The Tudor History & Travel Show

A podcast that brings Tudor history to life by exploring Tudor places and artefacts in the flesh. The Tudor Travel Guide brings you lively onsite walk-and-talk interviews with local guides...more

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January 03, 2021

Rievaulx Abbey & the Brutal Dissolution of the Monasteries with Michael Carter

In this episode, Sarah goes on-location to Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, where she meets with Michael Carter, a senior properties historian with English...

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November 21, 2020

Bejewelled: The Use of Jewellery by Tudor Men with Natasha Awais-Dean

In this episode, Sarah chats with Natasha Awais-Dean, an expert on male jewellery during the Tudor period and author of ‘Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery...

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November 08, 2020

The Enigmatic Cardinal Wolsey

In this mini-episode, Sarah is joined in the studio by special guest, Professor Glenn Richardson in a celebration of The Tudor Travel Guide's forthcoming...

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November 01, 2020

Tudor 'Houses of Power' with Prof Simon Thurley

In this month's episode of The Tudor Travel Show: Extra! Sarah is in conversation with Professor Simon Thurley, a pre-eminent architectural historian, specialising in...

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October 11, 2020

Harvington Hall: House of Secrets!

In this month's episode, Sarah is out and about in search of the story behind the wonderful Harvington Hall in the Midlands; a very...

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September 26, 2020

In the Footsteps of Mary, Queen of Scots: Part 4: Edinburgh Castle with Donal Ferrie and an 'Audience with Marie Stuart'

PART FOUR: Edinburgh Castle with Donal Ferrie and 'An Audience with Marie Stuart'   This month sees the launch of a special celebration of the...

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