History Magazine
Tudor Dentistry
Queen Elizabeth I set all the trends at court – including her sugar-rotted teeth. Famous for her love of sugar and all things sweet, the queen’s blackened teeth became a beauty trend, with some people even going as far as to purposefully rot their own teeth to emulate the look.
The History of Gentlemen’s Clubs
Dating from the Georgian era, gentlemen’s clubs were reserved exclusively for the aristocracy and the elite, to meet, drink, socialise and gamble. They were also the unofficial stomping grounds of political alliances and business networks. The members of these clubs – the establishment – would steer the political, economic and cultural course of society.
The Historic Monuments of Bodmin Moor
The solitary moors of Bodmin have an ethereal, timeless quality which makes it fitting that they host many fascinating historical sites, including a striking Neolithic tomb and even evidence of Cornwall’s last recorded King…
Powder Monkeys
Admiral Lord Nelson’s decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar is well known. What is less well known is that without the powder monkeys, the brave young boys who ferried the gunpowder to the guns, this great victory could not have happened.
Cecily of York
Cecily of York, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, is far less well-known than her older sister Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII and the first Tudor queen. Yet her own story remains fascinating, intertwined not only with the bloody conflict known as the Wars of the Roses and the subsequent rise of the Tudor dynasty, but also with great personal tribulations…