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1. Ophelia Ophelia is a character in Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet' - a creation of the Elizabethan stage. Yet for over four hundred years she has remained a figure of fascination for artists, writers and poets alike - and in particular she emerged as a subject of...
2. Queen Elizabeth I of England: Gloriana, The Virgin Queen Queen Elizabeth I of England, born 1533, died 1603. Reigned from 1558-1603. Known as 'The Virgin Queen' because she never married (despite a close relationship with childhood friend Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester) and or had a child.&nbs...
3. Virgin and the Crab I love historical fiction, and especially anything written about the Tudor and Elizabethan times. Currently my favourite novel is this one: Virgin and the Crab by Robert Parry. Apart from the ever-charismatic figure of Elizabeth, it's cast of charac...
4. Let Memory Keep Us All: a songbook, and a remembrance This is a picture of Mitzi, Mona, and Sandy at the Medieval Fair at the Castle McCullough in Jamestown, NC, back in the 1990s, wearing nice outfits we sewed out of cloth we dyed ourselves. There were usually about sixteen people in the Solstice Asse...
5. John Dee Of all the many colourful and fascinating characters who populate the stage of Elizabethan history, John Dee (1527-1609) remains perhaps the most mysterious and least understood. Mathematician and geographer, astronomer and antiquarian, he was widely...
6. Blanche Parry This lens is all about a very special lady who lived in the 16th Century. Her name was Blanche Parry. She was one of the most significant figures about the court of Elizabeth I of England. In fact, for an almost unbroken period of 56 years out of the...
7. Elizabeth I Elizabeth Tudor (1533-1603) was not only one of the most extraordinary women to have ever lived, she was also one of the most mysterious and intriguing. Because there is a plenitude of standard biographical information on Elizabeth elsewhere, this p...
8. The Honourable Society of Grays Inn The best things in life are always secrets waiting to be shared and Grays Inn is jsut one of those gems. It is one of the four Inn of Court but what many people dont know is that is is available for private hire. It is perfect for weddings and annive...
9. Sir Francis Drake His exploits in The Caribbean and his battles with the Spanish are legendary He was born in Crowndale, near Tavistock, Devon England and his his successful circumnavigation of the world between 1577 and 1580 ensured that he would be one of the best re...
10. Grays Inn Hall This is the lens if you are interested in hiring the Hall for an event. Our Hall dates back from Elizabethan times and has an impressive screen dating back from the Spanish Armada. Many different event are held in the Hall including weddings, seminar...
11. Elizabethan Report This high-energy 5-piece dance-rock/funk band is emerging as a contender in the indie music scene. The live experience that they provide is like that of no other band, inducing a response in the most boring of audiences. Selected to play in the NEW...