Recently, most excellent Tudor Historian and joint chief curator for Historic Royal Palaces, Tracy Borman, was pottering in the National Archives, reviewing the Anne Boleyn trial documents before her new Channel 5 documentary on the subject (life goals or what) when an archivist brought her attention to something he’d uncovered in a warrant book. Tudor […]
JANUARY It was one of the smash hits of the year, and deservedly so – one of the funniest books I read all year I read right at the start: Zara Stonely’s The Wedding Date. I wanted to be besties with protagonist Samantha because she – and the whole book – were refreshingly delightful and […]
Great women are hidden behind great men, or so they say, and no man is greater than the king. For centuries, royal aunts, cousins, sisters and mothers have watched history unfold from the shadows, their battlefields the bedchamber or the birthing room, their often short lives remembered only through the lens of others. But for […]
JANUARY I started 2017 with determination. I was four and a half months pregnant and had been absolutely sick as a dog since day one. Reading had taken a serious back seat – and no doubt would be right out of the car once Miniature Meakin made their appearance in May. I started off with […]
JANUARY I always hope that I’m going to start the year with a couple of strong books, particularly as I never seem to get as much reading done as I’d like to over the preceding Christmas period. Well, January 2016 was certainly no disappointment; looking back I loved pretty much every book I read that […]
What I did So now it’s out in the open I can preface my monthly catch up with the context that one is up le duff, and has been so since early September. One has also been incredibly, incredibly ill (I won’t bore you with the details), and it’s been incredibly hard keeping it […]
What I did So after a pretty non-stop September, I spent most of October suffering under a lingering cold. Feel free to skip this month – it wasn’t particularly exciting! Particularly as I missioned through Sober October (helpfully, feeling dreadful with that headcold helped, as the last thing I wanted was wine). Back in […]
What I did So that’s my favourite month – and the summer – over for another year! We managed to squeeze one more barbecue in, for all it’s mostly been raining. Husband (Oli) and I invited a close group of friends over to celebrate our second wedding anniversary, a marriage that was severely tested […]
What I did I’m not quite sure where August went. But it started off in fine fashion. My friends and their incorrigibly cute 2.5 year old daughter came to stay, along with the new addition – Baby Philip who was only about 5 weeks old. I got to steal him for newborn cuddles, while his […]
What I did Well, I turned (whisper it) 30, that’s what I did. Gah! I’m only playing up the thirty-dread, I don’t mind at all really! It’s amusing for me because half of my best friends are “a school year” older than me (and my husband and the rest of said best friends are the […]
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