Tudor Times

1) Every want to decorate your house to look “Tudoresque” with dark panelling, rich fabrics, and stained glass? Funny Portal has posted some good tips and tricks to get the look! Here’s the link.

2) Sadly, Show Time’s The Tudors is coming to an end! Filming for the final season has just wrapped and will be released in April. However, IFTN has interviewed Michael Hirst (writer, director, and creator) and gotten some good perspective on the show, as well as his upcoming drama, Camelot!

Here’s the link.

3) Bonhams is selling two beautiful miniature portraits, one of Elizabeth I and one of Robert Dudley. The two portraits are from about 1557 and are painted by Hilliard. According to Camilla Lombardi, Head of the Portrait Miniature department, “To hold in the palm of your hand a pair of portraits that would have undoubtedly rested in the palm of the hand of the Queen of England five centuries ago is an extraordinary feeling. The intense personal nature of these miniatures, gives you a clear sense of the passionate woman behind the carefully cultivated public image.”

Wow, one can only dream!!! Here’s the link to the full article which has some nice pictures of the portraits.