December 2018 – Tudor Life – The Cecils

This month in Tudor Life Magazine, we have another of our dynasty features - this time we focus on the Cecils. Of course, no December magazine would be any good without a Christmas section packed with Tudor fun, games and even recipes. It's a fun one, so do enjoy!

• The Cecils and Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex by Sarah-Beth Watkins
• All about Elizabethan Spies an interview with Loretta Goldberg
• The Cecils by Gareth Russell
• Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, The Great Cecil’s Son-in-Law by Lauren Browne
• ‘Elizabeth’ - the film by Roland Hui
• Tudor Life Editor’s Book Picks - Top books on the Cecils
• William Cecil or Robert Dudley Quiz by Catherine Brooks
• Member Spotlight: Bill Wolff visits the Franses Gallery
• Claire's Christmas Recipes by Claire Ridgway
• Spot the difference in these Henry VIII Portraits
• Tudor Games by Claire Ridgway
• Henry VIII vs. Francis I chess game by Tim Ridgway
• The Witches of Elizabethan and Stuart Essex - Kate Cole is our expert speaker for December
• Pustules, Pestilence and Pain & The Queen and the Heretic book reviews by Charlie Fenton
• From the Spicery: Sweet Nothings by Rioghnach O’Geraghty
• Tudor Entertainments - Part 2 by Toni Mount
• December’s “On this Day” by Claire Ridgway