Substack Wrapped 2024!
My most read articles this past year
It’s that time of year when half the apps that we sign up to release their ‘wrapped’-type feature to much fanfare, harvesting our date to tell us what podcasts, songs, videos, posts etc we followed the most across the previous year. We love the results and we share it with friends and family eagerly, completely neglecting the creepiness in which our every move is followed and exploited by the big corporates!
So, in the interests of nicking that idea (hopefully without the creepiness), I thought I would delve into the Substack Dashboard to take a look at my most read articles this past year on ‘A Chronicle of Dragons & Cats’.
I should add, as we reach the end of the year, DIOLCH YN FAWR IAWN, or thank you very much, for reading each and every article I have published, and I hope together we have much fun here in 2025. I have many more articles, videos, podcasts and more to share with you, and it is my intention to prioritise this platform and this platform alone as we move forward. High quality content with those of you who have much to offer me in return, rather than just churning through social media.
Please do share the chronicle, and leave your thoughts and comments so I know how to tailor things to your liking. There’s no algorithm here, just me and Vera!
Anyway, back to Substack Wrapped! The most read articles of 2024 are:
Margaret Beaufort, in the news
It is no secret to long-time followers that I have a soft spot for Margaret Beaufort. When you study the great lady for as long as I have, you can’t help but admire her resilience, the scale of her ambition, and her generosity. She was a redoubtable woman who blazed a hugely respectable path through a violent man’s world, bequeathing an inestimable lega…
Perkin Warbeck's Resting Place
On the morning of 23 November 1499, the blonde-haired prisoner was roused from his bed in the Tower of London and prepared for his final journey. His near-decade imposture of a Yorkist prince, now confessed by himself to have been fraudulent, was reaching its inevitable conclusion.
The 1505 Henry VII Portrait
London can be a difficult place to live. It’s expensive, it’s crammed, it’s vast, the air quality is iffy if you’re asthmatic like me, visitors walk too slow and get in the way, and it has an odd and unpredictable microclimate.
Edmund Tudor's War, and Murder (?), in Wales
On 1st November 1456, Edmund of Hadham, Earl of Richmond, died in Carmarthen. History knows him better as Edmund Tudor, husband of Margaret Beaufort and father of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England. History suggests Edmund died of plague, but I think, considering the circumstances, there is good reason to suggest something more sinister.
Feliz Ano Novo (as we say here in Portugal) Nathen and Vera! Thanks for all the great content.
Happy New Year Nathen and all the Dragons and Cats out there.