Hello fellow history lover!
I hope you enjoyed the posts from behind the scenes on The Anne Boleyn Tour. I was contemplating doing one from behind the scenes once I got back, when the unglamorous and more time-consuming part of the job takes over once again. Invoices to be paid, accounts to be completed, and the inevitable emails catch up and perhaps, I have a day or two rest! But, I decided that wouldn’t be as interesting 😆 so,
…in this newsletter:
We will be following the 1541 tour to the North which Catherine Howard undertook with her husband Henry VIII, and you can join in too!
Henry V by
- join us to discuss this book on Sunday 6th July.Going long! Almost 6 hours of historians talking about Anne Boleyn.
Coming up this summer:
Visit to the National Archives to meet Dr Euan Roger
Stuart History Festival, Worcester
Harvington History Festival - join me there
If you missed the behind-the-scenes posts from The Anne Boleyn Tour, with extra photos for paid subscribers, click here for the 1st of the 4 posts.
My team and I are now head down in the minutia of arrangements for September’s ‘The Catherine Howard Tour’ the first of its kind devoted to the life of Henry VIII’s fifth, Queen Catherine Howard, for which we’ll once again be joined by Gareth Russell, author of the acclaimed Catherine Howard biography, Young and Damned and Fair. As we re-trace the route of Catherine and Henry VIII’s tour of the North in 1541, Gareth will be giving exclusive talks covering Catherine’s life from her childhood to her zenith as England’s queen. What went wrong? And how did this tour mark the beginning of the end?
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I have a few spaces available on The Catherine Howard Tour. Bookings for this tour have to close on Tuesday 3rd June so if you’re interested please take a look at the website for full details of the tour and how to book.
Henry V by Dan Jones
’ biography of Henry V tells a very different story to the playboy turned pious warrior king tale familiar to us all, not least thanks to Shakespeare who, to be fair, had his eye on writing a plot line not an accurate history. By focussing the majority of his biography of Henry V on his life before he was king, Dan introduces us to a serious youth, keen on books and music who, with one eye always on the practical, observes the reigns of his cousin Richard II and his father Henry IV, and learns lessons which he will put into practice later on.
I’m looking forward to discussing this book in Book Club, on Sunday 6th July. Book Club takes place online so you can join from wherever you are in the world. You just need to be a member of my Patreon, ‘British History’. Click here for more details.
Going long!
Long journey, household chores or a restless night to get through? In the first of what I intend to be a collection of compilation videos, you can be accompanied by Dr Estelle Paranque, Gareth Russell, Dr Owen Emmerson, Kate McCaffrey, Jay Britton and Amanda Glover, all talking about different aspects of Anne Boleyn.
Where you can find me this summer
Harvington History Festival
Proud to be the official podcast partner of Harvington History Festival.
You can join me at the Harvington History Festival, taking place from 23rd - 27th July, where I will be, all week, as the festival’s official podcast partner. 18 top historians, broadcasters and authors will be speaking at the event set in this most beautiful of locations.
Stuart History Festival
I will be bringing you more details about this brand-new festival in due course, including an interview with its organisers; Andrea Zuvich, Dr Erica Canela and Mark Turnbull. You can find the speaker line up on Andrea’s website - click here.
Tomorrow I am heading to the National Archives at Kew for a special day with curator Dr Euan Roger to interview him about some exciting new research he is involved in and also to see some documents especially retrieved from the archives!
On Friday you will be able to to listen to me being interviewed for a change! I spoke with Roman from
about Anne Boleyn.Just in case you were wondering, I will definitely be covering topics other than Anne Boleyn for the foreseeable!
Have a great day!
Philippa 💜