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Click the flag for our UK/Europe Resource PageClaire | July 31, 2009
Just a quick blog to share with you this video that Molly (Tudor costumer, AKA Anne Boleyn!) has sent me. It is a video clip from last weekend’s Festival of History 2009 at Kelmarsh Hall where Molly was in charge of a wonderful Tudor Fashion Show (see blog post below for photos of the costumes).
Enjoy
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Claire | July 29, 2009
Last week I blogged about The Festival of History’s Tudor Fashion Show which Anne Boleyn Files visitor, Molly Housego, was organising – see www.theanneboleynfiles.com/newsflash-tudor-fashion-show-newsflash to read the full article and details.
Well, many of you from “over the pond” obviously couldn’t make the show and were begging for photos, so Molly was kind enough to make
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Claire | July 28, 2009
Wow, what a week it has been and it’s only Tuesday!! I just thought I’d take the chance to do a news round up and let you know what’s new to the site and what’s been happening in the world of The Anne Boleyn Files:-
On this Day in History
Today, we think about Thomas Cromwell who
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Claire | July 27, 2009
If you know Anne Boleyn’s story, you will know that she was found guilty of treason of adultery and treason by a court of 26 noblemen and sentenced to death by burning at the stake or by being beheaded, whatever the King decided. You will also know that her life was cut short on 19th
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Claire | July 23, 2009
After having lots of Anne Boleyn Files visitors ask me about Anne Boleyn tours and holidays, I decided to devise my very own “Anne Boleyn Experience”. I just could not find a tour which was focused on Anne Boleyn, and that period of Tudor history, to recommend to people so I’ve been busy planning a
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Claire | July 21, 2009
Molly Housego is a Tudor costumer who has organised the Tudor fashion show, which is part of the Festival of History in Northamptonshire this coming weekend. Molly has written me some blurb about the fashion show which features Anne Boleyn wearing our very own gold-plated B necklace! Here is Molly’s article:-
Tudor Fashion Show, Festival of
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Claire | July 21, 2009
Alisa M Libby, author of “The King’s Rose”, has written a special exclusive guest blog post for The Anne Boleyn Files – thanks so much Alisa. Here it is…
Catherine Howard
Everyone has an opinion about King Henry VIII’s many queens. When I say I’ve written a novel about Catherine Howard, I’ve heard “oh, you mean the
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Claire | July 16, 2009
I apologise for the “inflammatory” title but blame David Starkey as it was he who got me wondering!
When I watched Starkey’s recent “Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant”, the episode on Anne Boleyn really got me thinking if Anne Boleyn has to take some responsibility for her downfall and execution. In it, Starkey talked about
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Claire | July 14, 2009
As owner of The Anne Boleyn Files I often find myself in the unique position of receiving emails, poems, photos, videos, articles and books about Anne Boleyn from fans all around the world. I love it and I think it’s wonderful that Anne Boleyn’s story has inspired so many people. I’m sure that she would
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Claire | July 7, 2009
After seeing last night’s preview of the Hampton Court Flower Show, I went online to try and find photos of Anne Boleyn’s Witch Garden and I found some on the Royal Horticultural Society website. Obviously I don’t want to breach copyright and reproduce them here but you can see them for yourselves at:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/hamptoncourt2009/sixwives/antheaguthrie.asp
There is also
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