I'd vote for whichever party bans Lime Bikes (as opposed to the legendary docked alternative) but how and why has someone ended their ride on the A12 in Leytonstone. Where did they go?

24 May 1487 A King of England is crowned in Dublin. Hailed as King Edward, he’s more often remembered as Lambert Simnel, but who was he, which Edward did he claim to be, & why were those present content to crown him?

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🚨 New newsletter for A Chronicle of Cats and Dragons has dropped - on this day in 1487, a king of England was crowned in Dublin. Was that King Edward or King Lambert? The jury is out, but what happened on that day? Read on to find out more...

Link. In. Bio (no, really).

I spend most of my days thinking about new newsletters. I have the longest list of articles I need to write 🤣

Substack is cool.

Château de Largoët, near Elven in Brittany, the imposed home of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, with he was between the age of 17 and 19. I fully explore Henry's formative time in exile in my forthcoming book #SonOfProphecy , available for preorder now 📚

A short video I made about Henry Tudor's time at Chateau de Largoët. A gorgeous castle and an inspiring story.

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all proofs no pudding

Got to be a renovation of St Helen's, surely.

Today in “Sex lives of the Royals”Dr Gabrielle 'Gabby' Storey 🏳️‍🌈 joins self & Charlotte White🌈 to discuss Eleanor of Aquitaine, slut shaming, a Frenchman scared of sex & how what apparently happens on crusade, doesn’t stay on crusade… Get it FREE 🆙in⬆️profile ⬆️link

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Two new talks completed - 'The Perkin Warbeck conspiracy', which I'm debuting at the Tudor Rebellions Study Day in Athelhampton on 1st June, and my presentation for 'The Trial of Richard III' at Collyweston on 5th June. Tickets still available, link in bio.

Ah, I've just found out that Terema died a few weeks ago. That's sad. She smashed it here.

Wales is a county rich in decades, centuries, nay, millennia, of breathtaking cultural and artistic achievement. But this tops the lot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

Newport State of Mind (particularly Terema Wainwright's Terema Wainwright insane vocals and the Josie D'Arby Wikipedia line) is better than Empire State of Mind. Fact.

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An interesting and wide ranging 90 minute discussion about all things Henry Tudor, Princes in the Tower, Bosworth etc, that I did with the excellent Philippa Lacey Brewell of British History Tours. You can all watch below 👇🏾

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If only we know more about this woman.

The #WelcomeToWrexham intro sequence for the Gresford episode 👏. That show just gets it.

In September 1934, 266 men died following an explosion in Gresford Colliery. The mine owners docked the men, dead and surviving, half-a-day's pay, as they didn't complete a full shift.

A lot of people have made a great living in the last fourteen years from developing anti-Tory platforms during what I believe will be regarded the zenith of social media. Objectively speaking, it will be interesting to see how they pivot in the next five years.

I always like to say hello to Margaret Beaufort when I’m in Cambridge. Here she is, standing above the gate to Christ’s College, which she founded during her lifetime (she posthumously founded St John’s College). Margaret, the mother of Henry VII, was a major patroness of

On 22 May 1455 at St Albans, Edmund Beaufort was killed in an ambush led by his great rival, Richard, Duke of York. It marks the first clash of the Wars of the Roses. Much less a battle than a mafia-style hit, Edmund's son returned the favour to York at Wakefield five years later

Just putting finishing touches to my talk for #Tudorrebellionsstudyday at Athelhampton Weddings on 1st June. Looking forward to sharing what I have learnt about the Babington Plot and to hearing Dr Nicola Tallis and Nathen Amin ✒️📚 Grab one of the last tickets now! bit.ly/3Q4V6l0