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“Let me see your archery”: from deadly conflict to courtly leisure

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Sylvia Morris

More than one scene in the TV series Wolf Hall has shown gentlemen and ladies of the court of Henry VIII practicing archery as a pastime. And in Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost the Princess of France and her ladies take aim … Continue reading →

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The Mary Rose Museum: open at last

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

Do you remember what you were doing on 11 October 1982? It’s a day which I remember vividly. There was going to be live coverage on the TV of the raising of the Mary Rose, Henry VIII’s flagship, which had … Continue reading →

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