For the next ten minutes, imagine you are a Queen of the Tudor Court, married to the tempestuous tyrant King Henry VIII. You are on a whirlwind journey that will no doubt change history. Would you have put Henry’s will first, or God’s? Would you have listened to your heart, or to your family? What…
Month: April 2013
Historical Honey » Jobs
From entry level and beyond we are committed to scouring the web for jobs in the cultural sector. We know it’s hard to get your foot in the door, so along with useful tips from industry professionals we will provide you with all the options so you can find a career that’s right for you!…
Historical Honey » Honey HQ
Our mission is to make history more accessible for all, from those who have a passing interest, to fully-fledged historical nuts and industry professionals. Historical Honey is a space where history is as engaging as possible via short articles covering topics YOU are interested in. It’s History, but without the cobwebs. If you have a…
Historical Honey » Who were the Plantagenet’s?
Those brilliant Archaeologists at Leicester University (along with the determination of an eccentric enthusiastic named Philippa) revealed at a press conference on 4th February that the human remains found beneath a city centre car park are ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ those of the last Plantagenet, King Richard III. But Who Exactly Were the Plantagenet’s? For a royal…
Historical Honey » Notorious Ned: So Famous They Even Name Pies After Him!
Many a night, whilst drunkenly staggering home down the Corso in Manly, Sydney, I’d pop into the pie shop and order myself a ‘Ned Kelly’; a delightful pastry filled with meat, cheese, bacon and a cracked egg – yum. Now in those first few months of scoffing said pies, I didn’t have a clue who…
Historical Honey » CAN YOU CANCAN?
Influenced by the acrobatic performances of Charles Mazurier the Cancan is as popular today as it was in the 1830s. Please Note: I’ve given this move a whirl and after knocking a glass over i can tell you its not as easy as it looks! It is said to have begun in 1830, in the working-class…
Historical Honey » Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum
If you live in London then it is very likely that you have already spotted posters for the British Museums Spring 2013 exhibition ‘Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’. The catastrophic end of these Roman towns has always fascinated me and I for one cannot wait to get through the doors. Life and death…
Historical Honey » Anastasia: The Great Imposter
Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia (June 18 1901 – July 17, 1918) was the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last sovereign of Imperial Russia. She had three older sisters’ named Olga, Tatiana and Maria and a younger brother, Alexei. On 17th July 1918, soon after her seventeenth birthday, Anastasia and her family were assassinated in…
Historical Honey » The White Pearl
BY KATE FURNIVALL If you are anything of a historical novel buff then you are probably already familiar with Furnivall’s ‘The Jewel of St Petersburg’ and ‘The Russian Concubine’. As fabulous as I think those novels are, and they will definitely get their own review at a later date, I wanted to give this novel…
Historical Honey » #FreeArchaeology: The Dark Side of Volunteering in Archaeology
This article is about…doing archaeology for free. It is a subject that a lot of people are reluctant to approach in archaeology, however, I am sticking my oar in. And I genuinely think that this is a topic that ought to be approached more often and more openly. In my blog post (link: https://ejarchaeology.wordpress.com/), my…