The Weekend Bookshelf: The Tudor Brandons, Ivan’s War and Water for Elephants
When Michael Hirst wrote the screenplay for the Showtimes series, The Tudors, he was fascinated by King Henry VIII’s lifelong friend and...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 20, 20161 min read
“Richard III: Monstrous or Misunderstood?” begins October 4, 2016
The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III My eight week evening course about the life and legacy of King Richard III is open...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 17, 20163 min read
Friday Royal Read: On The Trail of the Yorks by Kristie Dean
The Wars of the Roses resulted in unexpected travels for royalty who were forced to flee abroad or into places of religious sanctuary...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 17, 20151 min read
My January-February 2016 course: Artists and Their Royal Patrons
For centuries, artists sought out royal patrons to advance their careers. European monarchs were eager to fill their courts with artists...
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Carolyn Harris
Nov 6, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Tudor Tutor: Your Cheeky Guide to the Dynasty
Although King Henry VIII and his daughter Queen Elizabeth I are two of the most famous monarchs in English history, knowledge of their...
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 10, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Tudor Kitchen: What the Tudors Ate & Drank by Terry Breverton
Breverton takes a wide approach to the Tudor period, discussing dishes from England’s first cookbook, The Forme of Cury, a Roll of...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 28, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Elizabeth I and Her Circle by Susan Doran
Doran begins by reversing long standing assumptions about Elizabeth’s views of her parents, King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Henry VIII...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 24, 20152 min read
Friday Royal Read: Lady Katherine Knollys: The Unacknowledged Daughter of Henry VIII by Sarah-Beth Watkins
Katherine’s eventful life, shaped by the key political, religious and social changes of the 16th century has plenty of material for a...
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Carolyn Harris
Jul 16, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: Katharine of Aragon by Patrick Williams
The lives of Henry VIII’s other 3 wives, however, were shaped directly by events in the rest of Europe as well as England. Anne Boleyn...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 3, 20153 min read
Friday Royal Read: The Children of Henry VIII by John Guy
Guy provides fresh insights about the intimate world of the Tudor dynasty from Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Catherine of...
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 25, 20151 min read
CTV News Channel Interview: The Reburial of Richard III
The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III Richard III will be reburied in Leicester Cathedral on March 26, after months of...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 17, 20142 min read
Tales from the Royal Bedchamber: Sunday December 21 at 8pm ET on PBS
Worsley presents the history of the English royal bedchamber with enthusiasm and energy. She climbs into beds to test just how...
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Carolyn Harris
Dec 11, 20141 min read
My latest Ottawa Citizen column: “The Queen’s reign doesn’t depend on Richard III’s DNA”
The earliest surviving portrait of King Richard III “The remains of King Richard III continue to yield new information about one of...
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Carolyn Harris
Sep 9, 20141 min read
Will a New Royal Baby Decide the Future of Scotland?
Mary of Modena, consort of James II, with her son James, known as “the warming pan baby “or “the Old Pretender” My column in the Ottawa...
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Carolyn Harris
Aug 23, 20143 min read
Royal Travelogue 5: Caernarfon Castle and the Princes of Wales
Caernarfon Castle In 1538, King Henry VIII of England received a report that Caernarfon Castle in Wales was “moche ruynous and ferre in...
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Carolyn Harris
Apr 9, 20140 min read
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Carolyn Harris
Mar 1, 20141 min read
My interview in the Globe and Mail about the Duchess of Cambridge and Royal Fashion
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry at The 2011 Sun Military Awards at Imperial War Museum in London. (Photo by Arthur...
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Carolyn Harris
Jan 2, 20140 min read
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Carolyn Harris
Oct 18, 20130 min read
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