Ann of Cleves Henry 8ths fourth wife

Anne of Cleves was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it? Was she in fact a political refugee, supported by the King? Was she a role model for her step-daughters Mary and Elizabeth? Why was her marriage to Henry doomed from the start? In this edition of Not Just the Tudors, Professor Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by author Heather R. Darsie – editor of maidensandmanuscripts.com – whose research into Anne of Cleves casts a new light on Henry’s fourth Queen, potentially revealing a very different figure than the so-called ‘Flanders Mare’. For this episode, the Senior Producer was Elena Guthrie. It was edited by Thomas Ntinas and produced by Rob Weinberg.

The murder of 10 year old Damilola Taylor

Crime documentary covering the tragic death via stabbing of a 10 year old Nigerian boy called Damilola Taylor. Due to police mistakes and mishandling of the case it took six years for his killers to be brought to justice and they were only convicted of manslaughter rather than murder because they had previously been acquitted of murder in another trial. It took three court trials to convict his killers. His killers received eight years each which is an absolute joke considering what Damilola suffered during his final time alive.

Chloe Little Miss Catittude

Chloe Little Miss Catittude by Morgaine-Demonia on @DeviantArt https://www.deviantart.com/morgaine-demonia/art/Chloe-Little-Miss-Catittude-1040768965

After having missed a few weeks of the class I paint this at I have been back to try to continue painting it. This is the first time I have tried to paint a cat. I’ve drawn a few cats and they can be viewed in my gallery. My cat drawings have slowly improved. This is a painting of Chloe one of my cats. I’m trying to paint her fur at the moment. I need to get a better photo of her face so that I can see the different directions her fur grows in on her face to make painting it easier.

Source image. A photo of my cat Chloe that I am using to try to paint her.