The History Hive

Join us this week for our second episode for Black History Month where we will discuss the origins of the month itself and even debate some of its criticisms. Follow us on all social media, @Tudortalktime on all platforms. As always, we would love to hear your thoughts and any suggestions of what you want to hear about next! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources Used: Campbell, Adina. BBC. (21/10/2020)....

Join us for our first Black History Month episode where we celebrate the lives of two amazing Black women - Mary Fillis and Dido Elizabeth Belle. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Bakre, T. (2020) Unforgotten Women: Mary Fillis, The Black Tudor Driven By Independence. Availab...

Join us this week to discuss Mary Tudor, sister to Henry VIII and briefly Queen of France. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Mary Tudor". Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Jun. 2022, < https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary...

This week join us as we talk about the forgotten matriarch of the Tudor dynasty: Margaret Tudor. Mother, sister, daughter,  wife, grandmother and great grandmother her influence and power over the events of history are often forgotten and we are so happy to be telling her lesser known story this week.  Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything...

Join us this week to discuss the Field of the Cloth of Gold! Explore this Tudor festival with us, hearing tales of Henry VIII and Francis in one of the most important 'diplomatic' events of the century. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Lara and Phoebe Sources used: Ackroyd, P. (2012) Tudors . London:...

Join me, Katie, this week as I explore the changes and differences of Tudor fashion from the 1500s-1540s and look at the variation between different areas and discuss influences throughout Europe in this time period. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Sources used: Fitnyc.edu. (2018). 16th century | Fashion Histo...

Come with us this week to explore the wonderful Shaw House! Walk through the house with Sarah Sommerville and learn about the many eras the house has been through, and their different histories. Follow along our tour with this document: Shaw House Guide to see images and comments on the house's many, amazing rooms! Shaw house has a summer of events planned planned this year including an Antiq...

Join us this week to discuss Lady Mary Grey, the only one of the 3 sisters to die a Lady. Mary is determined, intelligent and brave, managing to form a great relationship with Elizabeth despite coming from a family of traitors. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Bloks, M. (201...

Join us this week to discuss how Lady Katherine Grey went from second in line to the throne, to imprisoned for life and barred from seeing her husband. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you want to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Abernethy, Susan. “Lady Katherine Grey, Countess of Hertford.” The Freelance History Write...

Join us this week to discuss Kat Ashley, the incredibly influential caretaker of (and mother figure to) Elizabeth I. Listen to our discussion on history and the monarchy today, and let us know your opinions! Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you would like to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Doren, Anna, Gloriana’s Firs...

Join us this week to hear from the amazing Lauren Belfer on her new book, Ashton Hall. We discuss her experiences living in a historic English manor,  how she came to tell the story of everyday women during Tudor times, and much more.  Thank you to Lauren Belfer (@laurenbelfer1 on Instagram) for sharing so many interesting thoughts.  Ashton Hall is available now, and is highly recommended by the T...

Join us this week to talk about Bess Hardwick, one of the richest women during the reign of Elizabeth, and mastermind behind many of the beautiful manors we have today! Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you would like to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: artuk.org. (n.d.). The life and legacy of Bess of Hardwick | Art UK...

Join us this week to discuss the Stonewall Rebellion and the history of Pride Month as we know it today! Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you would like to hear about? Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Baume, M. 2020. What is Pride Month and the History of Pride? [online]. Them. Available from: https://www.them.us/story/the-complet...

This week we look at 3 LGBTQ+ figures. Lara looks at James I, Phoebe at Sappho and Katie at the Galli. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there is anything you would like to hear about! Lara, Phoebe and Katie Sources used: Borman, T. 2014, Witches: James I and the English Witch-Hunts. London: Random House. Chards, M. (10 April 2018). The English King who...

This week we look at Anne Askew, the writer, poet and preacher. In her short 25 years, she resisted arrest and repeatedly frustrated the men in charge with her brave and stubborn behaviour. We look at some of her writing, including a short and very exclusive rendition of the ballad that she wrote before her trial. Follow us on social media, @tudortalktime on all platforms, and let us know if there...

Join us this week to discuss Lady Jane Grey ! Although only ruling for 9 days, her story is one of the most interesting and exciting, and looks at the building religious tensions in the 16th century. We explore famous and controversial figures like the Duke of Northumberland , Edward VI and the Duke of Suffolk , as well as talking about the renowned Device to Alter the Succession. Follow us on soc...

Join us this week to discuss the famous Jane Parker, lady to 5 of Henry's wives.

Joanna - mad or manipulated (or a bit of both)? Listen to this week's episode this week to find out what we think!

Join us this week to hear the story of Margaret Pole, Countess of Salisbury 

Gaslight, gatekeep, nunboss - listen along to hear the story of the teenage girl who gained national fame by 'predicting' the future 

This week take a look at our 6th and final wife - the one who survived (plus a little tangent on our Henry VIII hate club)!

Join us this week to debunk the myths that Katherine Howard was just a flirty, troublesome teenager (featuring a visit from her ghost!), as we discuss her childhood, marriage and subsequent fall. 

This week we look at Anne of Cleves, aka the 'ugly' one. But is this really the truth? Take a look with us and see that, perhaps, Anne was a lot smarter than it may seem...

In honour of International Women's Day coming up on the 8th March, this week we take a look at 3 women across history who we find inspiring. Join us for discussions on Josephine Merceli - a Mauritian, Creole woman punished for standing up against slavery, Enheduanna - a Sumerian priestess and poet, and Elizaveta Petrovna - a powerful and popular Emperor of Russia.

Victim or schemer - this week we look at Henry's most loved wife, Jane Seymour. But was she really this pure, goodly queen we know her as, or did she maybe have a more cunning streak?