adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley
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What Happens in the Royal Bedchamber Never, Ever Stays There
Picture the scene: we’re in Tudor Hampton Court Palace, late at night.
Down the staircase comes king Henry VIII. One servant is lighting his way, two more are for security, another, posher servant, is there for company. It’s quite the lit...
What Happens In The Royal Bedchamber Never, Ever Stays There
From a ten-year-old's wedding night to Hampton Court’s pornographic graffiti: palace sex was never, ever private
You’d be amazed just how much we know about what went on in the palace bedchambers of the past. Join me to hear how Henry VIII...
The best Agatha Christie novel isn't the one you think
A hotel bedroom, a locked room scenario, and my suspicions about her most famous novel
(Apologies if this is déjà vu! I accidentally sent this post two days early to some subscribers. I blame the heatwave in London for my addled state!)
The Woman Who Wouldn’t Knit Socks To Defeat Hitler
It’s 1941, and the British government has just done something it’s never done before: it’s conscripting women.
Conscription doesn’t mean that women have to fight. No, this is conscription for war work — on the land, in hospitals, in cantee...
Was Jane Austen a lesbian?
Claire Tomalin thinks I said yes. Here’s what I actually believe.
I really, really admire biographer Claire Tomalin. Her Jane Austen: A Life was one of the books that made me want to do what I do for a living.
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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.
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