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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

For World Book Day, here are the covers of my six books.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 Is Mary, Queen of Scots judged unfairly — even today? 👑🔥 @drlindaporter.bsky.social challenges the harsh narratives that refuse to let Mary escape condemnation. Time to rethink the story. 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #MaryQueenOfScots #History #Podcast

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 Forget the caricature. ❌👑 @drlindaporter.bsky.social challenges the myth of Mary, Queen of Scots as naïve or disconnected from Scotland. The reality is far more complex. 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #MaryQueenOfScots #HistoryMyths #WomenInHistory 📜

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 History needs context — not hindsight. 👑📜 @drlindaporter.bsky.social shows how misunderstanding Mary, Queen of Scots’ situation leads to deeply flawed judgments. 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #MaryQueenOfScots #HistoryPodcast #WomenInHistory 🔥

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE SUBS🚨 Was #MaryQueenOfScots doomed by circumstances rather than stupidity? 👑🔥 @drlindaporter.bsky.social makes the case that not everything was within Mary’s control. History is messier than myth. 🎧 www.patreon.com/post... #WomenInHistory 📜

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Quite unexpectedly, I'll be talking about Katherine Parr twice in 2026, some sixteen years after my biography of her first appeared in hardback.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Eighteen months of promoting Margaret have left me worn out, if I'm honest, but she still seems to resonate with audiences who know little or nothing about her.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Probably not popular with Elizabeth's die-hard supporters but the prevailing - and ill-informed - view of Mary as a spoilt ninny needs to be challenged by a less anti-feminist point of view.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

Looking forward to this. I've spoken at Southwark Cathedral before several times, but never in the nave itself.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Just a few days to go now, so do get your tickets.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

You can now pre-order the paperback of my book with a 25% price reduction in this special summer offer from @waterstones.bsky.social . Available online or on the app only. Use code SUMMER25 at checkout. @headofzeus.bsky.social

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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Absolutely delighted to be giving a paper, looking at how the network of Mary I's attendants maintained their faith after her death.

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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

S is for Mary Scrope who attended Katharine of Aragon at the Field of Cloth of Gold. Her 2nd husband was Sir William Kingston, deputy lieutenant of the Tower. She waited on Anne Boleyn during her imprisonment, to Anne’s dismay, as Mary’s loyalty remained with Katharine. amzn.to/3X5KVBp

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Universities do research that may not be commercially viable now but will be transformative down the line. They correct for market failure. If all they do is think like enterprises then they become a part of that market failure.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

#OnThisDay 13 May 1662: Catherine of Braganza arrived in England to marry Charles II. She wasn’t a whining wimp—she was a savvy, accomplished queen and regent. @drlindaporter.bsky.social joined me to set the record straight. Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/1ef377 #OTD #OnThisDate #History #Podcast

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Just two weeks until I'll be at Dumfries House for @bozzybookfest.bsky.social, talking with @huntingrebels.bsky.social about Margaret Tudor and Mary Queen of Scots, in a session chaired by @agroundwater.bsky.social . Cannot wait!

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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

And people say Church History isn’t important

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

👑 @drlindaporter.bsky.social is busting myths about Margaret Tudor! Far from an over-sexed failure, she fought fiercely for her son James V’s throne. 💪 🎧 Hear more on History Rage at the Gloucester History Festival! 🎟️ Tickets: www.gloucesterhistor...

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Dr Johanna Strong @johannastrong.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

2/3 Your ticket will not only get you my lecture on Mary, but will give you access to lectures from (in no particular order!) @sixteenthcgirl.bsky.social, @tracyborman.bsky.social, Gareth Russell, @laceybonarhull.bsky.social, @drlindaporter.bsky.social, Peter Stiffell, Kate McCaffrey …

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Was Charles I a tyrant? Pick up a copy of the latest BBC History Magazine and you can see what I think: www.historyextra.com/magazine/cur...

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April 2025 issue of BBC History Magazine out now!

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One of the reasons people turned to Parliament for constitutional safeguards in the 17th century was that it was increasingly clear that the judges were not impartial. Indeed, ensuring judicial independence was a goal of the Parliamentarian side in 1642.

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Dr Gabby Storey @gabbystorey.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Didn't fanfare this much last week as I was on leave, but excited to have a new article out (Open Access) in De Medio Aevo on the dowers of the Angevin Queens. This was a big nugget of the PhD I wanted to publish, so very glad it's out in the world! revistas.ucm.es/index.php/DM...

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Vol. 14 Núm. 1 (2025): The Economic Agency and Activity of Elite and Royal Women in Premodern Europe | De Medio Aevo

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

For anyone wanting an excellent drama about the emperor Charles V, his son Philip II (and Mary I), as well as handsome soldier Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, this Spanish series, with English subtitles, is well worth watching. With thanks to @elurgo.bsky.social. youtu.be/tKLlXFNe9xw?...

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Philip II & the Battle of Saint-Quentin (Carlos, rey emperador)

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 07/03/2025

Here's hoping Chuck Tingle is even now sitting down to pen a tale of the Enola GAY

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Since it's @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social perhaps it's appropriate for me to announce that I've just signed a contract with my current publisher, @headofzeus.bsky.social, to write a book about Elizabeth I. Don't yawn. It's a rather different take on the Virgin Queen.

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Rich people in the UK have never been richer. We could tax them. No, really, it is in fact possible.

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History Rage Podcast @historyrage.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨 Did you know Katherine Parr brought Mary Tudor some of the happiest years of her life? @drlindaporter.bsky.social reveals how close they truly were. 💫📜 #TudorHistory #MaryI Listen now 🎧 pod.fo/e/2b3cc9 #History #Podcast #tudor

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It's always such fun to be talking to Paul at History Rage.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Another book I'm greatly looking forward to, by a splendid writer.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I'm delighted to be interviewing Jo Harkin about her brilliant new novel @sevenoaksbookshop.bsky.social on 14 May at 7pm. A must for Tudor enthusiasts and also a superbly realised piece of fiction. Hope to see many of you there.

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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Bargain! Although I’m in good company in @Waterstones in Gower Street near British Museum. Books by @tracyborman.bsky.social @drlindaporter.bsky.social @historylauren.bsky.social @miladyjosephine.bsky.social @leandadelisle.bsky.social amongst many others on the same shelves #bargain #history

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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Disinformation debunk by the excellent @zoejardiniere.bsky.social Are 1 in 12 Londoners illegal immigrants? Of course not. Please share. Let's all help stamp out these pernicious lies. Share in your local socials, too, before this stuff gets a real hold. Thank you! youtu.be/8N-DWUHRM_s?...

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Is London FULL of ILLEGAL immigrants?

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

One of several noblemen executed by Elizabeth I.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Depressing that two brilliant, beloved, and impactful TV dramas showcasing British history (Wolf Hall and Mr Bates Versus The Post Office) were only made because the cast and crew volunteered to take big pay cuts If a big streamer isn’t interested, UK dramas are becoming unaffordable

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Dr Melita Thomas @melitat.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit, As who should say 'I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!' MoV I i #ShakespeareSunday

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A crucial, if not always entirely reliable, source on the Tudor court under Henry VIII.

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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Word of the day is ‘catch-fart’ (17th century: an obsequious individual who will always follow the political wind.

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#ArtDD2025 Goldcrest Brave, feisty little birds. Over the next 4 years we're all going to need to be more goldcrest. @saocousins.bsky.social @holnicotenh.bsky.social @stevecobbin.bsky.social @andykaitken.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @indikon.bsky.social 📷 @ormejks.bsky.social w thanks.

Painting of small bird looking to left with tail sticking out on right. Mostly green/yellow and grey, with bright yellow flash on top of head, bordered by black.

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Late Jan is always a good time for bad takes about the English Civil War, so we’d all do well to remember that the official royalist position was that if they didn’t win, working people would get tired of manual labour and overthrow the social order.

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The Cromwell Museum @cromwellmuseum.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

#OnThisDay 21 January 1645 the House of Commons voted Sir Thomas Fairfax to become commander-in-chief of Parliament's 'Army New Modelled', with Philip Skippon as his Major-General. A number of Colonels were also appointed. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD

Engraving of Sir Thomas Fairfax on a horse, from 'Anglia Redivivia', 1647

18th century copy of a 1600s woodcut of Philip Skippon, Major General of the Army

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Greatly looking forward to speaking about #MargaretTudor at the beautiful Oxford and Cambridge Club on London's Pall Mall on this Thursday, 16 January, lunchtime.

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Linda Porter @drlindaporter.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Thanks so much for reposting this - and with such a beautiful portrait. We often see the head and shoulders of this but the entire painting is stunning.

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Matthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

The devastation on its way is unimaginable - like nothing humanity has ever witnessed before - and everyone will wish they had been climate activists and ‘hysterics’ when they had the chance. We are in a moment of unprecedented stupidity

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