by vm_admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Latest News, Uncategorised
If you happened to be visiting Southampton at the weekend you may have been forgiven for thinking you had tumbled through a worm hole, back to time when short-skirted houppelandes were the apparel of choice for fine gents, a civet of hare was washed down with a jug of...
by vm_admin | Aug 5, 2015 | Film, Latest News, Uncategorised
This is our final analysis of the BBC’s 1979 production of Henry V. So far, this televised adaptation has portrayed Henry as a conflicted and difficult-to-read monarch – at times ruthless and brutal, at others quiet and contemplative. Indeed, this changeable version...
by vm_admin | Jul 31, 2015 | Film, Latest News, Uncategorised
In our on-going analysis of William Shakespeare’s Henry V history play, we come again to the 1979 TV production starring David Gwillim. There’s a fascinating spot-the-difference game to be played between different versions of Henry V. In the act of script editing, the...
by vm_admin | Jul 21, 2015 | Events, Latest News, Uncategorised
History is being brought to life in an exciting new augmented reality exhibition commemorating the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt. Using the latest in digital technology, Road To Agincourt – An Augmented Reality Exhibition tells the story of Henry V’s...
by vm_admin | Jul 16, 2015 | History blog, Latest News, Uncategorised
Henry V spends his time in a series of late medieval castles and palaces in Hampshire. The period between the 14th and 15th century is seen as a period of transition in building style. Buildings constructed in this period are seen to form a type between the austere...
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