November 25, 2013
Two new Doctoral Training Centres funded by AHRC and EPSRC
Excellent news for the next generation of Heritage Science Researchers! The Midlands is enhancing its status as a centre of […]
Category: Archaeology, Art History, General, History, Science
November 20, 2013
Tragedy in Thetford
One of the things I have enjoyed about working on this project is the unexpected way it connects with other […]
Category: History
November 2, 2013
Science and Heritage Conference, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster
The conference on 29-30 October 2013 was everything one could have hoped for, with an excellent and rather lovely guide […]
Category: Archaeology, Art History, Campaign, Design Theme, General, History, Science
October 27, 2013
Science & Heritage: Sustaining the Impact Conference
The Science & Heritage Programme’s final event takes place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre on tuesday 29th and […]
Category: Archaeology, Art History, Campaign, Design Theme, General, History, Science
October 17, 2013
Meet the Tudors!
Category: Archaeology, Art History, Design Theme, General, History
June 27, 2013
Talking pictures
One of the features we are trying to produce for our exhibition in Thetford is a talking portrait of the […]
May 8, 2013
Have you seen…?
The most intriguing piece of iconography I have encountered in my study of the Surrey tomb is the coronet […]
Category: Art History, General, History
March 8, 2013
What about the women?
International Women’s Day has been marked on my social networks by, amongst other things, posts about strong-willed women from history. […]
Category: History
Tagged: Agnes Howard, domestic disputes, Elizabeth Howard, International Women's Day, Katherine Howard, treason
February 6, 2013
Richard III and the Howards
The past month has been one of deadlines and, as a result, I have been in a bubble oblivious to […]
Category: History
Tagged: Battle of Bosworth, John Howard, Richard III
October 29, 2012
Ghostly remains: the Howard Chapel at Lambeth
While tracking the remains of the Howard tombs, one sometimes encounters nothing more than just a hint of the […]
Category: General, History
Tagged: brass, Howard, lambeth, tomb
September 13, 2012
Monumental Quirks – Healaugh
This is going to be the first in a series of posts looking at my favourite hidden gems and quirks […]
Category: History
Tagged: church, effigies, Healaugh, Lord Wharton, tomb, tombs
August 2, 2012
So what do you do?
“So what exactly do you do?” It is a question that I have become accustomed to over the last two […]
Category: History
Tagged: research, student life
July 18, 2012
Serendipity and speculation
Sources that shed light on the commissioning of works of art in sixteenth-century England are tantalisingly rare. So I was […]
Category: History
Tagged: Cardinal Wolsey, Howard family, tombs
May 15, 2012
Maximising church visits
As part of my DPhil research I have been visiting churches around England in order to see surviving noble tombs […]
May 12, 2012
From Wales to Dover
People think scholars lead a quite sedentary existence, but research can involve a great deal of travel! The resources from […]
Category: General, History
Tagged: dover; wales, northampton, Trinity Hospital
January 29, 2012
Visit to Sheffield Cathedral
I spend a lot of time reading books. Or in an archive looking at documents. Or at home looking at […]
January 17, 2012
Social display and political power in Tudor England
One of the aims of the history group is to think about what impact the Howard tombs and other symbols […]
Category: History
Tagged: hospitality, house, political power, social display, social status, tomb
December 22, 2011
Tea and Chat at Trinity Hospital
Following on my last post, many thanks are also due to the residents of Trinity Hospital, with whom I enjoyed […]
Category: History
Tagged: discussion, justice, statue, statues; northampton tomb; trinity hospital, tomb
December 11, 2011
The Northampton tomb at Trinity Hospital
In October I visited Trinity Hospital, a lovely almshouse managed by the Mercers’ Company, which provides housing with support for […]
Category: Art History, General, History
Tagged: effigy, fragment, northampton, tomb, Trinity Hospital
