Finally, enough stories to do another round-up!
* The Roanoke Island Colony: Lost, and Found? – Some new developments in the search for the Lost Colony (one of my all-time favorite historical mysteries!)
* 12 buildings in use today that were around when King Richard III was on the throne
* The story that has lit up my alerts the most over the past week was about the discovery of a pipe in Shakespeare’s garden that tested positive for cannabis that created a lot of “Shakespeare was a pothead” headlines. Thankfully at least one article I came across took a more skeptical view of directly associating the find with the Bard himself: How the Web Got Suckered into Thinking Shakespeare Was a Stoner
* Wanna spend the night at Hampton Court Palace? You’ll have the chance on the night of September 26!
* Another neat opportunity – apply to be in the studio audience for the next Great History Quiz at the BBC, this time featuring the Tudors, on September 8.
And finally –
* A neat video from Historic Royal Palaces demonstrating how they wash their tapestries
