Hello everyone and welcome for History England.

Episode 359.

Charles is home.

First of all I have another couple of independent podcasts to bring to your attention so you can

go and have a listen to them if you like.

They are by Roberto Toro and Brendan Foster and there are two for you.

Firstly there is Roberto's The History of Suck at Velo of Georgia which I'm pretty

confident I'd mispronounce, a podcast about the country of Georgia basically, in the

proud history of tradition of which I am part.

Then Roberto and Brendan together have teamed up to produce the ZAR Power Podcast, ranking

the Russians as from Roarwick to your Putin in the proud Rex Factor tradition.

Both of course about fascinating and topical parts of the world so check them out.

And before I start let me remind you of the eternal variety of life that a gift of membership

of the history of England makes the perfect Christmas present and is as easy as dropping

off a log.

All you need to do is go to the website thehistoryofingland.co.uk and you will see there a link to directions

on how to do it and it's simple.

So then back to the knitting.

In June 1629 Peter Paul Rubens came to England.

For my sins I thought Rubens when that was now with a painter and decorator I did not realise

he was also a very active and influential diplomat for the Spanish Habsburgs.

Did you know that?

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