Get your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII bit.ly/3X4zY1K on 24 January at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Our third speaker will be @enortonhistory.bsky.social on Jane Seymour.

New Year’s Day walk around Claremont Landscape Gardens, once gardens of Claremont House (now a school). Princess Charlotte, who would have become Queen of UK in 1830 died there following childbirth in 1817. Her memorial largely demolished. There were also penguins to find. #claremontlandscapegardens

New Year’s Day penguin spotting at Claremont Landscape Gardens in Surrey #claremontgardens

I have my @tudor_places calendar up and ready for 2026 😊 I’m looking forward to reading about all of the places featured over the course of the year #tudorplaces

A round up of my 2025. Lots of writing, lots of researching and lots of travelling. Happy New Year! #2025recap #2026goals #womenwhoruledtheworld

I know they’re not supposed to be here, but I quite like seeing parakeets from my windows #parakeet

Christmas at Hatchlands Park in Surrey, in the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk Built 1750s by Admiral Edward Boscawen & his wife Fanny. 400 acres of parkland, while interiors designed by Robert Adam. Dressed for Christmas, complete with snow dogs dotted around the park #hatchlandspark #snowdogs

Hunting snow dogs (but obviously not actually hunting them, that would be cruel…) at Hatchlands Park in Surrey #hatchlandspark #snowdog

Christmas at The Vyne in Hampshire, which belonged to William, Lord Sandys, courtier to Henry VIII. The house contains important Tudor iconography, including stained glass depicting a young Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon and Margaret Tudor. #tudor #tudors #thevyne #henryviii #tudorchristmas

The young Henry VIII depicted in stained glass in the chapel at The Vyne in Hampshire, which likely dates to the 1520s. He appears alongside his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, and his sister, Margaret #thevyne #henryviii #tudor #tudors

A lovely depiction of Catherine of Aragon in a stained glass window at The Vyne in Hampshire, which likely dates to the 1520s #catherineofaragon #tudor #tudors #thevyne

A Christmassy visit to The Vyne in Hampshire, the home of William, Lord Sandys, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VIII #thevyne #henryviii #tudor #tudors

Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots and ancestress of all British monarchs from 1603, depicted in stained glass (likely dating from the 1520s) in the chapel at The Vyne in Hampshire. In the care of @nationaltrust.org.uk #margarettudor #queenofscots #tudor #tudors #stuartdynasty

Super excited that someone 3D printed a Neanderthal skull for me today. That is definitely going in my office 😊 #neanderthal #homoneanderthalensis

Merry Christmas from me to you 🎅🏻 🎄 🎁 #merrychristmas

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… Have a good one everyone 🎄 #merrychristmas

Isabel Peron, world’s first female president. President of Argentina (not very successfully) 1974-1976 having initially been vice-president to her husband. I discuss female world leaders in my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld

Vigdis Finnbogadottir, first woman in world history to be democratically elected as head of state. It was the fact that she was elected as president of Iceland as late as 1980 that inspired me to write Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. She’s 95 yrs old #womenwhoruledtheworld

There was an awkward moment when Queen Victoria and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands realised that they’d both bought each other the same Christmas present. Luckily it’s something they can both enjoy, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld

Spending time in Toad Hall in Disneyland Paris, which looks suspiciously like a British pub (right down to the random assortment of pictures, including rowing crews and a print of Hampton Court) #disneyland #toadhall

Embracing the Christmassy Disney at Disneyland Paris 🎄 #christmas

Today's episode of @15minutebook.club is live! This week, @enortonhistory.bsky.social has 15 minutes to convince you that you her global history of female rulers has a place on your shelf! 📺 : tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut 🪦 tinyurl.com/yc847v3r @boneyabroad.com

Today's episode is live! This week, @enortonhistory.bsky.social has 15 minutes to convince you that you her global history of female rulers has a place on your shelf! 📺 : tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut 🪦 tinyurl.com/yc847v3r @alexchurchill.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com

In which I get to mention Flashman's Lady! And then very quickly move on to proper history. @15minutebook.club @alexchurchill.bsky.social @enortonhistory.bsky.social #booksky #histbookchat

Don't forget to buy your tickets for the Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII event @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social Six historians on six queens. @melitat.bsky.social @drowenemmerson.bsky.social @enortonhistory.bsky.social Alison Weir, Gareth Russell & @drlindaporter.bsky.social

Christmas, Disneyland Paris style 🎄 🎁 🎅🏻 #christmas #disneyland #disneylandparis

New episode drop! Today @enortonhistory.bsky.social has 15 mins to tell you why you need her book on a global history of female rulers! As ever, Patreon members get 15 minutes more on how the book was written! @donaldwin.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com

Today's episode is live! This week, @enortonhistory.bsky.social has 15 minutes to convince you that you her global history of female rulers has a place on your shelf! 📺 : tinyurl.com/45dxf4ut 🪦 tinyurl.com/yc847v3r @alexchurchill.bsky.social @boneyabroad.com

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A fab night at the Victorian Christmas Dinner at the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall #o&cclub #victorian #christmas

Queen Victoria was not amused to hear Dickens being credited with invention of the modern Christmas (bah, Humbug!) Luckily, she received Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy as a present to read as she gazed at her Christmas tree which she popularised #womenwhoruledtheworld

Spotted in Waterstones in Piccadilly @waterstones.bsky.social #mybook #womenwhoruledtheworld

Christmas lunch at Lincoln’s Inn, one of 4 Inns of Court (all barristers have to be a member of an Inn). Early 14thC, although exact date of foundation not known. Notable members inc Thomas More, Pitt the Younger, William Gladstone, Margaret Thatcher &Tony Blair #lincolnsinn #legallondon #innofcourt

Buy your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII at @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social on 24 Jan 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Jane Seymour will be presented by @enortonhistory.bsky.social

I’m absolutely thrilled that Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy is one of BBC History magazine’s books of the year 😊 #womenwhoruledtheworld @historyextra.bsky.social

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat…This medieval goose is feeling a bit worried & wonders if he can distract Christmas diners with a book for their stockings. Great choice goose, he’s gone for Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld

Well, the historical Christmas tree is up #christmas #christmas2025

First commercially available Christmas card (from 1843) a somewhat boozy affair. One woman looks less than impressed. She’s brought Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy to help pass the time until Boxing Day. Great choice &available in all good booksellers 😉#womenwhoruledtheworld

Thrilled to have two articles in the new issue of @allabouthistory.bsky.social on reigning empresses of Japan and What if Anne Boleyn had a son. You can read more about Japan’s empresses in my new book, Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld #anneboleyn

Nice to see Father Christmas busily giving presents in Puritan England. Looks like someone’s getting a copy of Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy, which is surely top of everyone’s Christmas list. Available in all good booksellers (& also from Santa 😉) #womenwhoruledtheworld

Have you got your tickets for Six Queens: Peril and Passion at the Court of Henry VIII? @southwarkcathedral.bsky.social 24 January 2026. bit.ly/3X4zY1K Third speaker is @enortonhistory.bsky.social on Jane Seymour.

Charlemagne the hamster likes to do some reading in the mornings. This week he’s chosen Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy #womenwhoruledtheworld

I am so excited that Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy is a BBC History magazine book of the year. Thank you so much to @tracyborman.bsky.social for selecting it @historyextra.bsky.social @wearefootnote.bsky.social #womenwhoruledtheworld #bookoftheyear #bbchistory

Great to see some actual images from inside great library of Alexandria before it burned in 48 BCE. What’s everyone reading? I think it’s Women Who Ruled the World: 5000 Years of Female Monarchy. Good choice Egypt had two rival queens, Cleopatra VII & Arsinoe IV, at that point #womenwhoruledtheworld

Lingerie made for Lady Mountbatten in 1940s, made of World War II escape maps printed on silk due to the fabric’s durability. With the continuation of rationing after end of war, this was a practical use for the maps. On display in Secret Maps exhibition in @britishlibrary.bsky.social #secretmaps

An atlas commissioned by Mary I as a gift for Philip II of Spain, open on the page showing West Africa. On display in the Secret Maps exhibition in @britishlibrary #secretmaps #maryi #marytudor #tudor #tudors

Lovely to see @nathenamin.bsky.social at tonight’s private viewing of the new Secret Maps exhibition at @britishlibrary.bsky.social We spotted some fifteenth and sixteenth century maps in this stunning exhibition #secretmaps

Fabulous to attend a private viewing of Secret Maps, new exhibition at @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight. With maps dating back more than 800 years, the exhibition takes a global perspective, looking at what map makers wanted their audience to see, and what they don’t #secretmaps #britishlibrary