News & Articles
Follow in the Footsteps of David Starkey
Thursday 30 April 2009
Here are most of the locations where Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant was filmed, with information on what made them significant during the life of the Tudor monarch.
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The Official David Starkey Henry VIII Quiz
Thursday 30 April 2009
David Starkey challenges YOU to play his official quiz on all things Henry VIII ...
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Video Interview: Philip Sheppard
Thursday 30 April 2009
Was Henry VIII much cop as a composer? The film and television music maestro reveals all and talks about his score for the programme's soundtrack.
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Video Interview: David Skinner
Thursday 30 April 2009
Why was Henry VIII so influential in changing the face of music? David Skinner, director of music at Sydney Sussex College in Cambridge, explains all.
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Katherine Parr (1512-1548)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
With a new law making it treason for any future queen to conceal her pre-marital affairs, it would have taken a very bold or modest woman to become 52-year-old Henry VIII's wife.
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Catherine Howard (c. 1523-1542)
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Catherine Howard's mother had died young and her father, though a nobleman, was perennially in debt.
