Tag: historical-fiction

  • Eat like a medieval peasant

    Eat like a medieval peasant

    I’ve just finished reading, or rather, listening to the audiobooks of the Shardlake Series by CJ Samson. They’re set in Tudor England during the time of Henry VIII and follow a hunchback barrister called Matthew Shardlake who reluctantly gets tangled in murder mysteries he’s forced to solve under request from Thomas Cromwell and later by…

  • The Secret Diary of Henry VIII at Drum Castle by The Three Inch Fools

    The Secret Diary of Henry VIII at Drum Castle by The Three Inch Fools

    Last night we were at Drum Castle watching The Three Inch Fools performing The Secret Diary of Henry VIII. This is an activity we’ve done almost every year since we moved here – except for the covid years – and we all love it. Last year it was Robin Hood, also produced by The Three…