Don’t you hate it when network television cheats with the length of their season? A 22-24 episode year ends up being 20-22, sometimes with a clips show thrown in to really annoy us. Well, cable’s picked up on the sneak as well; last night’s eighth episode of season three of The Tudors was the finale. [...]

The most interesting thing out of Henry’s court this past week came to my attention in a short paragraph in the Art’s section of The New York Times: The Tudors will end its run after next season. I was a bit surprised by the news. First of all, Showtime just announced their rejection of all [...]

Can you lance them both with a stick? Okay, that’s gross, particularly because I said ulcer and not boil. Although, I wouldn’t necessarily put it past what they considered “modern” medicine in the time of Henry VIII….
Anyway … this week’s episode of The Tudors continued the dynasty’s march through history with yet another lesson in [...]

I’m a big fan of the English monarchy. The lifecycle of Britain is absolutely fascinating, and the Tudor dynasty was one of its most colorful.
Deep breathe everybody: King begat Duke, whose illegitimate son, John Beaufort, had a granddaughter, Lady Margaret. By Margaret’s marriage to Edmund Tudor, illegitimate half-brother of King Henry VI, she became royal. [...]