The Tudor Society
  • Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen – Wednesday 7th March

    Thank you to Dr Elizabeth Goldring for letting me know about the TV programme Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen which will be broadcast in the UK tomorrow, Wednesday 7th March, at 9pm on BBC4. Elizabeth was involved in the programme and told me that the show attempts to re-create the fireworks display that Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, organised for Queen Elizabeth I at Kenilworth Castle in 1575 – how wonderful!

    Here’s the trailer for the programme:

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  • Six Wives with Lucy Worsley

    For those of you interested in the new BBC series “Six Wives with Lucy Worsley”, I found the first episode, which was aired last night (7th December) on YouTube

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  • Lucy Worsley Talks

    lucy worsley Historian, author and TV presenter Lucy Worsley has published her schedule of talks for 2015 on her website - see www.lucyworsley.com/talks/.

    One which will be of interest to Tudor history lovers is the one on 23 March 2015 when she will be "talking, with others, in the Great Hall at Hampton Court about our BBC Two documentary about the christening of Edward VI." Keep an eye on her website for further details.