Lucy Worsley
{{Short description|English historian, born 1973}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lucy Worsley
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE|size=100%}}
| image = Lucy Worsley 2019.jpg
| caption = Worsley in 2019
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1973|12|18}}
| birth_place = Reading, Berkshire, England
| education = {{ubl|New College, Oxford|(BA, 1995)|University of Sussex|(DPhil, 2001)}}
| occupation = Historian, author, curator, television presenterTG
| website = [http://www.lucyworsley.com/ lucyworsley.com]
}}
Lucy Worsley {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE|size=100%}} (born 18 December 1973) is an English historian, author, curator and television presenter.{{cite web | url=https://www.pbs.org/articles/meet-lucy-worsley | title=Meet Lucy Worsley: Historian, Author, Icon | website=PBS }}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8445957/Dr-Lucy-Worsley-Im-just-an-historian-who-wandered-into-TV.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624070326/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8445957/Dr-Lucy-Worsley-Im-just-an-historian-who-wandered-into-TV.html |archive-date=24 June 2012 |last=Woods |first=Judith |title=Dr Lucy Worsley: 'I'm just an historian who wandered into TV' |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=13 April 2011 |access-date=1 April 2013}} She was the joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known as a presenter of BBC Television and Channel 5 series on historical topics.
Early life and education
Worsley was born on 18 December 1973 in Reading, Berkshire, to Peter and Enid (née Kay) Worsley.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/589z5my60mYb1L9bMWllzp8/dr-lucy-worsley|title=BBC Four – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley – Dr Lucy Worsley|publisher=BBC}} Her father taught Geology at Reading University, while her mother was a consultant in educational policy and practice. Worsley attended The Abbey School, Reading, St Bartholomew's School, Newbury, and West Bridgford School, Nottingham. She studied Ancient and Modern History at New College, Oxford, graduating in 1995 with a BA First-class honours degree. In 2001, she was awarded a DPhil degree from the University of Sussex.{{Cite thesis |degree=D.Phil. |title=The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676 |url=http://www.opengrey.eu/item/display/10068/529218 |last=Worsley a|first=Lucy |year=2001 |access-date=1 April 2013 }}
Worsley played piano from the age of four, took lessons for 15 years and passed all of her piano grades. Of her teacher, Miss Beaumont, she later said: "At the time I was terrified of her but in retrospect she gave me a great gift of self-discipline and self-reliance. She made me strive for excellence and work hard. To help somebody to get better and really to challenge them, that's a rare and valuable thing."{{Cite web|url=https://lucyworsley.com/an-interview-about-classical-music-in-gramophone-magazine/|title=an interview about classical music, in Gramophone magazine | Lucy Worsley|date=21 January 2013|website=lucyworsley.com}}
Career
=Curator and academic=
Worsley began her career as a historic house curator at Milton Manor,SPAB News, Vol. 18., no. 2, 1997 near Abingdon, in the summer of 1995,{{cite web|url=http://www.lucyworsley.com/tag/milton-manor/|title=Milton Manor – Lucy Worsley|publisher=LucyWorsley.com|access-date=13 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514140233/http://www.lucyworsley.com/tag/milton-manor/|archive-date=14 May 2014|url-status=dead}} before working for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. From 1996 to 2002, she was an inspector of historic buildings for English Heritage in the East Midlands region. During that time, she studied the life of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle and wrote the English Heritage guide to his home, Bolsover Castle in Derbyshire. In 2001, she was awarded a DPhil degree from the University of Sussex for a thesis on The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676.{{Cite thesis |degree=D.Phil. |title=The Architectural Patronage of William Cavendish, first Duke of Newcastle, 1593–1676 |url=http://www.opengrey.eu/item/display/10068/529218 |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |year=2001 |access-date=1 April 2013 }} The thesis was later developed into Worsley's book Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses, published in 2007.{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Charles|title=Cavalier: a tale of chivalry, passion and great houses, by Lucy Worsley|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/cavalier-a-tale-of-chivalry-passion-and-great-houses-by-lucy-worsley-462737.html|access-date=24 September 2013|newspaper=The Independent on Sunday|date=26 August 2007}}
During 2002–2003, she was the major projects and research manager for Glasgow Museums{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/589z5my60mYb1L9bMWllzp8/dr-lucy-worsley|title=BBC Four – A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley – Dr Lucy Worsley|publisher=BBC}}{{cite web|url=http://berksandbucks.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/lucy_worsley_on_her_passion_for_the_past_1_3238665|title=Lucy Worsley on her passion for the past|work=Berkshire and Buckinghamshire Life}} before becoming chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity responsible for maintaining the Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. She oversaw the £12 million refurbishment of the Kensington Palace state apartments and gardens, completed in 2012.{{cite news | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/it-is-time-for-princess-diana-to-take-her-place-in-history-6463450.html | title=It is time for Princess Diana to take her place in history | last=Law |first=Katie | date=27 April 2010 | access-date=1 April 2013 | newspaper=Evening Standard|location=London }}{{cite news |last1=Owens |first1=Mitchell |title=Kensington Palace's New Look |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/kensington-palace-renovation-article |access-date=6 September 2020 |work=Architectural Digest |date=1 June 2012}}
In 2005, she was elected a senior research fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, University of London; she was also appointed visiting professor at Kingston University in west London.{{cite web | url=http://fada.kingston.ac.uk/staff/lucy_worsley/lucy_worsley.php | title=Kingston University – Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture | access-date=1 April 2013}}
In October 2024, Worsley announced that she would be stepping down from her role at Historic Royal Palaces at the end of the year to focus on her Lady Killers podcast.{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Geraldine Kendall |title=Moves {{!}} Clare Barlow to lead People's History Museum; Lucy Worsley leaving Historic Royal Palaces |url=https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/10/moves-clare-barlow-to-lead-peoples-history-museum-lucy-worsley-leaving-historic-royal-palaces/# |website=Museums Association |date=21 October 2024 |access-date=27 October 2024}}
=Television=
In 2011, Worsley presented the four-part television series If Walls Could Talk, exploring the history of British homes, from peasants' cottages to palaces; and the three-part series Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency. In 2012 she co-presented the three-part television series Antiques Uncovered, with antiques and collectibles expert Mark Hill,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hbmsp |title=Antiques Uncovered |publisher=BBC |date=19 June 2012 |access-date=1 April 2013}} and (broadcast at the same time) Harlots, Housewives and Heroines, a three-part series on the lives of women after the Civil War and the Restoration of Charles II.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j2fcq |title=Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A 17th Century History for Girls at BBC4.com |publisher=BBC |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=1 April 2013}} Later that year she presented a documentary on Dorothy Hartley's Food in England as part of the BBC Four "Food and Drink" strand.
Her BBC series A Very British Murder (and the accompanying book, also released as The Art of the English Murder) examined the "morbid national obsession" with murder. The series looked at a number of cases from the 19th century, beginning with the Ratcliff Highway murders which gained national attention in 1811, the Red Barn Murder of 1826 and the "Bermondsey Horror" case of Frederick and Maria Manning in 1849.{{cite news|last=Owen|first=Pamela|title=A Very British Murder: How we became hooked on morbid mysteries |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/very-british-murder-how-became-2291022|access-date=24 September 2013|newspaper=The Mirror|date=22 September 2013}}
In 2014, the three-part series The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain explored the contributions of the German-born kings George I and George II. The series explained why the Hanoverian George I came to be chosen as a British monarch, how he was succeeded by his very different son George II and why, without either, the current United Kingdom would likely be a very different place. The series emphasises the positive influence of these kings whilst showing the flaws in each. A Very British Romance, a three-part series for BBC Four, was based on the romantic novels and sought to uncover the forces shaping the very British idea of 'happily ever after' and how Britons' feelings have been affected by social, political and cultural ideas.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06h1fys | title=A Very British Romance | publisher=BBC | access-date=23 October 2015}}
In 2016, Worsley presented the three-part documentary Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley in January and Lucy Worsley: Mozart's London Odyssey in June.{{cite web|title=Empire of the Tsars: Romanov Russia with Lucy Worsley|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vm9qp|publisher=BBC|access-date=16 September 2016}} In September 2016, she was filming an upcoming series A Very British History for BBC Four.{{cite web|title=BBC crews filming new documentary today in Exeter|url=http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/bbc-crews-filming-documentary-on-exeter-s-cathedral-green/story-29716881-detail/story.html|website=Exeter Express and Echo|access-date=16 September 2016|date=14 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206191405/http://www.exeterexpressandecho.co.uk/bbc-crews-filming-documentary-on-exeter-s-cathedral-green/story-29716881-detail/story.html|archive-date=6 February 2017|url-status=dead}} In December she presented and appeared in dramatised accounts of the three-part BBC series Six Wives with Lucy Worsley. In 2017, she presented a three-part series titled British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley, debunking historical views of the Wars of the Roses, the Glorious Revolution and the British occupation of India.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bqdzl|title=British History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley|access-date=10 April 2017|publisher=BBC Four}}
In 2019, Worsley presented American History's Biggest Fibs, looking at the nation's founding story and American Revolution, the American Civil War, and the Cold War.
During February and March 2020, the first series of Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley was shown on BBC Four; the three-part series discovers how the history of The Reformation, The Spanish Armada and Queen Anne and the Union have been manipulated and mythologised.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fj9f/episodes/player|publisher=BBC|access-date=21 November 2020|title=Royal History's Biggest Fibs With Lucy Worsley Series}}
In November 2020, the second series of Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley aired on BBC2, covering the myths behind The French Revolution, George IV and The Russian Revolution.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/kznq6x/royal-historys-biggest-fibs-with-lucy-worsley-episode-guide/|title=Royal History's Biggest Fibs with Lucy Worsley|publisher=radiotimes.com|access-date=21 November 2020}}
In 2022, Lucy Worsley Investigates began running. The one-hour programme investigates major events in British History, including The Black Death, The Madness of King George, and The Princes in the Tower.{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/show/lucy-worsley-investigates/|title=Lucy Worsley Investigates|publisher=PBS |access-date=25 September 2022}}
On 22 June 2023, she presented The Krypton Factor-style quiz show Puzzling, which made its debut on Channel 5, and of which there are 13 episodes.
=Writing=
Worsley has published a number of books, many guides to houses and the like. Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court (2011) is her most recent work on history. In 2014, BBC Books published her book, A Very British Murder, which was based on the series.{{Cite web|title = A Very British Murder| author= Lucy Worsley| publisher= BBC Books|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/a-very-british-murder-by-lucy-worsley-bbc-books-20-8803067.html|website = The Independent| date= 7 September 2013|access-date = 9 October 2015}}
In April 2016, Worsley published her debut children's novel, Eliza Rose, about a young noble girl in a Tudor Court.{{cite news|last1=Carpani|first1=Jessica|title=Historian Lucy Worsley: My life in eight objects|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/historian-lucy-worsley-my-life-in-eight-objects/|access-date=22 October 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=25 March 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Wade|first1=Francesca|title=Tales of lecherous Tudors|url=http://www.lucyworsley.com/about-my-new-novel-eliza-rose/|access-date=22 October 2016|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=26 March 2016|via=lucyworsley.com}} In 2017, Worsley published a biography of Jane Austen titled Jane Austen at Home: A Biography.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-13160-7|title=Nonfiction Book Review: Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley. St. Martin's}} ({{ISBN|978-1-250-13160-7}})
Worsley also wrote the young-adult book Lady Mary,{{ISBN|978-1408869444}} a history-based book that details the life of Mary I, daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon; it follows her as a young Princess Mary during the time of the divorce of Mary's parents.
Personal life
Worsley lives in Southwark{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/lucy-worsley-s-my-london-8688225.html |title=Lucy Worsley's My London |work=Evening Standard|location=London |date=5 July 2013 |access-date=23 August 2015}} by the River Thames in south London with her husband, award-winning architect Mark Hines, whom she married in November 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.lucyworsley.com/on-being-2-5-famous/ |title=On being 2.5% famous |publisher=Lucy Worsley |date=22 July 2012 |access-date=1 April 2013}} Their home is "a minimalist loft-style flat". With reference to having children, Worsley once said she has been "educated out of normal reproductive function";Times, 5/8/13 however, she later said her statement had been "misinterpreted and sounded darker than I'd intended".{{cite news|last=Wintle |first=Angela |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/12/lucy-worsley-my-family-values |title=Lucy Worsley: My family values |newspaper=The Guardian|location=London |date=12 April 2013 |access-date=10 November 2016}}
As a television presenter, she is known for having a rhotacism, a minor speech impairment which affects her pronunciation of "r". When she made the move from BBC Four to BBC Two for the series Fit to Rule: How Royal Illness Changed History, she worked with a speech and language therapist to help with her pronunciation, but to no avail.{{cite web|url=http://www.lucyworsley.com/in-which-my-speech-impediment-in-criticised-but-all-ends-happily/|title=In which my speech impediment is criticised, but all ends happily|date=7 April 2013 |publisher=LucyWorsley.com}}
In her teens, Worsley represented Berkshire at cross country running and, as a pastime, is still a keen participant in the sport.{{cite news|last=Wintle |first=Angela |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/8828217/World-of-Dr-Lucy-Worsley-curator-and-broadcaster.html |title=World of Dr Lucy Worsley, curator and broadcaster |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |date=14 October 2011 |access-date=1 April 2013}}
Awards and honours
- In February 2015, the Royal Television Society nominated Worsley (best presenter) and The First Georgians (best history programme) in its annual awards.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/11433985/Claudia-Winkleman-nominated-for-RTS-award-for-her-new-role-as-Strictly-presenter.html |title= Claudia Winkleman nominated for RTS award for her new role as Strictly presenter |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London |author=Siobhan Palmer |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=17 March 2015 }}
- In July 2015, she was made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Sussex (where she completed her doctorate).{{cite web |last1=Wadsworth |first1=Jo |title=TV historian given honorary Sussex Uni degree |url=http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2015/07/13/tv-historian-given-honorary-sussex-uni-degree-2/40994 |work=Brighton and Hove News |date=13 July 2015 |access-date=20 July 2015 }}
- She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to history and heritage. The investiture by Charles, Prince of Wales, took place at Buckingham Palace on 16 November 2018.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46238743 |title=TV historian Lucy Worsley was appointed an OBE |publisher=BBC News |date=16 November 2018 }}
Credits
=Television programmes=
=Podcasts=
- Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley (2022){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2022/lady-killers-with-lucy-worsley|title=Lucy Worsley uncovers the true stories of Victorian women accused of murder in a new podcast and series|publisher=BBC/mediacentre|access-date=13 March 2022}}
- Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley (2023){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/lady-killers-lucy-worsley-returns-bbc-radio-four|title=Lady Killers with Lucy Worsley to return for second season|publisher=BBC/mediacentre|access-date=14 March 2023}}
- Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley (2024){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/lady-swindlers-with-lucy-worsley|title=This is Lady Swindlers with Lucy Worsley|publisher=BBC/mediacentre|access-date=23 September 2024}}
Bibliography
= Guidebooks =
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Hardwick Old Hall |publisher=English Heritage Guidebooks |year=1998 |isbn=9781850746959 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Worsley |first1=Lucy |title=Bolsover Castle |last2=Wilson |first2=Louise |publisher=English Heritage Guidebooks |year=2001 |isbn=9781850747628 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire |publisher=English Heritage Guidebooks |year=2001 |isbn=9781850747475 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Worsley |first1=Lucy |title=Hampton Court Palace: The Official Illustrated History |last2=Souden |first2=David |publisher=Merrell Publishers |year=2005 |isbn=9781858942827 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last1=Worsley |first1=Lucy |title=The Royal Palaces of London |last2=Dolman |first2=Brett |last3=Souden |first3=David |publisher=Merrell |year=2008 |isbn=9781858944234 |author-mask=2}} Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales
= Other non-fiction =
- Cavalier: A Tale of Chivalry, Passion and Great Houses (Faber & Faber, 2007, {{isbn|9780571227037}})
- Cavalier: The Story of a 17th Century Playboy (paperback edition, Faber & Faber, 2008, {{isbn|9780571227044}})
- Henry VIII: 500 Facts, with Brett Dolman, Suzannah Lipscomb and Lee Prosser (Historic Royal Palaces, 2009, {{isbn|9781873993125}})
- Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court (Faber & Faber, 2011, {{isbn|9780571238903}})
- The Courtiers: Splendor and Intrigue in the Georgian Court at Kensington Palace (US edition, Walker Books, 2010, {{isbn|9780802719874}})
- If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home (Faber & Faber, 2012, {{isbn|9780571259540}})
- A Very British Murder: The Story of a National Obsession (BBC Books, 2013, {{isbn|9781849906340}})
- The Art of the English Murder: From Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock (US edition, Pegasus Books, 2015, {{isbn|9781605989099}})
- Jane Austen at Home (Hodder & Stoughton, 2017, {{isbn|9781473632189}})
- Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow (Hodder & Stoughton, 2018, {{isbn|9781473651388}})
- Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life (US edition, St. Martin's Press, 2019, {{isbn|9781250201423}})
- Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman (Hodder & Stoughton, 2022, {{isbn|9781529303872}})
= Young adult fiction =
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Eliza Rose |publisher=Bloomsbury Children's |year=2016 |isbn=9781408869437 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Maid of the King's Court |publisher=Candlewick Press |year=2017 |isbn=9780763688066 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=My Name Is Victoria |publisher=Bloomsbury Children's |year=2017 |isbn=9781408882016 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Lady Mary |publisher=Bloomsbury Children's |year=2018 |isbn=9781408869444 |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=The Austen Girls |publisher=Bloomsbury Children's |year=2020 |isbn=9781526605450 |author-mask=2}}
= Forewords and introductions =
- {{Cite book |last=Hartley |first=Dorothy |author-link=Dorothy Hartley |title=Lost World: England 1933–1936 |publisher=Prospect Books |year=2012 |others=Introduction by Lucy Worsley |isbn=9781903018972}}
- {{Cite book |last=Corbett |first=Sue |title=The Times – Great Women's Lives: A Celebration in Obituaries |publisher=The History Press |year=2014 |isbn=9780750962346 |editor1-last=Corbett |editor1-first=Sue |chapter=Introduction |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Worsley |first=Lucy |title=Chocolate Fit for a Queen |publisher=Ebury Press |year=2015 |isbn=9781785031243 |editor-last=Historic Royal Palaces Enterprises |language=en |chapter=Introduction |author-mask=2}}
- {{Cite book |last=Austen |first=Jane |author-link=Jane Austen |title=Mansfield Park |title-link=Mansfield Park |publisher=Folio Society |others=Introduction by Lucy Worsley. Illustrated by Darya Shnykina |year=2017 |language=en |oclc=1107990187}}
- {{Cite book |last=Wilding |first=Valerie |title=Fabulously Feisty Queens |publisher=Wren & Rook |others=Introduction by Lucy Worsley. Illustrated by Pauline Reeves |year=2020 |isbn=9781526361905 |location=London |language=en}}
=Tours=
- Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder (2021){{cite web|url=https://octagon-theatre.co.uk/whats-on/all-shows/lucy-worsley/8277/#details|title=Lucy Worsley: A Very British Murder|website=octagon-theatre.co.uk|accessdate=30 April 2023}}
- An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie (2022–2024){{cite web|url=https://www.fane.co.uk/lucy-worsley|title=An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Agatha Christie|website=fane.co.uk|date=9 September 2019 |accessdate=11 June 2023}}
- An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen (2024–2025){{cite web|url=https://www.fane.co.uk/lucy-worsley|title=An Audience with Lucy Worsley on Jane Austen|website=fane.co.uk |date=9 September 2019 |accessdate=8 October 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27208339 BBC Historian Lucy Worsley explores her own past]
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- [http://www.hrp.org.uk/ Historic Royal Palaces Official Website]
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/tv/authors/d116849a-88f1-320b-bb28-7b4dc98fe33e Lucy Worsley BBC Blog Page]
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- [https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2011/mar/27/lucy-worsley-tv-history-interview 'Lots of historians are sniffy about re-enactors'] The Guardian 27 March 2011.
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