Suzannah Lipscomb's Blog, page 4
August 29, 2017
Moving on up
I'm delighted to announce some big and exciting news.
As from 1 September 2017, I will join the University of Roehampton as a Reader in Early Modern History.
As from 1 September 2017, I will join the University of Roehampton as a Reader in Early Modern History.
August 27, 2017
University of London: Senate House Keynote Address
On 26th August I gave the Keynote Address on the Senate House Library’s four key themes for their latest exhibition entitled Reformation – Shattered World, New Beginnings. Below is a short film detailing some of themes I discussed.
August 19, 2017
University of London: Senate House Key Note Address
On Thursday 26th August at 7pm I will be giving the Key Note Address on the Senate House Library’s four key themes for their latest exhibition entitled Reformation – Shattered World, New Beginnings. If you would be interested in coming to this event, tickets are available here. Reformation exhibition catalogue_0
June 21, 2017
Public History
I was kindly invited to give the keynote lecture at the University of Reading’s recent Public History day and, afterwards, I discussed authenticity, heritage, and the potential tensions with academia, with Prof. Kate Williams:
May 29, 2017
The Great Fire: Behind the Scenes
The Great Fire – a three-part series – airs this Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at 8pm on Channel Five. I’m really proud of it, and was delighted to work with Rob Bell and (again) with Dan Jones. Do tune in!
May 28, 2017
The Great Fire
In this new stripped three part special Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb and Rob Bell take a fresh look at the Great Fire of London by walking the actual route the fire took across London, hour-by-hour, street-by-street and in the process uncover what really happened in Britain’s worst inferno. In this revelatory series Dan, Suzannah and […]
May 27, 2017
Elizabeth I
In May 2017, Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones presented their new three-part docudrama on Elizabeth I. Co-written by the presenters and director Christopher Holt, the show starred Lily Cole and Felicity Dean as Elizabeth I. It reached 2.2m viewers in its first week It was Pick of the Week in The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, […]
April 22, 2017
Remembrance of Things Past
‘Making History’ for History Today The maxim ‘show don’t tell’ is often forgotten when film-makers confront historical horrors, argues Suzannah Lipscomb, as two recent cinema releases demonstrate. David Lowenthal’s review of David Rieff’s book, In Praise of Forgetting, in the March edition of History Today is rightly scornful of the practicality or virtue of forgetting past […]
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February 14, 2017
Jaipur Literature Festival
It was such a delight to attend and speak at the Jaipur Literature Festival, JLF, in January 2017. It is a joyous tumult of people, ideas, and music. I learnt so much at the sessions, and I laughed so much at the parties. For those who don’t know JLF, it is a free literature festival in […]
January 16, 2017
Insert Name Here
… is on tonight, at 10pm on BBC Two. There’s something about MARY…
