Mary Queen of Scots: A Glittering Future at the French Court
All I can tell you is that I account myself one of the happiest women in the world. These words…
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Middleham Castle: Daunting Fortress, Luxurious Home and One Priceless Jewel!
Middleham Castle sits in the wide-open, rugged and beautiful landscape of North Yorkshire, about 230 miles north of London and…
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Kimbolton Castle: The Final Days and Death of Katherine of Aragon
This blog was updated in winter 2026 to include a gallery of images accompanying my on-location podcast episode in The Tudor…
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Rievaulx Abbey & the Brutal Dissolution of the Monasteries
This blog is adapted from an ‘on-location’ interview recorded for an episode of The Tudor History & Travel Show. Our…
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Tudor ‘Houses of Power’ with Prof Simon Thurley
In this month’s episode of The Tudor Travel Show: Extra! Sarah is in conversation with Professor Simon Thurley, a pre-eminent architectural…
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Hampton Court: The Emergence of a Tudor Palace
The 30 November (2020) sees the 490th anniversary of the sad demise and death of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey at Leicester…
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Esher Place: House of Mourning
The tragic and untimely death of Jane Seymour 483 years ago today devastated Henry VIII. Although Jane died at Hampton…
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Harvington Hall: House of Secrets
If you want to explore a Tudor ‘house of secrets’ then the subject of today’s blog, Harvington Hall in Worcestershire,…
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Dreamy Anne Boleyn Locations for the Discerning Time Traveller
What are your favourite Tudor locations associated with Anne Boleyn? Where do you dream of visiting? Hever Castle? Well, of…
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London | London | PEOPLE | PLACES | Thomas Cromwell
Austin Friars: Cromwell’s City Power House
Thomas Cromwell is one of the most interesting, complex and reviled characters in Tudor history, mainly because of his seemingly…
