Walter Hungerford and the Buggery Act: LGBTQ+...
If you visit the Tower of London, you can walk where some of the most significant...
Tag: Henry VIII
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?!”...
HRP Handover: Luke Pepera on a story of two kings
For our final HRP Handover for Black History Month 2020, we’re handing over to Luke Pepera,...
HRP Handover: Michael Ohajuru on the Black...
Welcome to our first HRP Handover blog for Black History Month 2020! Throughout October we’re inviting...
A nursery fit for a (future) king: Edward VI and...
Preparing for a new arrival is always tricky and usually expensive. But what if the parents...
Henry VIII and the sweating sickness
Henry VIII is usually remembered as the uber-confident, intimidating megalomaniac who touted his magnificence on an...
Long Live the King: St George’s Day and the...
On 23 April 1509, 17 year old Henry VIII was told that his father Henry VII...
Triumph and tragedy: Jane Seymour’s final...
On 24 October 1537, Queen Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, just twelve days after...
Henry VIII and the image of a sporting man
Henry VIII is one of our most notorious monarchs, and like him or loath him, he...
Anne Cleve’s: extracting fact from the fiction
Anne of Cleves (1515-1557) has gone down in history as the ‘ugly wife’ who repulsed the...