Blair Worden's 80th birthday
Blair Worden celebrated his 80th birthday on 12th of January. A celebration of his life and works will be held at St Eward's School on the Woodstock Road, Oxford in just over two months' time.
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wtud: Royalist Conspiracy and the story of the Sealed Knot
A new podcast has just gone up on the WTUD site and can be heard here .
London 1640-1642 transcript
From wars to weddings, painting to politics, faith to family, wards and all. So today, we're talking about London's role as the epicenter of revolution in the build up to and early years of the civil war. But before we get into that and introduce our special guest, I feel, Paul, like London in our period is having a real moment. Don't you think? Yes. I do. If 17th century is having a moment, then London in the 17th century is having its moment too. It's true. I'm thinking of Margaret Lincoln's book of last year, London in 17th century, for instance. Well, that's a fantastic read, but Margaret Lincoln's books always are. Not least as I'm concerned because, there's a lot about gardens there and, London's a surprisingly green city even in 17th century. Well, we should cover on to talk about gardens actually in another episode, shouldn't we? Yes. We, certainly should. But yes, you're right. London's a really important, fascinating t...