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Claire | May 21, 2012
As you know, I was counting down, day by day, to Anne Boleyn’s execution on The Fall of Anne Boleyn timeline. Well, by this time in 1536 Anne was dead and gone and was about to be replaced by a new queen. I do have more articles to add to The Fall site, but I
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Claire | May 1, 2012
The events of 1536 give me goosebumps and nightmares (yes, I actually dreamed about Cromwell and Smeaton last night!), so I wanted to share this spoof written by our regular anonymous spoof writer who has been ‘inspired’ by The Tudors, The Other Boleyn Girl, Anne of the Thousand Days and other such movies and books.
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Claire | March 15, 2012
The UK’s Blackpool Grand Theatre is offering Anne Boleyn Files visitors the chance to win tickets to see Howard Brenton’s play “Anne Boleyn” on Wednesday 28th March 2012. 2 pairs of tickets are up for grabs – simply comment on this article and two winners will be chosen at random on Wednesday 21st March. Please
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Claire | February 22, 2012
As today is the anniversary of the death of miniaturist John Hoskins in 1665, I thought it was only right to share with you his beautiful miniature of Anne Boleyn. This miniature, although painted in the 17th century, is said to have been based on “an ancient original” and Anne Boleyn’s biographer, historian Eric Ives,
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Claire | February 7, 2012
The 17th February 2012 marks the three year anniversary of The Anne Boleyn Files, which I can’t quite believe! Wow, where did all that time go? Anyway, Dr Linda Saether, who has been following us right from the start, had the wonderful idea of publishing a book to celebrate the anniversary – “The Anne Boleyn
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Claire | December 8, 2011
Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church, which dates back to the 7th century when Eastern churches began celebrating the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. That is the origin of the feast, but the feast day as we know it today in the West dates back to around the
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Claire | December 1, 2011
What’s going on?! Recently my inbox has been full of emails, comments, contact forms etc. telling me, in no uncertain terms and sometimes not very politely, that Anne Boleyn was nothing but a home-wrecking, usurping, b***ch and whore who deserved everything she got for single-handedly wrecking Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and making
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Claire | November 11, 2011
Our anonymous spoof writer has just sent me this spoof after being inspired by some of the Team Anne Boleyn versus Team Catherine of Aragon stuff that has been going on online recently. It is a bizarre world and I find it staggering that these Tudor queens are often used as an excuse for aggression
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