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King and Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship with Siobhan Clarke and Linda Collins Apr 10, 2021

Show notes

In this episode of The Tudor History & Travel Show, Sarah talks to Linda Collins and Siobhan Clarke about their new book, King & Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship, which is due to be released in the UK on 15th April, 2021.

A centre of glamourous excess, Henry adorned his court with tapestries and paintings that glorified him and his realm. King & Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship guides us through Henry’s collection of artworks and what they reveal about him and his reign in a unique story of art, power, and propaganda in Tudor England.

Described as ‘beautifully written and impeccably researched’, King & Collector: Henry VIII and the Art of Kingship can be pre-ordered online – available from Amazon at the links below, and other online retailers:

Pre-order the book of Amazon UK

Pre-order the book on Amazon US

In the meantime, if you want to keep up to date with all the Tudor Travel Guide's adventures, as well as top tips for planning your own Tudor road trip, don't forget to subscribe to the blog via www.thetudortravelguide.com.

This podcast now has an accompanying closed Facebook group, dedicated to discussing the places and artefacts discussed in each episode. It is also a place to ask your fellow Tudor time travellers questions about visiting Tudor locations or planning your Tudor-themed vacation or sharing your top tips to help others get the most out of their Tudor adventures on the road. Go to The Tudor History & Travel Show: Hitting the Road to join the community.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

with guests:

Linda Collins and Siobhan Clarke

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Decoding Tudor Portraiture with Lawrence Hendra of the Philip Mould Gallery Apr 02, 2021

Show notes

In this episode of The Tudor History & Travel Show, Sarah talks to Lawrence Hendra, Director of Research at The Philip Mould Gallery, as they explore some of the highlights of the gallery's up-and-coming exhibition: 'Love's Labour's Found'. The exhibition, which opens on 21 April 2021, brings into focus the advances that have been made in 'reading' Tudor portraiture in recent times. So, why not join Sarah as, together, we tour the gallery and learn to decode four fabulous paintings of the period. To read my blog associated with this podcast, and to see some of the images we discuss in this episode, please click here.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

with guest:

Lawrence Hendra

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Sudeley Castle: The Remarkable Life and Shocking Death of Katherine Parr Mar 06, 2021

Show notes

In this episode, Sarah chats to Derek Maddox, Archivist at Sudeley Castle, as they explore the castle and its association with the final months of Katherine Parr's life. Katherine, the sixth wife of Henry VIII, remains the only English queen to be buried on private land. She now lies at peace within the heart of the chapel at Sudeley. We also look at some of her personal belongings, which are housed in the castle's museum, including locks of her hair, a tooth, letters and a prayer book. Tune in to find out more about this remarkable woman during her life and at her burial, as well as the shocking story of what happened to her body after death.

This podcast was recorded in Summer 2020. Sudeley Castle is currently closed but is due to reopen in Spring 2021. To keep updated please see the website here.

To read my blog associated with this podcast, please click here.

This podcast now has an accompanying closed Facebook group, dedicated to discussing the places and artefacts discussed in each episode. it is also a place to ask your fellow Tudor time travellers questions about visiting Tudor locations or planning your Tudor-themed vacation or sharing your top tips to help others get the most out of their Tudor adventures on the road. Go to The Tudor History & Travel Show: Hitting the Road to join the community.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Music by Jon Sayles

Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots: The Meeting that Never Was Mar 04, 2021

Show notes

This month, we have an extra episode of the show to commemorate the life of Mary, Queen of Scots who was executed on this day, 1587. On this occasion, Sarah is in conversation with Prof Maria Hayward, from the University of Southampton. Maria is a professor of Early Modern History. In this episode, Maria dissects the complex set of circumstances that surrounded one of the most talked-about non-events of the second half of the sixteenth century: the proposed meeting between Mary and Elizabeth I that never, in the end, took place. Just what were the forces that intervened that prevented these two cousins from ever meeting face-to-face? Tune in to find out more...

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Music by Jon Sayles

What Things Cost in the UK: Travel Essentials Feb 20, 2021

Show notes

(Apologies for the sound distortion which affects the first couple of minutes of the show).

If you are someone who loves to pack your bags and hit the road to see your Tudor history and want loads of inspiration and top tips for travelling and visiting historic locations here in the UK, then this show is for you.

Each month, I will be teaming up with Philippa Brewell from 'British History Tours' to answer your most pressing travel-related questions, hearing from a guest about their favourite historic place to stay (or take rest and refreshment) and a couple of highlights of Tudor-themed events, both online and in-person, for you to book into your calendar.

In episode two of ‘The Tudor History & Travel Show: Travel Essentials’ Philippa and I talk about how much things cost here in the UK, particularly in relation to travel. There are also some great tips around how you can save money and pitfalls you might want to avoid as you navigate your way around the UK. Also, I chat with one of the show's listeners, Lisa, about her recommended place to stay in Suffolk, plus a couple of not-to-be-missed events coming up in the next couple of months (March/ April 2021).

To buy 'Your Tudor Weekend Away...in Suffolk' visit my shop here: http://bit.ly/3oPAopZ

To see the show notes, with the links mentioned in this episode, follow this link

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

with guests:

Philippa Brewell from British History Tours

Lisa Pegg

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Mary, Queen of Scots: The Making of an Icon with Dr Steven Reid and Anne Dulau Feb 07, 2021

Show notes

In this latest episode, we commemorate the anniversary of the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots on 8 February 1587. Sarah welcomes two guests to the show, both of whom have been leading a project on the 'Memorialisation of Mary Queen of Scots': Dr Steven Reid, from the University of Glasgow, who is a Scottish Historian based at the College of Arts and Anne Dulau-Beveridge, Art Curator at The Hunterian, also in Glasgow. We explore the breadth of the project, which looks at how Mary, Queen of Scots has been remembered and portrayed across the centuries since her death. There is a show notes page on my blog with images and links and this can be found here.

In this month’s TTG news desk our roving reporter from the sixteenth century, Bess Cavendish, reports from the Tower of London, where the sentence of execution has just been carried out on Catherine Howard and Jane Rochford. We catch up with all the drama of the day.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Music by Jon Sayles

When to Travel To the UK: 'Travel Essentials' by The Tudor Travel Guide Jan 16, 2021

Show notes

In this first episode of ‘The Tudor History & Travel Show: Travel Essentials’ Philippa and I talk about what to consider when thinking about the best time to travel to England; Natalie Grueninger and I chat about her recommended place to stay in Suffolk, plus a couple of not-to-be-missed events coming up in January / February 2021.

To buy 'Your Tudor Weekend Away...in Suffolk' visit my shop here: http://bit.ly/3oPAopZ

To see the show notes, with the links mentioned in this episode, follow this link: https://bit.ly/3qtGzjA

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Show Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

with guests:

Philippa Brewell from British History Tours

Natalie Grueninger from On the Tudor Trail

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Rievaulx Abbey & the Brutal Dissolution of the Monasteries with Michael Carter Jan 03, 2021

Show notes

In this episode, Sarah goes on-location to Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, where she meets with Michael Carter, a senior properties historian with English Heritage. Michael is an expert on English monasticism and the Cistercian order. He is our guide as we explore the abbey ruins, its history and the impact of the Dissolution of the Monasteries on places like Rievaulx Abbey. Show notes with images and links (including to the paper mentioned in the recording) can be found here.

We also head over to the TTTG news desk to hear about the formal reception of Anne of Cleves at Blackheath on 3 January 1540. Get all the latest on this event from our intrepid news reporter, Bess Cavendish, who reports 'live' from the riverside outside Greenwich Palace.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

Bejewelled: The Use of Jewellery by Tudor Men with Natasha Awais-Dean Nov 21, 2020

Show notes

In this episode, Sarah chats with Natasha Awais-Dean, an expert on male jewellery during the Tudor period and author of ‘Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England’. We delve into the glittering world of sixteenth-century jewellery and find out how men across the social spectrum purchased, wore and made meaning from jewels.

We also head over to the TTTG news desk, which this month covers the dramatic news of the death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey at Leicester Abbey on 29 November 1530. Our roving news reporter comes directly from outside the abbey with all the latest gossip. (The link to the blog mentioned in the show on Wolsey's final journey to Leicester can be found here.)

If you wish to purchase any signed books for Christmas (mentioned in the show) or are interested in buying the art print of Henry VIII's Presence-Chamber at Greenwich Palace, please email me at sarah@thetudortravelguide.com with your request.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

The Enigmatic Cardinal Wolsey Nov 08, 2020

Show notes

In this mini-episode, Sarah is joined in the studio by special guest, Professor Glenn Richardson in a celebration of The Tudor Travel Guide's forthcoming virtual mini-summit: 'The Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey'.

To whet your appetite for the summit, Sarah explores with Glenn how Wolsey has been portrayed across the 490 years since his death in 1530, from gluttonous villain to revered, international statesmen.

For more information, and to register for 'The Rise and Fall of Cardinal Wolsey' FREE mini-summit follow this link.

This podcast now has an accompanying closed Facebook group, dedicated to discussing the places and artefacts discussed in each episode. it is also a place to ask your fellow Tudor time travellers questions about visiting Tudor locations or planning your Tudor-themed vacation or sharing your top tips to help others get the most out of their Tudor adventures on the road. Go to The Tudor Travel Show: Hitting the Road to join the community.

You can also find The Tudor Travel Guide on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Credits:

Presenter: Sarah Morris

Produced by Cutting Crew Productions

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