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New Discovery About the Blackfriars with Lucy Munro

by CCash | Aug 10, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

With it estimated that travel from Stratford Upon Avon to London might take days or even weeks depending on the weather and mode of transportation, it’s only logical to think that Shakespeare must have had a place to stay when he was in London for...

Find out what it’s like inside a Tudor Home

by CCash | Aug 3, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

"Close your eyes and imagine yourself in the sixteenth-century English countryside. Sounds of ploughs rattle in distant fields, and the delightful squeals of children at play fill the air. It is quiet, you think, quieter than you are used to, but...

Tankards and Trouble: Alehouses in Shakespeare’s England

by CCash | Jul 27, 2026 | Blog, Podcast Episodes

In Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, there’s a lively scene set in Eastcheap, inside the bustling Boar’s Head Tavern, where the roguish Sir John Falstaff trades wit and wine with the young Prince Hal—England’s future Henry V. To Shakespeare’s audience, this wasn’t some...