Claire | March 31, 2011
Our Anne Boleyn Pembroke Dress, Pembroke Hood and gold-plated B Necklace have just hit the stage in a play called “Tower Ghosts” by Tom Marcello and performed by the Case High Theatre Company. The play was performed at the preliminary and semi-final levels of the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild competition and won many awards so […]
Claire | February 2, 2011
On the 17th February 2011 The Anne Boleyn Files celebrates its 2nd birthday and I also have a special birthday this month, so I thought it would be good to celebrate these wonderful milestones with an article competition. I would like you to write an article on the following question: “Did the life and death […]
Claire | January 19, 2011
Here at The Anne Boleyn Files, we have been supporting the Mary Rose 500 Appeal, an appeal to raise funds for the new Mary Rose museum project. As part of the fundraising, the Mary Rose museum has been having a series of events and their latest event is an exhibition of some of the costumes […]
Claire | October 5, 2010
Many of you have been asking whether we are going to do a Halloween competition and the answer is yes! Many of you go to such an effort with your Halloween costumes that I want to applaud your effort with this competition. It’s also my way of saying thank you to those of you who […]
Claire | August 16, 2010
Just a quick post to let you know that Steve has made an “A” mould so that he can now start casting Anne Boleyn A Necklaces, just like the one that Anne is said to have owned and passed on to her daughter Elizabeth. Yay! When I stood in front of the “Family of Henry […]
Claire | July 27, 2010
As part of my series on the Boleyn family, I wanted to consider George Boleyn and avenge the myth that he was nothing but a gambler, womaniser and libertine. The George Boleyn I have come to know and love through my research and that of my friend, Clare Cherry, was not the George we meet […]
Claire | July 16, 2010
On this day in history, the 16th July 1557 (some sources say the 15th), Henry VIII’s fourth wife, Anne of Cleves died at her home, Chelsea Old Manor, the former home of Catherine Parr. She was only 41 but she was the last surviving wife of Henry VIII and had survived marriage to the King […]
Claire | July 9, 2010
Bess Chilver, a costumer and Tudor dress expert, spoke to us about Tudor clothes on our recent Anne Boleyn Experience Tour and now she has written an excellent article on women’s dress at the court of King Henry VIII. Here is an extract of it and you can read the full article at our “Tudor […]
