Lady Jane Grey Reference Guide

Lady Jane Grey’s Bracelet? Stephan Edwards investigates….

Posted on 21st October 2012 by Tamise

Dr Stephan Edwards (Some Grey Matter) was asked to investigate a bracelet with a tradition of belonging to Lady Jane Grey.

You can read his report at:

Some Grey Matter – Lady Jane Grey’s Bracelet?

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Helen Castor’s She Wolves: England’s Early Queens TV series on SBS

Posted on 19th October 2012 by Tamise

If you are in Australia, SBS is showing Helen Castor’s TV series based on her book, ‘She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth’ which was shown on BBC4 in the UK in March.

The three part series starts at 8.30pm on Friday 19th October.

SBS Documentary – She Wolves: England’s Early Queens

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Books 2012: On sale today – 1536 The Year That Changed Henry VIII

Posted on 19th October 2012 by Tamise

Currently says on Amazon.co.uk, unknown when back in stock.

19th October – 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII by Suzannah Lipscomb (Paperback re-issue)

‘One of the best-known figures of British history, collective memory of Henry VIII presents us with the image of a corpulent, covetous, and cunning king whose appetite for worldly goods met few parallels, whose wives met infamously premature ends, and whose religion was ever political in intent. 1536 – focusing on a pivotal year in the life of the King – reveals a fuller portrait of this complex monarch, detailing the finer shades of humanity that have so long been overlooked. We discover that in 1536 Henry met many failures – physical, personal, and political – and emerged from them a revolutionary new king who proceeded to transform a nation and reform a religion. A compelling story, the effects of which are still with us today, 1536 shows what a profound difference can be made merely by changing the heart of a king.’

From Amazon.co.uk

Further details – Suzannah Lipscomb

Further details – Amazon.co.uk

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Reviews of The Lost Prince at the National Portrait Gallery

Posted on 18th October 2012 by Tamise

Prince Charming comes out of the shadows by Rachel Campbell-Johnston – The Times – 17 October 2012.

‘This is a marvellously evocative, historically fascinating and culturally quirky show which, with the aid of a rigorously selective and carefully explanatory hang…,brings to richly detailed life not just the private world but the intellectual and political context of its “lost prince”. Henry Stuart springs up before the spectator as freshly and dramatically as he did 400 years ago in those charmingly vivid paintings by Peake.’ p. 12

The Lost Prince, National Portrait Gallery, review – by Richard Dorment – The Telegraph – 15th October 2012

Exhibition explores life of ‘lost prince’ Henry Stuart – by Matthew Cain – Cain on Culture – Channel 4 Blog – 18th October 2012