tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1859599 2009-10-07T11:15:18+01:00 News about the major exhibition at the British Library, 23 April - 6 September 2009 TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a61fa05e970c 2009-10-07T11:15:18+01:00 2009-10-07T11:15:18+01:00 BL Web Editor This may be the final post on the Henry VIII blog. It's good to end with our sincere congratulations to Hilary Mantel on her success last night. You can find out more about Hilary Mantel and her...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a579519e970b 2009-09-17T14:09:22+01:00 2009-11-16T11:18:38+00:00 BL Web Editor Will she win? All will be revealed on 6 October. A reminder that you can hear Hilary Mantel read from and discuss Wolf Hall, set in the world of Henry VIII’s notorious chief minister Thomas Cromwell,...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a59e83ab970c 2009-09-04T11:56:43+01:00 2009-09-04T17:59:55+01:00 BL Web Editor It's the final weekend of the exhibition and 'last chance to see'. In fact there are only a few tickets left. Having lived and breathed Henry since the beginning of 2007, curator Dr Andrea Clarke has...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a56d3cbb970c 2009-08-24T09:42:42+01:00 2009-08-24T11:11:50+01:00 BL Web Editor We're into the last couple of weeks of the exhibition now, but there's still a steady run of blogged reviews. Mark of Made by Geeks certainly enjoyed his visit: "My mind reels at the thought that I...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a500f805970b 2009-08-18T15:29:49+01:00 2009-08-19T11:40:18+01:00 BL Web Editor Jonathan 'The King' Rhys Meyers is at it again. The 'historical drama' The Tudors: Series 3 kicks off on BBC2 on Friday 21 August. The absurdly good-looking and slim Rhys Meyers admits he looks...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a4e9e580970b 2009-08-12T13:13:07+01:00 2009-11-12T21:01:51+00:00 BL Web Editor If you enjoyed the Alison Weir podcast we talked about yesterday, hear this bonus MP3 of audience questions and answers following the lecture, introduced by historian Tracy Borman (31min 0sec,...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a4e34764970b 2009-08-11T09:59:31+01:00 2009-08-11T17:17:37+01:00 BL Web Editor Anne Boleyn was a femme fatale in all senses of the word. Henry's love for her - and his subsequent divorce from Katharine of Aragon which came at the cost of the split with Rome - changed the course...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a4dee9b5970b 2009-08-10T10:08:56+01:00 2009-08-10T10:10:39+01:00 BL Web Editor More blog reviews from exhibition visitors: • 'A joy to look at' Mieke Gouda found explaining it all to a nine-year-old an entertaining challenge • 'Highly intelligent exhibition' Cathy Linacre liked...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a4c8f872970b 2009-08-05T15:03:34+01:00 2009-08-05T15:04:41+01:00 BL Web Editor The Yorkshire coastal town of Scarborough is buzzing today with the revelations that Henry VIII considered it one of his key strongholds in the battle against those untrustworthy Continentals. We...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition) tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c464853ef0120a51c303c970c 2009-08-04T10:44:50+01:00 2009-08-04T10:44:50+01:00 BL Web Editor More people have been blogging about their trips to the exhibition. Here's some of the latest... • 'If you want to know what proper historians really do, there is no better place... everyone...<br/> <br/> (From Henry VIII, Man and Monarch blog: News and features about our big 2009 summer exhibition)