From the @NPGLondon’s new exhibition, Six Lives, this newly re-discovered and conserved portrait of Queen Kateryn Parr was painted late in Henry VIII’s reign. In an extravagantly bejewelled gown, she displays her wealth and status. But, there’s another message here too … In enamel around the jewels in her bracelets, the picture also proclaims ‘LAUS DEUS’. Noting the incorrect grammar, I tracked the expression down to the Latin Vulgate, where it only appears once, in Psalm 64 …

A year ago today, @HistoryHit launched my podcast #NotJusttheTudors. In that year, we've made 108 podcasts, which have been downloaded 4,721,943 times. Thank you for listening. Thank you to my brilliant guests and my amazing producer, Rob Weinberg. In case you'd like to explore the backlist of #NotJusttheTudors, I've prepared a searchable list of all episodes recorded in the last year, complete with guests' names, and the original date of release. docs.google.com/document/d/1eR…

In today’s Sunday Times is an interview with me by @siangriffiths6 about women writing history. Here’s the piece and here’s what transpired. 1/13 thetimes.co.uk/article/women-… Although not mentioned in the piece, I was being interviewed about the wonderful @wolfsonhistory prize, which reaches its 50th anniversary this year. This prestigious prize has brought attention to excellent and readable works of historical scholarship for 50 years. 2/13

If you are wondering where to study History at university this September, may I suggest coming to study @RoehamptonUni with me and my colleagues? Here's 12 reasons why: 1. First up, the campus: Roehampton is a beautiful, leafy 56-acre campus on the outskirts of London. Access to all the city but without losing greenery, trees, and space. This is Grove House, where History is based. It's rather lovely.

Morning Twitter, I have some great things to tell you about.
First up: #WeAreBess - a brand-new exhibition opening today @NThardwick (Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire), designed to make us think anew about both Tudor and modern women Bess of Hardwick was an extraordinary success for a woman living in the Tudor period - she built 4 homes, married 4 times, and became the 2nd richest woman in the country after Elizabeth I - but she's been defamed throughout history