Mike Poulton’s theatrical adaptions of
Hilary Mantel’s two Man Booker prize winning novels, Wolf
Hall and Bring Up The Bodies, have consistently
received five star reviews from newspapers and critics alike since
it debuted in Stratford-upon-Avon last December. These productions
moved to Aldwych Theatre in May and even though, due to sheer
popular demand, it has been extended to the start…
one chap who is constantly sticking his
nose into things that don’t concern him, badgers people about
issues he knows nothing about or constantly insists that they know
what is going on and everyone should listen to them. These people
are all around us and, let’s face…
As the introduction states: “Under Queen
Elizabeth II royalty has continued to adapt to the modern world,
and despite some bad times, remains the strongest of British
institutions”. In many ways, this sense of pride and admiration for
the British monarchy is the…
While we retain the Monarch as head of
state in Australia it isn’t to often that the Australian Royal
Family makes the news here, but local media has been sent into
meltdown with the royal tour currently underway in Australia. You
can’t turn on a television, read a paper or news website without
seeing the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Everywhere you go that
has had or is expecting the Royal…
The Queen, the Lover, the Mother, the
Outcast, the Victim and the Survivor; the six wives of Henry the
8th. Historian and Tudor expert Alison Weir brings to life these
six remarkable women in her book titled The Six Wives of Henry the
8th. The book is divided into three main…
Plenty of Europe’s royals have attempted
to scale the heights at the Olympic Games But it doesn’t mean
you’re going to end up on the podium either. There have been
just a handful of royal medallists in the history of the Games, but
that hasn’t stopped the regal…
It is a well established part of the
republican prose to make it sound like Monarchy is the only form of
Head of State that would cost money, which of course is not the
case. In fact, the type of head of state is to all intents and
purposes irrelevant to its cost. The idea that a presidency would
be cheaper by its nature is simply not true, in fact there are many
presidencies in the world with a…
It was a defining moment in the
progression of the British Monarchy. The day in 2005 that the
future king of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Realms married a
divorcée. The last time such a thing had happened, in 1936, the
King had to renounce his right to the throne.
After reading the first historical
fiction book written by Matthew Lewis, Loyalty I was very
excited to read the next instalment, Honour. I was expecting
something similar to the first book – an engrossing story,
well rounded characters and interesting relationships…
Are you a royal aficionado? Is History an
interest of yours? Do you like reading? If so, you will enjoy these
books about royal history, all due to be released in November.
After the Sheikhs, Christopher M. Davidson – Release Date:
November 11, 2013 Often overshadowed by the more famous British and
European monarchies are the extremely affluent Gulf monarchies –
Saudi Arabia, the U. A. E…
