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@royalstudies.bsky.socialReposted by @teachmedwomen.bsky.socialIn this episode, host Ellie Woodacre chats with three historians about the lives of three daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II of England.
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@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialAs our minds turn to what's going on in the Traitors' Castle, TMW's Natasha Hodgson spoke with Matt Chorley on BBC Radio 5 Live about castle politics (and also about the women who lived, owned and built castles!).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 2:21:00)
@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialNatasha also spoke about the Bayeux Tapestry today and the women who made it with Verity Cowley on BBC Radio Nottingham. You can listen to the episode here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 1:15:00 onwards)
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@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialDid you spot TMW's own Natasha Hodgson on BBC East Midlands Today this evening talking about the Bayeux Tapestry? You can catch her talking about the iconic embroidery here: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (from 22:20)
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@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialAhead of the opening of the exhibition, TMW's Natasha Hodgson (@nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social) was on the BBC World Service Weekend show on Sunday, discussing the Bayeux Tapestry and some of the mysteries behind the iconic embroidery (you can start listening from 13:05).
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialTeaching the Norman Conquest this year? Or just fancy some weekend reading on the Bayeux Tapestry? TMW's Natasha Hodgson has written a piece in today's @the-independent.com on Ælfgifu, the embroidery's mystery woman. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
@nrhodgson-hist.bsky.socialReposted by @teachmedwomen.bsky.socialIt was a pleasure to talk to Nick Robinson this morning on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme about the Bayeux Tapestry...https://lnkd.in/eUD_sEey (from 53:42 mins) and to actually get a sneak peak at the tapestry itself! Check our new teaching resource on women & BT via @teachmedwomen.bsky.social .
@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialYou can check out our new resource pack on women and the Bayeux Tapestry here: teachingmedievalwomen.org/resource/wom...
@teachmedwomen.bsky.socialShe might not necessarily appear on the Bayeux Tapestry herself, but Matilda of Flanders was essential to the success of the Norman Conquest of England as TMW's Natasha Hodgson argues in her latest @uk.theconversation.com article: theconversation.com/bayeux-tapes... @nrhodgson-hist.bsky.social
