Portraits and Lies: Deciphering Personality from...
We’ve all looked back in horror at snapshots of days-gone-by and thought “what was I thinking?!”...
Tag: Hampton Court Palace
Surviving lockdown: mindfulness, Tudor-style
As we all grow sick of staring at the same four walls during this latest period...
HRP Handover: Michael Ohajuru on the Black...
Welcome to our first HRP Handover blog for Black History Month 2020! Throughout October we’re inviting...
Raphael and Verrio: The Odd Couple at Hampton...
Anyone with any interest in art will most likely have heard of Raphael! One of the...
Henry VIII and the sweating sickness
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence on an...
Conservation of an 18th century headboard |...
In this blog post, conservator Viola Nicastro explains the process of conserving the headboard of Queen...
Florimania comes to Hampton Court: diary of an...
It’s Mothering Sunday on the 22 March and as usual at Hampton Court Palace we will...
Six mattresses for a Queen | Secrets of a State...
As conservation work continues on Queen Caroline’s State bed, Conservator Beatrice Farmer shares discoveries on the...
Outliers: A scullion in the Hampton Court kitchens
Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that tells stories...
Outliers: Katherine of Aragon’s lady of the...
Season Two of HRP’s Outliers podcast is here – our history fiction podcast that tells stories...