The news cycle is fast, and it’s hard to keep up with our favorite interests and topics! That’s why once a week I make up this post with the top stories that have caught my attention.
Lady Jane Grey’s home is found
Archaeologists have uncovered what may be the foundations of the childhood home of Lady Jane Grey
https://www.livescience.com/65839-jane-grey-house-found.html
Ten things to know about Medieval Drinking Horns
They are ubiquitous and iconic, but how much do you really know about drinking horns (and did you ever really stop to ponder them at all?)
http://www.medievalists.net/2014/06/medieval-drinking-horns/
A new simulation of The Rose Playhouse from the Rose Theater Trust – definitely worth watching!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/331090925
Learn more about Thomas Gresham
There’s a new exhibit at the Guildhall in London (also the site of a Roman amphitheater) about Thomas Gresham. You can learn more about it here:
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/guildhall-library/events-exhibitions/Pages/sir-thomas-gresham.aspx
Or listen to a podcast episode on Thomas Gresham here:
https://www.englandcast.com/2017/12/episode-094-gresham-royal-exchange-englands-first-mall/
Places
Eight Must-Visit Castles with Tudor connections:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/tudor/tudor-castles-connections-henry-vii-viii-pembroke-deal-hever-sudely-raglan/
Take the Quiz!
Elizabeth’s Suitor or… cheese?
How well do you know Elizabeth I’s love life? Take the quiz and see if you can tell the difference between a potential love-match or… a type of cheese.
https://www.englandcast.com/2018/03/quiz-cheese-or-suitor/
Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  the original Tudor history podcast, started in 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. In 2019 she created Tudorcon, which is now a yearly event, in addition to writing books, and running TudorFair.com - a whimsical Tudor Merch shop.
She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 30 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history (how exciting when she got to interview Alison for the first time!). In addition to history, she is passionate about travel, and has lived in 3 countries and 4 states (not counting her perpetual state of confusion), and her family (who help her host her YouTube channel occasionally).
