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Click the flag for our UK/Europe Resource PageClaire | September 30, 2009
Over the past few weeks, I have been considering Anne Boleyn’s relationships with those around her and today I want to look at her relationship with Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Henry VIII’s Lord Chancellor and right-hand man.
Anne Boleyn and the Boleyn faction are often credited with causing Wolsey’s downfall and subsequent death, and many are keen
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Claire | September 28, 2009
It’s that time of year when people are organising their Halloween costumes and who better to go as than Anne Boleyn, a murdered Queen said to haunt Blickling Hall, Hever Castle and the Tower of London? Plus you get to spread the message about her innocence!
We can help you with your costume because we offer
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Claire | September 25, 2009
Wow, I can’t believe it’s Friday again already! This week really has flown by. So, what’s new this week and what’s been going on in the land of The Anne Boleyn Files and the Tudor World?:-
I’ve been busy blogging every day this week over at The Elizabeth Files after listening to each episode of BBC
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Claire | September 23, 2009
I did mention this in a p.s. on a blog post a few days ago but I really wanted to draw attention to these new online resources.
I know that many of you have been frustrated by not being able to access the National Archives collection of documents from Henry VIII’s reign, particularly those pertaining to
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Claire | September 23, 2009
I wasn’t going to do a blog post today but I just had to after listening to episode 3 of BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week on Tracy Borman’s “Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen”. Why? Because yet again, Borman talks about the influence that Anne Boleyn had over her daughter,
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Claire | September 21, 2009
Just last week I wrote a post entitled “Anne Boleyn’s Influence on Elizabeth I” about Tracy Borman’s new book “Elizabeth’s Women: The Hidden Story of the Virgin Queen”, in which Borman puts forward the idea that Anne Boleyn had a far greater influence on her daughter Elizabeth I than has been previously thought.
Well, I felt
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Claire | September 18, 2009
With all the controversy over “The Tudors” – say it on some forums and you might just get banned! – it’s good to hear what the creator himself has to say about the series.
Sarah Gristwood, writer of “Elizabeth and Leicester” interviewed Michael on behalf of BBC History Magazine and heard of how he gets letters
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Claire | September 18, 2009
Just a quickie blog post to round up the week. Here is the latest news from The Anne Boleyn Files and the Tudor World:-
Only 10 rooms left now on The Anne Boleyn Experience 2010 so don’t miss out on this wonderful chance to stay at Hever, visit the Tower of London on Anne Boleyn Day,
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Claire | September 16, 2009
I’ve just been listening to BBC Radio 4’s “Woman’s Hour” from Monday 14th September in which historian and writer of “Elizabeth’s Women”, Tracy Borman, discusses Elizabeth I and the influence that women, such as her mother, stepmothers and half-sister, had on the course of her life.
It is a wonderful interview and a “must-listen” for Anne
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Claire | September 14, 2009
To celebrate the launch of our new sister site The Elizabeth Files, we held an article competition where entrants had to write about why Elizabeth I interests them or why she is such an icon still today. Well, we have a winner! A panel of five judges picked Tracey Saxon’s article as the winning article
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