It was Bishop Perpetuus of Tours (who lived some eleven centuries earlier) who originally ordered that certain foods should not be consumed during the run-up to Christmas. Not only should Tudor ...

and inside Tudor minds; discovering the forerunners of some of the Christmas customs we still enjoy today, and revealing other festive traditions we've lost. With the help of food historian Annie ...

While you might assume most of our Christmas traditions have Victorian origins, the Tudor links are strong. For example, singing carols, the mistletoe and some of the food, such as turkey ...

"We researched Tudor Christmas to work out exactly what they ... "The kitchen would've been working 24/7 to produce the amount of food that the family wanted to show off their wealth over the ...

With the aid of food historian Annie Gray, she prepares two royal feasts, including a stuffed boar's head served by a choir, and the ancestors of the modern mince pies and Christmas cake.