass which have been flattened and notched. Modern scholars refer to this type of trailed decoration as ‘snake thread’. On display at the Met Museum in New York
December 20, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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#OTD 1573 Francis Walsingham appointed 2nd principal secretary to Elizabeth I. A dedicated Protestant, he served her indefatigably, particularly in sniffing out Catholic plots. Nevertheless, he did not have the warm relationship with her that his colleague, Burghley, had. bit.ly/2qcZz8L
December 20, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
on 24 Jan 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K @drlindaporter.bsky.social will be talking about Katherine Parr.
December 14, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The Dutch Republic was very different from England in the early 1600s

Read my new @thetudortimes.bsky.social guest article Researching Amsterdam in the Dutch Goldrn Age
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#history #historicalfiction
December 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We're delighted to have a new Guest Article from @kjhaden.bsky.social sharing her research on Amsterdam in the early seventeenth century. bit.ly/44tFwXA
December 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
on 24 Jan 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Gareth Russell will be talking about Katherine Howard.
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Social media thread turned into an article for easier reading:

Art review: Bathing scene from the Hausbuch von Schloss Wolfegg (c. 1480)

You can read it here:
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Or here:
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Art review: Bathing scene from the Hausbuch von Schloss Wolfegg (c. 1480)
This article was originally a thread on social media, which is why it is formatted with lots of images and short responses.The text is about the image below that paragraph. Look at those filthy med…
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December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Seated Woman Bathing Her Feet
Albrecht Altdorfer, 1480-1538 (Met Museum)
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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This week we launch a new programme for early career researchers with @ihr.bsky.social & @chalkefestival.bsky.social

'Pitch my Project' is an opportunity for early career historians to present their research at the 2026 Chalke History Festival bit.ly/44kfUMM Applications now invited #Skystorians
Pitch my Project: an opportunity for early career historians to present their work at the Chalke History Festival 2026 - RHS
Have you ever wanted to share your research with a wide audience? Would you like to gain experience in public speaking, and be supported to develop imaginative ways to communicate your research to the...
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December 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Scarborough harbour, recent pen and sepia ink drawing.
#art #drawing #boats #scarborough
A memorable stay in Scarborough resulted in a few drawings and watercolours plus some completed later in the studio (such as this sepia ink drawing)
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Medieval landlords regularly collected eels as rent. But they didn't always eat them. Sometimes they bought things w/ their eels.

In the early 1200s the Ramsey monks rented a local causeway at the yearly rate of 1 pair of scarlet pants, 2 pounds of pepper & ginger, & 1,000 eels.
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Meme. Picture of a rich-looking bastard sitting on the hood of a Rolls-Royce. His hand is leaning on an umbrella, and his blue and brown scarf is tossed just so. His tie is striped and slightly loose at the neck, and the points on his shirt collar are unnecessarily elegant. He is wearing red pants (except he's likely British, so they're trousers (though he might be also wearing read pants (underwear, to my US peeps) but we can't see)). Behind him is a fancy building with arched windows and columns. It looks like it's raising its eyebrows at you in surprise. The man is looking with stern contemplation into the middle distance behind your left shoulder. He's essentially ignoring you. You're right there in front of him, but you don't matter. His whole demeanor and expression embody your unimportance. He seems like his name should be something like Alistar Hamish Weathersworth III, and he looks imminently punchable. Meme text reads: "The pants are a bit much If you don't have the eels"
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Historical Fiction Spotlight: An Orphan Spirit: Amsterdam 1627, by Eleanor Swift-Hook tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/12/hist... @emswifthook.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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My article, ‘Visualizing the executions of British queens in early modern Europe‘, has been published in “Historical Research” and can be read here: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
Visualizing the executions of British queens in early modern Europe
Abstract. The executions of British queens between 1536 and 1587 were sensational news events, both in the British Isles and on the Continent, and were vis
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December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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#OTD 1574 b. Anna of Denmark who m. James VI of Scotland. After James acceded to the English throne in 1603, Anna became a great patron of arts, architecture & literature. She appreciated Inigo Jones & Marcus Gheerhaerts, Ben Johnson & Shakespeare. bit.ly/2fx4hID
December 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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@ana-lves.bsky.social Hi Ana, thanks for following @thetudortimes.bsky.social Hope you enjoy our posts and site at tudortimes.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social
on 24 Jan 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Dr Alison Weir will be talking about Anne of Cleves.
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Read our latest book review bit.ly/4pWdwE6 of The Thistle and The Rose: The extraordinary life of Margaret Tudor by @drlindaporter.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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We hope you've enjoyed delving into our archives with us for Explore Your Archive week! 💫

As a final note, we just want to say: our archives are also your archives. We look after them for you, and everyone is welcome - for research, interest or enjoyment!

#EYAYourArchives #ExploreYourArchive
Collage of 40 images of archives and rare books held at the University of Exeter Special Collections.
December 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Special Guest Interview with Heather Shanette, Author of Elizabeth I's Ladies, Gentlewomen and Maids: The Women who Served the Tudor Queen tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/12/spec... #Elizabethan #Tudors #BookLaunch
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM