Today we sit down with illustrator, actor, playwright and producer Laura Crow to talk about her new project Vile, The Tudor Play.

This delicious production looks at the story of Jane Parker, a.k.a. Jane Boleyn, from a new angle.

See Vile:

https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/53two/t-nopxgad

Find Vile:

https://www.tudorsociety.com/vile-the-radical-redemption/

https://www.instagram.com/vile_thetudorplay/

https://timeandagaintheatre.com/projects/

https://substack.com/@vilethetudorplay

Find Laura:

https://www.itslauracrow.com/

https://www.instagram.com/itslauracrow/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Good news - The New York Times Best-selling author JOHN MATTHEWS is back on the show, this time we’ll be talking about The Book of Merlin: Magic, Legend and History, published by Amberley.

Who was Merlin?

Did he actually exist?

What has Wales got to do with him?

And what is the larger context of the Merlin and Arthurian myths? Let’s dig in…

Happy #MerlinMonday !

Please welcome John Matthews to the show.

And we’ll be talking about his upcoming book Voyages with the Celtic Saints: Stories and Wisdom for Travellers in Search of Truth.

The Book of Merlin:

https://www.amberley-books.com/the-book-of-merlin-9781398127012.html (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Merlin-Magic-Legend-History/dp/1445699206/ (USA)

Voyages of Celtic Saints:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers/dp/0764368796/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Voyages-Celtic-Saints-Stories-Travelers-ebook/dp/B0DYL4V2X5/ (UK)

https://redfeathermbs.com/products/voyages-into-vision (USA)

Find John's Books:

https://www.amberley-books.com/robin-hood-9781445690773.html

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century/dp/B0DH3MQX4X/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prophecies-Merlin-English-Translation-15th-Century-ebook/dp/B0DMPKZ356/

Find John & Caitlin:

https://www.hallowquest.org.uk/arthurian-grail-merlin-and-taliesin-book-titles

https://graal.substack.com/

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Tudors to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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Please welcome historian Anna Whitelock and we’ll be talking today about her fabulous new book - The Sun Rising: James I and the Dawn of a Global Britain, published by Bloomsbury (UK) & Viking Press (USA).

This is a wonderful account of James VI and I’s working life.

What was his connection to the colonies?

How global was Britain’s presence during his reign?

And is it true that he was once invited to the next tsar of Russia?

Let’s find out more.

The Sun Rising:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/sun-rising-9781408863541/ (UK)

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/book/the-sun-rising/anna-whitelock/9781408863510 (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318646/the-sun-rising-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Mary I:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mary-tudor-9781408800782/ (UK)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/319084/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/189852/mary-tudor-by-anna-whitelock/ (USA)

Elizabeth's Bedfellows:

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/elizabeths-bedfellows-9781408833643/ (UK)

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/book-search/title/queens-bed-intimate-history/author/whitelock-anna/ (UK)

https://www.amazon.com/Queens-Bed-Intimate-History-Elizabeths/dp/0374239789/ (USA)

Find Anna:

https://www.annawhitelock.co.uk/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73627/anna-whitelock/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Whitelock

https://www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/about/people/academics/anna-whitelock

https://www.visiblecrown.com/as-a-historian-of-monarchy-i-thought-i-was-immune-to-its-magic-not-today

https://www.hatchards.co.uk/search?term=anna%20whitelock

Stuart History Festival:

https://www.tickettailor.com/events/thestuarthistoryfestival

https://www.andreazuvich.com/current-events/the-stuart-history-festival-speaker-lineup/

https://bsky.app/profile/stuarthistoryfest.bsky.social

https://www.facebook.com/StuartHistFest/

https://www.instagram.com/stuarthistoryfestival/

https://x.com/StuartHistFest

Find Baroque:

https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/

https://www.reignoflondon.com/

https://substack.com/@ifitaintbaroquepodcast

Support Baroque:

https://www.patreon.com/c/Ifitaintbaroquepodcast/

https://buymeacoffee.com/ifitaintbaroque

If you would like to join Natalie on her walking tours in London with Reign of London, Stuarts can be found on the following walks:

Saxons to Stuarts:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/london-the-royal-british-kings-and-queens-walking-tour-t426011/

Stuarts to Windsors:

https://www.getyourguide.com/london-l57/royal-london-georgian-and-windsor-monarchs-walking-tour-t481355 .

For more history fodder please visit https://www.ifitaintbaroquepodcast.art/ and https://www.reignoflondon.com/

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