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Mary, Queen of Scots: The Material Evidence
Mary, Queen of Scots wore red at her execution as a symbol of Catholic martyrdom. It was the climax of a life throughout which Mary used textiles to …
3 years, 9 months ago
Making Babies in the 17th Century
Making babies was a mysterious process for people in early modern England. Their ideas about conception, pregnancy and childbirth tell us much about …
3 years, 9 months ago
Huygens: Europe’s Greatest Scientist
Christiaan Huygens was the greatest scientist working in the vital period between Galileo and Newton, as the scientific revolution gathered pace. He …
3 years, 9 months ago
Public Executions in London
For at least 700 years, presumed criminals were publicly executed in London. Such occasions were often gruesome, gory and very popular.
A new exhibiti…
3 years, 9 months ago
Fall of the Ming Dynasty
Episode 167
In 1627 Zhu Youjian, the Chongzhen Emperor, became the 17th - and what would turn out to be the last - Emperor of China’s Ming Dynasty. It had ruled …
3 years, 9 months ago
Football and the Tudors
Episode 166
Already in 2022 we have celebrated England’s Lionesses winning the Women’s European Championships, and this month you may well be waiting with bated …
3 years, 9 months ago
Henry VIII’s Lost Brother, Prince Arthur
Episode 165
During the early part of the sixteenth century England should have been ruled by King Arthur Tudor with his wife Catherine of Aragon as Queen. Had th…
3 years, 9 months ago
Oliver Cromwell’s Republic
Episode 164
On 30 January 1649, King Charles I was executed for treason. Within weeks the monarchy had been abolished and the House of Lords discarded. The peopl…
3 years, 10 months ago
Inca Apocalypse
Episode 163
For many, the word Inca conjures up images of an ancient civilisation in South America, swiftly conquered by the Spanish in their quest for gold and …
3 years, 10 months ago
Life in Tudor England
Episode 162
What was life really like in Tudor England? This was a society where monarchy was under strain, the church was in crisis, where contending with war, …
3 years, 10 months ago