Historian by training; textile artist by preference. Usually stitching something inspired by Hilary Mantel’s Cromwell Trilogy. European.
Dr Bea Stitches
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FFS. Outdated within 24 hours of publication. What are the chances, etc
all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant
The Government ten days ago released a new strategic vision for archives which makes a strong and convincing case for their central importance.
Using it as a yardstick shows just how far short of best practice the BBC Written Archives Centre falls.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/new-strategi...
I wasn’t going to post this, on the grounds that it was a little niche. But then I thought: “Actually, it’s quite a big one, and it’s got an effigy of Anne Boleyn in it…”
#Carshalton
On The Thread of her Tale, I wrote about three things that make the truth shimmer out of focus: a drowned village, a house with my family name; a purple coat.
Learned a new word today: sloppergänger.
If a.i. uses your words and arguments, and talks for you, you have created a virtual #sloppergänger echoing you.
9 Mar 1540: A commission investigating the Pale of #Calais reports on 13 'heretics' there #otd - 5 were protégées of Thomas Cromwell. This was very bad news for him.
I am reading the will of Sir Henry Wyatt, who leaves a cup with his arms on to Thomas Cromwell and makes him one of his executors.
Henry was imprisoned for opposing Richard III, then supported Henry Tudor's claim & became courtier under him (Henry VII).
Here he is in prison with a nice cat:
Four strong women for #InternationalWomensDay. More than wives and bodies. Political advisors. Religious reformers. Diplomatic negotiators. International players. Women in their own right.
(Also remembering Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr; but I can only stitch the queens Cromwell knew.)
