On the Tudor Trail

365 Days with Katherine of Aragon

Jan-Dec 2026 A 12-month immersive journey of discovery, learning and connection. This immersive learning experience is much more than just an online course. Over 12 months, participants will come together and contribute to a supportive and inspiring online community of individuals who’ll share in a unique learning experience – one that will ultimately deepen their understanding of the life and times of Katherine of Aragon. Together, they’ll explore many aspects of Katherine’s life, … [Read More...]

Who was Anne Boleyn, really? Live interview with Natalie Grueninger

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Holly A. Brown for her brilliant and immensely popular history Substack, 'Medieval Musings'. The recording is freely available to all. I hope you enjoy it! Watch now! … [Read More...]

Episode 306 – The Tyranny of Henry VIII with Jackson van Uden

Guest Bio Jackson van Uden is a historian and political theorist who specialises in dictators and power and is an incoming History PhD Candidate at Royal Holloway, University of London. Jackson set up his history platform, History with Jackson, in 2021 with the aim of making history more accessible and digestible for everyone through books, articles, podcasts and video content. Since setting up History with Jackson he has worked with many leading historians, historical institutions and events … [Read More...]

Episode 305 – Isabella of Aragon: Duchess and Dynast with Professor Darius von Güttner

Guest Bio Darius von Güttner is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (UK) and a historian at the Australian Catholic University in Canberra. His work traces political, religious, and cultural developments in Central Europe from the Middle Ages to the present, analysing the circulation of ideas, identity formation, dynastic politics, and power, with particular attention to queenship. He has edited The Jagiellon Dynasty, 1386–1596: Politics, Culture, Diplomacy (Brepols, 2025). He is now … [Read More...]

Episode 304 – Behind the Mic: 7 Years of Talking Tudors with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

Episode Summary Welcome to a special anniversary episode of Talking Tudors, celebrating seven remarkable years of exploration into the Tudor dynasty's intricate history. Join Natalie Grueninger as she reflects on her podcasting journey, sharing insights and stories from behind the scenes. Discover the origins of her fascination with the Tudors, sparked by a captivating novel in her teens, leading her to become a prominent voice in the field. Natalie, a former primary school teacher, … [Read More...]

Episode 303 – Women at the Restoration Court with Breeze Barrington

Guest Bio Breeze Barrington is a historian specialising in the artistic cultures of the seventeenth century, with particular focus on women’s history and female artists. She holds a PhD on the literary and artistic cultures of the early Stuart court and has written for outlets including the Financial Times and the TLS. She has also worked as a consultant for Working Title and Monumental Pictures. Breeze has taught at many universities, including the University of Cambridge and is an Associate … [Read More...]

Episode 302 – The Early Lives of the Children of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York with Aimee Fleming

Guest bio Aimee is a historian and author from North Yorkshire. She is a married Mum of three, and has worked in history and heritage throughout her career. She completed an MA in Early Modern History as a mature student, and has since written two books and is currently working on her third. She focuses her work on Tudor England, and is particularly interested in the lives of women and children in the period. Episode Summary In this episode of Talking Tudors, hosted by Natalie … [Read More...]

Episode 301 – Guy Jenkin’s ‘Murder Most Foul’

Guest Bio Guy is a multi-BAFTA, RTS and Emmy award-winning writer, director and producer. His television series include Outnumbered, Kate & Koji and Drop the Dead Donkey, all co-written with Andy Hamilton. He also wrote and directed a number of TV films including A Very Open Prison and Crossing the Floor, and two feature films, The Sleeping Dictionary and, with Andy Hamilton, What We Did on Our Holiday. Guy's Tudor Takeaway Fools and Jesters at the English Court by John … [Read More...]

Episode 300 – The Life and Death of Thomas More with Dr Joanne Paul

Guest Bio Dr Joanne Paul is an award-winning historian, consultant and writer with a passion for sharing her research on Renaissance and Tudor history. She has consulted for television with TLC and Amazon and appeared on a variety of programmes, including for BBC, Channel 5 and TLC. Having written for academic and student audiences on Thomas More (Polity, 2017) and counsellors in the Tudor Court (Cambridge University Press, 2020), her first trade book, The House of Dudley was a bestseller and … [Read More...]

Episode 299 – The Tudor Chapel Royal with Dr Oscar Patton

Guest Bio Oscar is a historian of religion, society, art, and culture in early modern Britain. He completed his DPhil in Early Modern History at Merton College in March 2025, and is currently working on turning his thesis on the Elizabethan and Jacobean Chapel Royal into an academic monograph. He is also co-editing a British Academy Proceedings collection titled 'Music and Majesty in English Chapels Royal and Extraordinary Spaces, c. 1560-1700', and is working on a number of articles and … [Read More...]

Episode 298 – Was it love? Henry VIII & Anne Boleyn with Natalie Grueninger & Dr Owen Emmerson

Episode Summary In this compelling episode of 'Talking Tudors,' host Natalie Grueninger delves into the widely misunderstood relationship between Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII with guest Dr. Owen Emmerson. This conversation challenges the traditional narrative of Anne as a seductive manipulator holding Henry at bay and instead explores the complex political, religious, and personal motivations that may have defined their relationship. Dr. Emmerson and Grueninger scrutinize 17 surviving … [Read More...]

Episode 297 – Mary I and Renaissance Humanism with Dr Valerie Schutte

Guest Bio Valerie Schutte has published widely on royal Tudor women, book dedications, and queenship. She has published two monographs: Mary I and the Art of Book Dedications: Royal Women, Power, and Persuasion (2015) and Princesses Mary and Elizabeth Tudor and the Gift Book Exchange (2021). She has also edited or co-edited seven volumes on Mary I, Shakespeare, and queenship. Her edited volumes Mary I in Writing: Letters, Literature, and Representations and Writing Mary I: History, … [Read More...]

Episode 296 – The Myth of the Seductive Anne Boleyn with Professor Tracy Adams

Guest Bio Tracy Adams is a professor in European Languages and Literatures at the University of Auckland, New Zealand and the author and co-editor of a number of books, including The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria (2010), Christine de Pizan and the Fight for France (2014), Agnès Sorel and the French Monarchy (2022), and Reflections on Extracting Elite Women’s Stories from Medieval and Early Modern French Narrative Sources (2023). Episode Summary n this episode of Talking … [Read More...]

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