Lucy Worsley's Blog, page 11

Can anyone help me with Dorothy Hartley? New TV project.

This is a plea for information about the food writer Dorothy Hartley (1893-1985) - please do pass it on to any foodies of your acquaintance… Her seminal book Food in England was published in 1954.  All true foodies know it … Continue reading →

Peter Paul Rubens at Tate Britain

As the new exhibition 'Rubens and Britain' is about to open at Tate Britain, I thought you might like to see the article I wrote about Rubens' work in London for the Tate members' magazine. The God-maker Who Did His … Continue reading →

I defend my bonnet again! Well, not literally – but I explain my philosophy

Interview by Tim Jones in the Borehamwood Times Historian, author and broadcaster Lucy Worsley is the chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks after Hampton Court Palace, the Tower of London and Kensington Palace among others. … Continue reading →

I respond to my detractors and defend my bonnet!

'My View' in the Daily Mail Weekend Magazine, 15 October 2011 I was surprised recently to find myself being attacked by my fellow historian, Alison Light, on Radio 4's Today programme. She accused me of 'cheapening history' by 'dressing up … Continue reading →

In my (tea) cups tonight on BBC4

Well, you wait all your life to be interviewed about tea-cups, and then it happens three times in quick succession.  I'm with C.S. Lewis when he said that 'you can never get a cup of tea large enough or a … Continue reading →

I eat eight raw oysters straight from the salty sea

Tomorrow when I go to the office I'm going to have rather a swanky answer to the question 'what did you get up at the weekend'? I went oyster fishing, and have the sunburn, the slightly queasy sensation from sea-sickness and … Continue reading →

A quick history of domestic lighting

The history of domestic lighting has been governed by economics, but also by snobbery and tradition, and occasionally by a dangerous desire for novelty. As 'If Walls Could Talk' is being repeated on the TV at the moment, I thought … Continue reading →

Regency last episode tonight

I hope you managed to find tonight's episode, bumped from Monday to Tuesday by the Buckingham Palace programme with Fiona Bruce (and the admirable Kathryn Jones, my colleague from the Royal Collection).  Tonight it's the Peterloo Massacre and the Luddites … Continue reading →

Evening Standard review of 'The Elizabethans' by A.N. Wilson

My review of 'The Elizabethans' by A.N. Wilson, published in The Evening Standard, 8 September 2011. With The Elizabethans, A.N. Wilson returns to his winning formula of a single-volume work in which he aims to paint "a portrait of an … Continue reading →

Poor old Peter the Wild Boy – article in The Telegraph

Here's an article about Peter the Wild Boy which appeared in the Telegraph a little while ago.  He also has his own page here, an extract from my book about him and his colleagues in the royal household called Courtiers, The … Continue reading →