The relationship between brewing and Bury St Edmunds spans the centuries - but a new archaeological discovery has shed fresh light on the town’s relationship with the amber nectar.
The monks who inhabited the grounds of the town’s Abbey, once one of the richest Benedictine monasteries in the land, are known to have brewed their own […]

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Michael Lewis (in his soon-to-be-published “The Real World of the Bayeux Tapestry”) claims that the Bayeux Tapestry was made in England, and supports a campaign to bring the Bayeux Tapestry back to Britain. The Daily Mail created a tapestry reflecting British life in the 21st century.

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Firenze e gli antichi Paesi Bassi (1430-1530) tra Jan van Eyck e Raffaello is at the Galleria Palatina through October 26.

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Well, my summer break may be shorter than some, but I’m using the “extra” (hah!) time to update some webpages. I’ll be getting some more work in on the linkspages that have been languishing in development for the past few months. First new linkspage: schools and classrooms, including schoolmasters, teachers, etc. Two interesting items to […]

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An exhibit on “Dracula: Prince of Transylvania and Vampire” will be on display at Ambras Palace through October 31.

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Pointed out from Carnivalesque XL, a BBC News article on a painting thought to be a 17th century copy of a previously unknown portrait of Henry VIII with Will Somers, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I.

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Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay is at the Cincinnati Art Museum until September 7.

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They are particularly pleased with the outcome of their involvement with a medieval church that has been rebuilt brick by brick at St Fagan’s.St. Telio’s was originally located in Llandeilo Tal-y-Bont, near Pontarddulais, until it was decided to re-located and refurbish it at the popular visitor attraction at the national history museum near Cardiff … […]

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An interesting article from Clifford S. L. Davies on the misuse/overuse of the term “Tudor.”

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Cute story off AP about Prince Charles paying back the Clothiers Company of Worcester for a debt incured by King Charles II:
[Charles II] had asked the Clothiers Company of Worcester to prepare uniforms for his soldiers and pledged to pay afterward. But his forces were defeated and Charles fled to mainland Europe, leaving behind the […]

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