Crossing of Peterborough Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for May 2026
Hello May! Sorry I missed last month, I was behind on a bunch of stuff around the house and it ate up a lot of my weekends.
Books
Lost Heirs of the Tudor Crown by Neha Roy was originally released in the UK in March and will be out at the end of May in the US.
And Desiderius Erasmus: The Folly or Far Sightedness of Renaissance Europe’s Greatest Mind by Amy McElroy was also released in March in the UK and will be out in mid-May in the US.
And in new books this month, Anne Boleyn: Reputation, Revolution, Religion, and the Queen Who Changed History by Martha Tatarnic will be out in mid-May in the US and at the end of the month in the UK.
Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Leicester Guildhall. Photo May 2015.
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Hampton Court Palace Kitchens. Photo May 2015.
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Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
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Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk. Photo May 2015.
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Abbey Gate, Bury St Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
The Abbey Gate is one of the few remaining structures of the Bury St Edmunds Abbey, the original resting place of Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Duchess of Suffolk before the Dissolution.
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View from the roof of Oxburgh Hall. Photo May 2015.
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View from Kenilworth Castle. Photo May 2015.
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Shakespeare Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
I finally got a chance to watch Hamnet last night, so I had to go with a Shakespeare-related picture today.
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St. Mary’s Church, Bury St. Edmunds. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for March 2026
While it’s not astronomically spring for another three weeks, meteorological spring starts today! I don’t think we got enough rain over the winter to have a good wildflower season here in central Texas, but I’m sure we’ll still see some bluebonnets popping out soon.
Books
We have one book that was already released in the UK that will soon be out in the US:
Elizabeth Boleyn: The Life of the Queen’s Mother by Sophie Bacchus-Waterman came out last fall in the UK and will be out at the beginning of March in the US.
And in new books, the first one I have is Lost Heirs of the Tudor Crown, which I originally had down as coming out in January in the UK and March in the US, but now it looks like it’s late March in the UK and mid-April in the US.
Next is Sean Cunningham’s Henry VII: Treason and Trust, part of the Penguin Monarchs Series, which will be out at the beginning of March in the UK and in June in the US. I have been tracking this one for ages, so I’m happy to see that it’s finally coming out!
And Desiderius Erasmus: The Folly or Far Sightedness of Renaissance Europe’s Greatest Mind by Amy McElroy will be out at the end of March in the UK and the end of May in the US.
Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Mary Arden’s Farm, Wilmcote, near Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
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Tomb of John de Sheppey in Rochester Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
John de Sheppey was the Treasurer of England and Bishop of Rochester during the reign of Edward III.
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Norwich Cathedral. Photo May 2015.
There are various places in Norwich where you can see remnants of the colors that were all over medieval cathedrals in the day. See the upper left of this photo. It wasn’t all blank stone! (see also – ancient Greece and Rome)
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Harvard House, Stratford-upon-Avon. Photo May 2015.
Upcoming Books and Events for February 2026
How can a month simultaneously seem as though it flew by in a flash but also lasted a thousand years? Because that’s what January 2026 felt like.
Books
I’ve got a couple of new books this month, although one is a book that I missed last month!
A new book about Anne of Cleves, Accounting for Anne: The Tudor Queen Who Could Have Been by James Taffe came out last month in both the US and UK.
And Bloody, Brilliant Tudors: 100 Tales of Gowns, Gossip and Gory Ends will be out in the UK and US on February 19.
Exhibition
Hever Castle is hosting a new exhibition, Capturing a Queen: The Image of Anne Boleyn which “brings together the largest ever gathering of portraits believed to depict Anne Boleyn, including a ground-breaking newly identified contemporary image unveiled for the first time.” The exhibition will run from February 11, 2026 to January 2, 2027 and is included with admission to the castle.
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Ruins of the Abbey of St. Mary, Kenilworth. Photo May 2015.
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Window with Jane Seymour’s ancestry in the Great Hall at Hampton Court. Photo May 2015.
