Friday 13th and Tudor Superstitions
I've just realised that today is Friday 13th, a day which is considered to be unlucky by those…
Tudor Times
Happy Kings’ Day!
Today is Kings' Day or the Feast of the Epiphany, a commemoration and celebration of the visit of…
28 December – Childermas
Massacre of the Innocents vy Cornelis van Haarlem 1591Today is Childermas (Children's Mass) or Holy Innocents' Day and…
31 October – Halloween or All Hallows Eve
Happy Halloween! Today in many countries around the world children and adults will be dressing up in costume,…
Sweating Sickness in a Nutshell
Just a quick post to alert you to the publication of my new book, which is a short…
Easter Sunday – Happy Easter!
On Easter Sunday, in Tudor times, the candles in the church and around the sepulchre were extinguished, and…
Good Friday
Christ Carrying the Cross, El Greco Today is Good Friday, the day when Christians like me remember Christ's…