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My Life in the Past

Lucy Worsley, Jacqueline Riding
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adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley

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  • Lucy Worsley

    I'm a historian! For ages I was Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, now I'm an ambassador for the charity. I present the (EXCELLENT) podcast LadyKillers on BBC Sounds, and also write historical biographies.

  • Jacqueline Riding

    Art Newspaper Lit Ed, Film/TV Historian, Arts & Heritage Consultant, Curator, Writer. Hard Streets (Profile) out NOW! Gainsborough & Reynolds: The Art of Rivalry in Georgian London (Yale) out Feb 2027

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