Yes. Thanks Lordi

BULGARIA WINS THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST

England gave France 12 points at Eurovision. The Plantagenets are confused.

I think the winner for Eurovision 2026 is either going to be Finland or Australia.

This year's Eurovision competition has been okay, but none of the songs have really caught my attention. Plus the hosts are just awkward. I just hope the finale and the interval acts are good.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

Book Review: “The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily” by Nancy Goldstone adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/14/b...

I gasped! A medieval notebook with several wax 'pages' was found in a German latrine!! Incredible rare find, text not yet translated, but they're working on it! Previous owner must have been so upset. Look at these amazing photos: www.lwl.org/pressemittei...

Hear ye, hear ye! My book is in production! www.routledge.com/Unconventual...

Same goes for history content. I'm a writer and a storyteller. My social media content is largely text-based, even over on IG, where I am increasingly a "dinosaur" for not focusing on reels. That said, I have a lot of engagement on these accounts, so I think people still crave deep (written) dives.

For the semi-final one of Eurovision, I liked Moldova, Croatia, Finland, Italy, Germany, and Serbia.

My next adventure is exploring the life of a 16th century queen through her textiles. Embroidering Her Truth: Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power by Clare Hunter.

Happy Eurovision week to all who celebrate!

Guest Post: “Born into a Man's World: How War, Marriage and Inheritance Shaped the Woman Who Would Stand Between England and Conquest” by Rachel Elwiss Joyce adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/12/g...

Oh no, Colby. It's okay. I didn't want to sit in that chair. You can use it for bird watching.

Adventures of a Tudor Nerd Book Review: “The Fourth Queen” by Nicola Cornick "Another delightful novel by Nicola Cornick that was able to balance the past and the present." adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/11/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social #DualTime #HistoricalFiction #BookReview

Book Review: “The Fourth Queen” by Nicola Cornick adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/11/b...

🚨 SPOILER WARNING 🚨 ONE PIECE 1182 REACTION www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7bn... #ONEPIECE1182 has been officially released! #ONEPIECE1183 officially releases in TWO WEEKS!

I'm making a little list of all the types of food, spices & herbs available in Europe during the middle ages. Check it out and let me know if I missed any or should remove some. I can't cook to save my life, so the kitchen is an alien place to me ;) fakehistoryhunter.net/2019/09/10/m...

I'm trying a new look to my blog and I would like your thoughts and opinions.

What advice can we learn from the medieval period for the modern age? My next adventure into the past explores that topic. Self-Help from the Middle Ages by Peter Jones. I would like to thank Doubleday Books and Net Galley for sending me a copy of this book.

I'll just leave this here... www.infinite-women.com/books/

To no one's shock, I added EVEN MORE books to the TBR mountain. There are just too many good history books right now.

Happy Friday everyone! What are you reading this weekend?

I have written a novel! I really hope you like it. It's about Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius - their two stories intertwined - from the blood and mud of the Gallic Wars to the glittering splendour of ancient Alexandria. And you can pre-order it from TODAY linktr.ee/thegoddessqu...

Book Review: “Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old” by Mary Beard adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/06/b... @hmalagisi.bsky.social #History

If I had a time machine, I would go back and warn Joanna I Queen of Naples not to get involved with Andrew Duke of Calabria because it will be a disaster.

*ahem* ‘dad’ first appears in English in the 16th century, and it’s even in Shakespeare. Doesn’t make it not jarring, but that’s more to do with what we expect people in historical dramas to sound like, as opposed to what is actually ‘modern’ (and of course, they weren’t speaking English!).

Book Review: “Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old” by Mary Beard adventuresofatudornerd.com/2026/05/06/b...

How to eat like the last tsar of Russia. Pelmeni for Nicholas II youtu.be/Se7A2p8QcLo?...

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

We did have a Tudor inspired Met Gala look from last night, but not a Tudor I would expect. Rachel Zegler was inspired by this painting, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche.

oh my GOD the ERTÉ OF IT ALL

Madonna at the Met Gala.

🚨Beyoncé at the Met Gala.

now that's costume as art

Met gala stylists should’ve talked to some art historians…these looks are…bad? They all seem quite effortful and sort of sadly literal

"King Henry VIII (8) had six (6) wives and, quite famously, had two of them killed. In popular discourse, this gave rise in the early 1500s to the very common expression in England, 'to 86 someone' which meant to use the kingly right of uxoricide. In this tweet thread, I shall show ..."

Madonna

Bad Bunny

Sarah Paulson

Doechii

Anok Yai

OFFICIAL MET GALA THREAD STARTS HERE

Anne Hathaway never misses

Sabrina Carpenter at the Met Gala.

Colman Domingo in Valentino at the Met Gala. More red carpet later on our site.

Sabrina Carpenter in a dress made out of film strips

Heidi Klum at the Met Gala.