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Breaking news: new history series on Elizabeth I

Here’s our breaking news, just announced by Channel Five: Brand new history series looks at the era of Elizabeth I Building on the success of Henry VIII and His Six Wives, Oxford Film and TV will produce a 3 x 60” docu-drama focussing on Queen Elizabeth I. The epic story will be driven by the […]

Ask us a question

Here’s a throwback to me and Dan Jones answering questions from our Twitter followers about Henry VIII’s wives, in advance of our series of April 2016. In total, the 12 films include some decent historical intelligence and some moments of comedy gold (well, we made ourselves laugh, anyway).  

In Praise of the Go-Between

In my latest column for History Today, ponder my recent pursuit of Huguenot women in French archives and the summer’s literary festivals, I wrote about the difficulty of connecting up the archives with the final finished product of the historian, and contend that ‘those who think of history as an easily accessible discipline should be warned that […]

The King is Dead: US publication

I’ve just got the happy news that my latest book, The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament, will be published in the United States by Pegasus Books on December, 16, 2016. And, yes, that does seem to be just in time for Christmas, doesn’t it? Nicely done, folks. If you fancy spending your Yuletide with […]

The Argumentation Sessions v.1

What's the collective noun for a group of historians? An argumentation. I kid you not. So, when Dan Snow, James Holland, Mary-Ann Ochoa, and I gathered last week in a studio in central London, an argumentation formed

Literature and Faith in Early Modern England

Tomorrow in Oxford, there’s an academic conference in honour of my undergraduate tutor and good friend – the esteemed Tudor historian –...

Pointless

It turns out that there is something more terrifying than Finals. It’s going on Pointless with Alexander Armstrong and Richard...

Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip

I’ve just filmed Celebrity Antiques Roadtrip. I was competing against my friend, Kate Williams, and my expert was David Harper....

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones co-wrote and co-presented Henry VIII and His Six Wives, a four-part series for Channel 5, which aired in April and May 2016.

Henry VIII and His Six Wives OUT ON DVD

This is exciting – You can buy it here