Suzannah Lipscomb's Blog, page 5

Insert Name Here

Comedy panel show Insert Name Here returns in 2017 for a second series, and Suzannah was delighted to appear in two episodes, which air on Monday 16th January and Monday 30th January, both at 10pm on BBC Two.

Great Lives – C.S. Lewis

  On 3 January 2017, Great Lives aired on BBC Radio 4, with presenter Matthew Parris being joined by Suzannah and priest-poet Malcolm Guite, to discuss Suzannah’s choice for a Great Life – C.S. Lewis. The programme received a very positive critical response, and was featured in the BBC Radio 4 Pick of the Week programme on […]

History Masterclass

Historian Sam Willis and I have just set up a new little venture, called History Masterclass. The idea behind it is our desire to offer the public an opportunity to engage with history in a way that isn’t just didactic, but is interactive. Rather than just been spoken at in a room of 100+, we […]

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

Kate Williams and Suzannah went a-travelling for Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, which aired on BBC 2 on 13 December 2016. It was tremendous amounts of fun, even if Suzannah bought some really dodgy things. Suzannah was paired with antiques expert David Harper, of the colourful trousers and even brighter personality. It is available on catch-up until […]

Winchester History Weekend

I had lots of fun at BBC History Magazine’s History Weekend in Winchester. I was talking about Leadership Lessons from the Tudors to a great audience, and took a lot of pleasure in meeting people afterwards to sign books and chat. Thank you to all who took the time to come!  

A Case of Double Standards

Keith Thomas’s article about double standards in the sixteenth century unfortunately applies today to the historical profession itself. In my latest column for History Today, I examine how female historians are still treated unfairly both inside and outside the academy, and argue that things must change.

In Praise of the Go-Between

Archives are one thing, the public another and connecting the two is one of a historian’s hardest challenges, as Suzannah Lipscomb knows from experience. In recent weeks I have gone from reading 16th-century manuscripts in a French provincial archive to speaking at two literary festivals. The close juxtaposition of these two ends of the historian’s […]

Great Fire of London

Have you seen the 120-metre model of London’s seventeenth-century skyline that’s on the Thames? This gorgeous piece of art is going to be burnt tomorrow night to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. If you can’t be in London to watch it go up in smoke, then live stream it at […]

Henry VIII: Making of a Tyrant – week-long tour

Want to spend a week with me learning about Henry VIII? Well, in September 2017, you can! I should be delighted if you’d join me on this week-long tour, which I’ve devised, in association with Historical Trips, to tell the story of Henry VIII: Making of a Tyrant through the surviving buildings and objects from his […]

After five years

Today I step down from being Head of the Faculty of History at New College of the Humanities (NCH), having been in the role for five years, since September 2011. As Head of Faculty and a member of the Academic Board, I was jointly responsible for the academic governance of NCH, and, as one of the first two […]