And other stories from the stranger side of life
Thomas Cromwell’s Book of Hours was “thought to be a lost relic of Henry VIII’s court”, said The Times, but “it transpires that it’s been hiding in plain sight for 363 years”. The book, which was immortalised in one of the most famous portraits from Tudor England, has been sitting quietly in a Cambridge library, researchers have found. Tracy Borman, the Tudor historian, said it was “the most exciting Cromwell discovery in a generation — if not more”.
