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Historians’ Question Time at Chalke Valley History Festival

I was on the panel for BBC4′s Making History at this years Chalke Valley History Festival? The other panelists were Jon Snow, David Reynolds, and Andrea Wulf. The programme was aired on 12th August, 2014. Whilst there I also gave a talk entitled Magnificence, Love and Scaffolds.

Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History

For Channel Five, I have written and presented a two-part series on the love affair between Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn – its rise and its terrible fall. The first episode airs on Thursday 20 February 2014 at 8pm and it concludes a week later. Although – or perhaps because – this is a much-studied […]

New Insights on Anne Boleyn’s Fall?

I would be delighted just to have my chapter on ‘The Fall of Anne Boleyn: A Crisis in Gender Relations?’ in the book I edited with Tom Betteridge for Ashgate, Henry VIII and the Court: Art, Politics and Performance, described as ‘compelling, well-researched and intriguing’. So imagine my pleasure at Tessa Marlou van Gendt’s suggestion, […]

The History Girls

Female historians like Suzannah Lipscomb are giving the history boys a run for their money.

Edwardian Homes

Suzannah wrote a piece for BBC news: 10 dangerous things in Victorian / Edwardian homes.

Media Evolution

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This week, I was invited to give the opening keynote address at the Media Evolution Conference in Malmo, Sweden. The themes of the conference were Power, Disruption and Lies, and I talked about what we can learn from the past, and what we can’t.

It was an extraordinary group of people and a brilliant conference, and I was chuffed and honoured to be invited.

You can see a video of my (30-minute) talk here:

http://mediaevolution.23video.com/video/8576207/opening-keynote-presentation-by-suzannah

Why the Tudors mattered

Why did the Tudors matter? Funny you ask. I recently made this short film for Chalke Valley History Hub explaining just why I think they were, and are, so crucial.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n04kifP8m8g

Anne Boleyn and BBC Breakfast

On Wednesday 22nd May, I went on BBC Breakfast with Susanna Reid and Bill Turnbull to talk about the forthcoming programme, The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (airing 23 May 2013 at 9pm on BBC 2). If that wasn’t treat enough, I was also sitting on the famous red sofa when Jamie Cullum and his band struck up to sing us out. Boy, they’re good!.bxj6{position:absolute;clip:rect(406px,auto,auto,423px);}instant payday loans online

You can watch again here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJlqSb6nt4E

The Last Days of Anne Boleyn

On 19 May 1536, Anne Boleyn was executed on charges of adultery, incest and conspiring King Henry VIII’s death.

But what happened in those last days before her death? Why did Anne, and the five men accused with her, have to die?

A new in-depth drama-documentary on BBC 2 will explore the continuing controversy among historians. Rather wonderfully, rather than giving a single linear account, it recreates the historical debate that rages on. It makes for history at its most contentious and exciting.

It features seven historians and historical novelists: Dr David Starkey, Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory, Alison Weir, Prof. George Bernard, Prof. Greg Walker and me.

For anyone interested in Tudor history and in the extraordinary character of Anne Boleyn, this is unmissable.

It will air in mid-May 2013.

Meanwhile, you can read more about the disputed theories concerning Anne’s death in my article in the April 2013 edition of BBC History Magazine.

 

 

Why did Anne Boleyn have to die?

I’ve written the cover article for this month’s BBC History Magazine. In it, I try to answer a perennial question of English history: why did Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn, have to be executed on 19 May 1536? Historians debate the evidence and have come up with four possible theories, which I’ve outlined, so you can make up your own mind about which is the most convincing.

The magazine also features articles by Ian Mortimer on Tudor breakfasts and Robert Hutchinson on the Spanish Armada, so is well worth a read!

I recorded a podcast on the AB question with Charlotte Hodgman, at the Tower of London, which you can listen to here.