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Suzannah Lipscomb

{{Short description|British historian and television presenter}}

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Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb{{cite web |url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1999-00/weekly/041199/coll.htm |title=Oxford University Gazette, 4 November 1999: Colleges |website=Ox.ac.uk |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071421/http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/1999-00/weekly/041199/coll.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010030157.html |title=Lipscomb, Suzannah – LC Linked Data Service | Library of Congress |website=Id.loc.gov |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220212014/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010030157.html |archive-date=20 December 2016 }} {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|FHEA|FSA}} (born 7 December 1978)[http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010030157.html "Lipscomb, Suzannah"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521105636/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010030157.html |date=21 May 2014 }}, Library of Congress Name Authority File is a British historian and professor emerita at the University of Roehampton,{{Cite web|url=https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/suzannah-lipscomb|title = Suzannah Lipscomb|website=Pure.roehampton.ac.uk}} a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Higher Education Academy and the Society of Antiquaries,{{cite web | url=https://www.sal.org.uk/?s=Suzannah+Lipscomb&post_type=sal_fellow | title=You searched for Suzannah Lipscomb |website=Sal.org.uk}} and has for many years contributed a regular column to History Today.{{Cite web|url=https://www.historytoday.com/author/suzannah-lipscomb|title = Suzannah Lipscomb |website=Historytoday.com}} She has written and edited a number of books, presented numerous historical documentaries on TV and is host of the Not Just the Tudors podcast from History Hit.{{cite web | url=https://access.historyhit.com/not-just-the-tudors | title=🎧 Not Just the Tudors |website=Access.historyhit.com}} She is also a royal historian for NBC.{{cite web | url=https://www.msnbc.com/yasmin-vossoughian-reports/watch/the-significance-of-queen-elizabeth-naming-camilla-queen-consort-132565061878 | title=The significance of Queen Elizabeth naming Camilla 'queen consort' | website=MSNBC }}

Her research focuses on the sixteenth century, in both English and French history, and covers religious, gender, political, social, and psychological history. She has also written and talked about British and European witch trials.

Lipscomb was previously a member of the board of governors of Epsom College.{{Cite web|url=https://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/about-epsom/governors/|title=Governors|website=Epsomcollege.org.uk|access-date=15 January 2022}} She worked as a curator for Historic Royal Palaces at Hampton Court;{{Cite web|url=http://www.stmaryscalne.org/weblinks/Lectures/Suzannah%20Lipscomb.pdf|title=St Mary's Calne|website=Stmaryscalne.org|access-date=15 January 2022|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063605/http://www.stmaryscalne.org/weblinks/Lectures/Suzannah%20Lipscomb.pdf|url-status=dead}} as a lecturer at the University of East Anglia; as a senior lecturer and convenor for history at the New College of the Humanities;{{cite web |url=https://www.nchum.org/faculty/dr-suzannah-lipscomb |title=Dr Suzannah Lipscomb | NCH |website=Nchum.org |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217122653/https://www.nchum.org/faculty/dr-suzannah-lipscomb |archive-date=17 December 2014 |url-status=dead}} and, as a reader at the University of Roehampton, where she became a professor when she was appointed to a personal chair as a professor of history in January 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/staff/find-staff/|title = Find a member of university staff|website=Roehampton.ac.uk}}

In December 2020, Lipscomb was appointed a trustee of the Mary Rose Trust.{{Cite web|url=https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/277503/trustees|title = THE MARY ROSE TRUST – Charity 277503|website=Register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk}}

Early life and education

Lipscomb grew up in Surrey near Hampton Court Palace, which she credits for sowing “the seeds of a lifelong fascination with the Tudors.”{{cite web|url=http://www.eadt.co.uk/ea-life/sixteenth-century-girl-s-love-for-tudor-suffolk-1-1421845 |title=Sixteenth-Century Girl's love for Tudor Suffolk |last=Russell |first=Steven |work=East Anglian Daily Times |date=29 June 2012 |access-date=28 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714185105/http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/features/sixteenth_century_girl_s_love_for_tudor_suffolk_1_1421845 |archive-date=14 July 2014 }} She was educated at Nonsuch High School for Girls, Epsom College, and Lincoln and Balliol colleges of the University of Oxford.{{cite web|url=http://www.historyextra.com/feature/historian/history-weekend-2014-preview-5-minutes-with%E2%80%A6-suzannah-lipscomb |title=History Weekend 2014 Malmesbury preview: 5 minutes with… Suzannah Lipscomb |publisher=History Extra |date=2014-09-08 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004071252/http://www.historyextra.com/feature/historian/history-weekend-2014-preview-5-minutes-with%E2%80%A6-suzannah-lipscomb |archive-date=4 October 2014 }}Epsom College (21 November 2013). [http://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/news/21st-november-2013-history-society-welcomes-renowned-oe "History Society welcomes renowned Old Epsomian"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195052/http://www.epsomcollege.org.uk/news/21st-november-2013-history-society-welcomes-renowned-oe |date=14 July 2014 }}. Retrieved 18 June 2014.[http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf Lincoln College News (August 2009)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080520/http://www.lincoln.ox.ac.uk/uploads/files/09Imprint_ForWebsite.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}, p. 32. Retrieved 18 June 2014. In 2009, she was awarded her Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford, with a thesis entitled Maids, Wives, and Mistresses: Disciplined Women in Reformation Languedoc.British Library. [http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517223 uk.bl.ethos.517223] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520234006/http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517223 |date=20 May 2014 }}. Retrieved 20 May 2014. Her doctoral supervisor was Robin Briggs.{{cite book |last1=Lipscomb |first1=Suzannah |title=1536: The Year That Changed Henry VIII |date=2009 |publisher=Lion Books |location=Oxford |isbn=9780745953656 |page=9}}

Academic career

While completing her thesis, she worked as a curator at Hampton Court Palace, where she was responsible for organising a series of exhibitions held throughout the spring and summer of 2009 to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII of England's accession to the throne.Little, Reg (28 May 2009). [http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/4388991.New_face_of_Tudor_history/ "New face of Tudor history"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214003836/http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/features/4388991.New_face_of_Tudor_history/ |date=14 December 2013 }}. Oxford Times. Retrieved 20 May 2014. The programme won the 2011 Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-sponsored KTP Award for Humanities for the Creative Economy.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/901/01-aug-2012-knowledge-transfer-partnership-ktp-wins-award/ |title=Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) wins award – News – Kingston University London |publisher=Kingston.ac.uk |date=2012-08-01 |access-date=2017-06-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518063028/http://www.kingston.ac.uk/news/article/901/01-aug-2012-knowledge-transfer-partnership-ktp-wins-award/ |archive-date=18 May 2013 }} She is a consultant to Historic Royal Palaces, and is an external member of their research strategy board.{{cite web|url=http://www.stmaryscalne.org/weblinks/Lectures/Suzannah%20Lipscomb.pdf |title=Evening Lecture : Dr Suzannah Lipscomb |website=Stmaryscalne.org |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063605/http://www.stmaryscalne.org/weblinks/Lectures/Suzannah%20Lipscomb.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}

In 2010, Lipscomb became a lecturer in history at the University of East Anglia.{{cite web |url=https://eastanglia.academia.edu/SuzannahLipscomb/CurriculumVitae |title=Suzannah Lipscomb, University of East Anglia |work=academia.edu |year=2014 |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121052331/http://eastanglia.academia.edu/SuzannahLipscomb/CurriculumVitae |archive-date=21 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

In 2011, Lipscomb was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org/rhsfellows-l.pdf |title=Fellows of the Royal Historical Society (L) |publisher=Royalhistoricalsociety.org |access-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111223937/http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org/rhsfellows-l.pdf |archive-date=11 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}{{Cite web |url=https://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RHS-Fellows-L.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 October 2018 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026025051/https://5hm1h4aktue2uejbs1hsqt31-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/RHS-Fellows-L.pdf |url-status=dead }}

From September 2011, she was head of the Faculty of History at the New College of the Humanities, and stepped down in September 2016 to concentrate on research and teaching for a further year.{{cite web |url=https://www.nchum.org/faculty/dr-suzannah-lipscomb |title=Dr Suzannah Lipscomb | NCH |work=nchum.org |year=2014 |access-date=6 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217122653/https://www.nchum.org/faculty/dr-suzannah-lipscomb |archive-date=17 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about/ |title=About – Suzannah Lipscomb |website=Suzannahlipscomb.com |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214082729/http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about/ |archive-date=14 December 2016 }}

In 2012, Lipscomb was awarded the Nancy Lyman Roelker Prize{{cite web |url=http://www.sixteenthcentury.org/prizes/roelker/ |title=Sixteenth Century Society & Conference |work=sixteenthcentury.org |year=2014 |access-date=15 August 2023}} by the Sixteenth Century Society for her journal article "Crossing Boundaries: Women's Gossip, Insults, and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France", in French History (Vol. 25, No. 4).{{cite web|url=http://article.wn.com/view/2012/10/30/NCH_Historian_wins_prestigious_US_essay_prize/ |title=NCH Historian wins prestigious US essay prize |website=Article.wn.com |year=2014 |access-date=22 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522234020/http://article.wn.com/view/2012/10/30/NCH_Historian_wins_prestigious_US_essay_prize/ |archive-date=22 May 2014 }}

In October 2018, Lipscomb was elected a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.{{Cite web |url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/wp-content/uploads/PR151347-HEA0312155.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=25 October 2018 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064552/http://suzannahlipscomb.com/wp-content/uploads/PR151347-HEA0312155.pdf |url-status=dead }}

In September 2017, she joined the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Roehampton as a reader in Early Modern History,{{cite web|url=https://www.roehampton.ac.uk/humanities/news/acclaimed-historian-broadcaster-and-academic-appointed-as-reader-in-early-modern-history/|title=Historian and broadcaster Dr Suzannah Lipscomb joins Roehampton|website=Roehampton University|access-date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about/|title=About|date=28 August 2017|website=Suzannahlipscomb.com|access-date=15 October 2018}} and was appointed as a professor of history at the University of Roehampton in January 2019.{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/about/|title=About|website=Suzannahlipscomb.com|date=28 August 2017}} She is currently professor emerita in their School of Humanities and Social Sciences.{{Cite web |title=Suzannah Lipscomb |url=https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/suzannah-lipscomb |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=University of Roehampton Research Explorer |language=en}}

Lipscomb previously served as a governor at Epsom College, and was appointed as a Trustee to the Mary Rose Trust in December 2020.

In 2021, Lipscomb was awarded a Special Commendation by the Social History Society for her book, The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc.{{Cite web|url=https://socialhistory.org.uk/2021/07/05/book-prize-winners-2021/|title=Book Prize Winners 2021|website=Socialhistory.org.uk|date=5 July 2021|access-date=15 January 2022}}

At their ballot on 17th February 2022, Lipscomb was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sal.org.uk/2022/02/17-february-ballot-results/|title = 17 February ballot results|date = 24 February 2022}}

Media career

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She contributed to five episodes of The Secret Life Of: for the Yesterday TV channel.{{cite web |url=http://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/secret-life/watch-online/ |title=Watch The Secret Life Of... TV Online | Free Full Episodes | Yesterday Channel |publisher=Yesterday.uktv.co.uk |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228234009/http://yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/secret-life/watch-online/ |archive-date=28 December 2013 |df=dmy-all }} The series was designed to give "tabloid treatment of historical icons",{{cite news |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/08/29/secret-life-of-gives-history-the-tmz-treatment/ |title=History goes pop on The Secret Life Of … |last=Atkinson |first=Nathalie |date=29 August 2012 |work=National Post |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140520115602/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/08/29/secret-life-of-gives-history-the-tmz-treatment/ |archive-date=20 May 2014 |df=dmy-all }} and includes an episode where Lipscomb and co-host Lucy Worsley "revel in these raunchy titbits" about Henry VIII's love life.{{cite news|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wggdv/the-secret-life-of--series-1---1-henry-viii |title=The Secret Life Of (Series 1 – 1. The Secret Life of Henry VIII) |last=Gill |first=James |work=Radio Times |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521031248/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/wggdv/the-secret-life-of--series-1---1-henry-viii |archive-date=21 May 2014 }} Lipscomb also contributed to Time Team, Series 20, for Channel 4.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeteamdigital.com/digs/henham-park/historian-suzannah-lipscomb-describes-charles-brandon-duke-of-suffolk |title=Time Team – Historian Suzannah Lipscomb Describes Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk |publisher=Timeteamdigital.com |access-date=22 December 2013}}

With Joe Crowley, she presented Bloody Tales of Europe and Bloody Tales of the Tower for the National Geographic Channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.natgeotv.com/uk/shows/natgeo/bloody-tales-of-the-tower |title=Bloody Tales of the Tower – National Geographic Channel – UK |publisher=natgeotv.com |access-date=20 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111214146/http://natgeotv.com/uk/bloody-tales-of-the-tower |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://natgeotv.com/uk/bloody-tales-1 |title=Bloody Tales – National Geographic Channel – UK |publisher=Natgeotv.com |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011744/http://natgeotv.com/uk/bloody-tales-1 |archive-date=3 December 2013 }}

In May 2013, Lipscomb appeared in The Last Days of Anne Boleyn on BBC Two, which featured other historians and historical novelists, including David Starkey, Philippa Gregory, and Hilary Mantel.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/may/24/last-days-anne-boleyn-tv-review |title=The Last Days of Anne Boleyn; The Hunt for Britain's Sex Gangs – TV review | Television & radio | The Guardian |first=Sam |last=Wollaston |website=Theguardian.com |year=2015 |access-date=31 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304232425/http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/may/24/last-days-anne-boleyn-tv-review |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}

Lipscomb co-presented I Never Knew That About Britain, for ITV (2014). The series was described by The Independent{{'}}s critic, Ellen E. Jones, as "too busy adorning the obvious with bunting to uncover anything truly fascinating".Jones, Ellen E. (4 March 2014). [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/i-never-knew-that-about-britain-itv--tv-review-9166690.html "Review: I Never Knew That About Britain"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520220159/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/i-never-knew-that-about-britain-itv--tv-review-9166690.html |date=20 May 2014 }}. The Independent. Retrieved 20 May 2014.

She wrote and presented a two-part documentary titled Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/shows/henry-anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history |title=Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History |work=Five |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708013246/http://www.channel5.com/shows/henry-anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history |archive-date=8 July 2014 }} for Channel 5. The Daily Telegraph critic, Jake Wallis Simons, called it "dumbed-down tommyrot".{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/shows/henry-anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history/episodes/episode-1-613 |title=Episode 1 | Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History | Channel 5 |publisher=channel5.com |access-date=4 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202815/http://www.channel5.com/shows/henry-anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history/episodes/episode-1-613 |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}{{cite news|last=Simons |first=Jake Wallis |date=20 February 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10646016/Henry-and-Anne-The-Lovers-Who-Changed-History-Channel-5-review.html |title=Henry & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History, Channel 5, review |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=20 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414092703/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/10646016/Henry-and-Anne-The-Lovers-Who-Changed-History-Channel-5-review.html |archive-date=14 April 2014 }} However, the Radio Times stated that "Dr Suzannah Lipscomb can manage the story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn perfectly well all by herself [without 'ropey reconstructions']."{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/csywzm/henry-viii--anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history--series-1---episode-1 |title=Henry VIII & Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History |last=Graham |first=Alison |access-date=23 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311013953/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/csywzm/henry-viii--anne-the-lovers-who-changed-history--series-1---episode-1 |archive-date=11 March 2014 }} In January 2019, the programme was re-presented on Channel 5 as Queen for a Thousand Days.{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/episode/anne-boleyn-queen-for-a-thousand-days|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}

Lipscomb wrote and presented Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home for BBC Four,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rp5hh |title=BBC Four – Hidden Killers, Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=18 July 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901052439/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rp5hh |archive-date=1 September 2013 }} as well as the follow-up shows New Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mrtvs |title=BBC Four – Hidden Killers, Series 1, The Victorian Home, Hidden Killers: The Victorian Home – preview |date=3 December 2013 |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406233826/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01mrtvs |archive-date=6 April 2014 }} Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home,James, Clive (17 April 2014). [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10772159/Clive-James-Keeping-up-appearances.html "Keeping up appearances" (review)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522114949/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10772159/Clive-James-Keeping-up-appearances.html |date=22 May 2014 }}. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 20 May 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n2bts |title=BBC Four – Hidden Killers, Series 1, The Edwardian Home, Hidden Killers: The Edwardian Home – preview |date=10 December 2013 |publisher=bbc.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406233832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n2bts |archive-date=6 April 2014 }} and Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-hidden-killers-of-the-tudor-home-bbc4--tv-review-9990785.html |title=The Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home, BBC4 – TV review |work=The Independent |access-date=27 February 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421203949/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/the-hidden-killers-of-the-tudor-home-bbc4--tv-review-9990785.html |archive-date=21 April 2015 }} Writing for the Daily Telegraph, Australian critic Clive James gave Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home a positive review, "principally because Ms Lipscomb was almost as fascinating as her subject". In May 2016, she wrote and presented Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home, again for BBC Four.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07chyly|title=BBC Four – Hidden Killers, The Post-War Home|website=BBC}}

In October 2015, Lipscomb wrote and presented Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder, a two-part documentary for Channel 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/shows/witches-a-century-of-murder|title=Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder|work=Five}}{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/shows/witches-a-century-of-murder/episodes/episode-1-837|title=Episode 1|work=Five}} On 27 October 2015, Lipscomb joined Matthew Sweet, Marina Warner, Larushka Ivan-zadeh, Claire Nally, and Catherine Spooner, to talk about witchcraft and witch-hunting, in history, film, and politics on the BBC Radio programme Free Thinking.{{cite web|url=http://suzannahlipscomb.com/2015/10/bbc-radio-3-free-thinking-witch-finding/|title=BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking: Witch-Finding|date=27 October 2015|website=Suzannahlipscomb.com|access-date=15 October 2018 |last1=Lipscomb |first1=Suzannah }}

In January 2016 and January 2017, she appeared in two episodes of the BBC Two comedy panel game show Insert Name Here.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08bgfpj/insert-name-here-series-2-3-mary |title=BBC iPlayer – Insert Name Here – Series 2: 3. Mary |website=Bbc.co.uk |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118085051/http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08bgfpj/insert-name-here-series-2-3-mary |archive-date=18 January 2017 }} Between November 2017 and January 2018, she again participated in a further four episodes of the same programme.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086t4qj/episodes/player|title=BBC Two – Insert Name Here – Available now|website=BBC|access-date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086t4qj/broadcasts/upcoming|title=BBC Two – Insert Name Here – Next on|website=BBC|access-date=15 October 2018}} She participated on the programme additional times in January 2018 and December 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/insert_name_here/|title=Insert Name Here – BBC2 Panel Show|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}} In April 2016, she co-wrote and co-presented, with Dan Jones, Henry VIII and His Six Wives,{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/henry-viii-and-his-six-wives |title=Henry VIII and His Six Wives |publisher=Channel 5 |date=2016-11-10 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220194959/http://www.channel5.com/show/henry-viii-and-his-six-wives |archive-date=20 December 2016 }} which was shown on Channel 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com |title=Home |publisher=Channel 5 |date=2016-11-10 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117092617/http://www.channel5.com/ |archive-date=17 January 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://ahistorygeekblogs.weebly.com/blog/review-henry-viii-and-his-six-queens |title=Review: Henry VIII and His Six Queens – My Future Is In The Past |website=Ahistorygeekblogs.weebly.com |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010184737/http://ahistorygeekblogs.weebly.com/blog/review-henry-viii-and-his-six-queens |archive-date=10 October 2016 }} On 13 December 2016, she appeared as a contestant on Series 6 of Celebrity Antiques Road Trip,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085z46d |title=BBC Two – Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Series 6, Suzannah Lipscomb and Kate Williams |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2016-12-13 |access-date=2017-01-17}} partnered with David Harper, against Kate Williams and Catherine Southon.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b085z46d/credits |title=BBC Two – Celebrity Antiques Road Trip, Series 6, Suzannah Lipscomb and Kate Williams – Credits |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2017-01-17}}

In January 2017, Lipscomb spoke about how C. S. Lewis had inspired her life on BBC Radio 4's Great Lives series,{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086s76k |title=BBC Radio 4 – Great Lives, Series 41, Suzannah Lipscomb on CS Lewis |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2017-01-06 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105124007/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b086s76k |archive-date=5 January 2017 }} together with Malcolm Guite. That same month, Lipscomb appeared on BBC Radio 4's Today programme{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bg0g9 |title=BBC Radio 4 – Today, 17/01/2017 |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170117083111/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bg0g9 |archive-date=17 January 2017 }} to discuss the Archbishop of Canterbury's expected apology for the violence that followed the Protestant Reformation, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.{{cite web|url=https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=30483 |title=Archbishop of Canterbury to apologize for violence of Protestant Reformation : News Headlines |publisher=Catholic Culture |date=2011-05-13 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118052250/https://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=30483 |archive-date=18 January 2017 }}

In May 2017, in collaboration with Dan Jones, Lipscomb co-wrote and co-presented a three-part docu-drama, Elizabeth I, for Channel 5.{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/elizabeth-i/ |title=Elizabeth I |publisher=Channel 5 |date=2017-03-28 |access-date=2017-06-21}} For three consecutive evenings in May and June 2017, Lipscomb, alongside Dan Jones and engineer Rob Bell, presented The Great Fire for Channel 5, a series in which the three presenters walked the actual route the Great Fire of London took across the city.{{cite web|url=http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/96794-ch5/ |title=Three part series on The Great Fire of London to air on Channel 5 |publisher=ATV Today |access-date=2017-06-21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170522184418/http://www.atvtoday.co.uk/96794-ch5/ |archive-date=22 May 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.channel5.com/show/the-great-fire-in-real-time/|title=The Great Fire: In Real Time – Channel 5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web|last=Butcher |first=David |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/fqc9nw/the-great-fire--s1-e1-the-great-fire-london-burns/ |title=The Great Fire: London Burns – what time is it on TV? Episode 1 Series 1 cast list and preview |publisher=Radiotimes.com |access-date=2017-06-21}} In June and July 2017, Lipscomb was the week's guest on the BBC Radio 3 programme titled Essential Classics, where she selected her favourite classical pieces of music for presenter Rob Cowan.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057czrf|title=BBC Radio 3 – My Essential Classics, Suzannah Lipscomb|website=BBC|date=30 June 2017 |access-date=15 October 2018}}

Between 2017 and 2019, Lipscomb was a regular contributor to "Dictionary Corner" on Countdown with Susie Dent.{{cite web|url=http://wiki.apterous.org/Suzannah_Lipscomb|title=Suzannah Lipscomb – Countdown|website=Wiki.apterous.org|access-date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/hmfd97/countdown--28012019/|title=Countdown – S2019 – 28/01/2019|website=Radio Times}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/countdown|title=Countdown – All 4|website=Channel4.com|access-date=15 January 2022}} On 13 January 2018, Lipscomb appeared as a contestant on an academic version of Pointless Celebrities, partnered with performance poet John Cooper Clarke, where they reached the head-to-head round.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01d09p5/broadcasts/2018/01|title=Pointless Celebrities – Next on – BBC One|website=BBC|access-date=15 October 2018}}

In March and April 2018, she appeared on Channel 5's Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/new-2018-series-of-secrets-of-the-national-trust-with-alan-titchmarsh|title=New 2018 series of Secrets of the National Trust with Alan Titchmarsh|website=National Trust|access-date=15 October 2018}} On 6 March 2018, in Series 2, Episode 2, she visited Cliveden Conservation to meet the stonemasons restoring Stowe's statues. On 3 April 2018, in Episode 6, she visited County Down, where she learnt about Castle Ward's starring role in the TV adaptation of Game of Thrones, and made swords with the show's armourer.

In March 2018, Lipscomb began a series of podcasts for Historic England entitled Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places.{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/100-places/|title=Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places|work=Historic England}} The podcast, presented by Lipscomb and journalist Emma Barnett, was awarded silver (second) in the "Best Branded Content" category of the British Podcast Awards on 19 May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/nominations-2018/|title=Nominations 2018|website=British Podcast Awards|access-date=15 October 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/winners-2018/|title=Winners 2018|website=British Podcast Awards|access-date=15 October 2018}} Lipscomb presented The Tsar and Empress: Secret Letters on Australia's SBS TV Channel in April 2018,{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/whats-on-tv-tuesday-april-3-20180323-h0xux7.html|title=What's on TV: Tuesday, April 3|date=23 March 2018|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=15 October 2018}} and on the Yesterday channel in May 2018.{{cite web|url=https://uktvplay.uktv.co.uk/shows/nicholas-and-alexandra/watch-online/|title=Nicholas and Alexandra |website=Uktvplay.uktv.co.uk|access-date=15 October 2018}}

Over four weeks in March 2019, Lipscomb, with Dan Jones and engineer Rob Bell, presented London: 2000 Years of History, for Channel 5 (UK).{{Cite web|url=https://www.channel5.com/show/london-2000-years-of-history|title=My5|website=Channel5.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}

Lipscomb was a judge of the biography and memoirs section for the Costa Book Awards, and the Costa Book of the Year competition in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://costanewsroom.vuelio.co.uk/press/press-releases/83b01899-f7ff-403d-8deb-aaa05f7165e0/judges-announced-for-2019-costa-book-awards|title = Judges Announced for 2019 Costa Book Awards|website=Costanewsroom.vuelio.co.uk}} In 2020, she was Head Judge of all sections of the Costa Book Awards, and the Costa Book of the Year.{{cite web|url=https://www.costa.co.uk/behind-the-beans/costa-book-awards/judges|title=2021 Costa Book Awards Final Judging Panel|website=Costa.co.uk|access-date=15 January 2022}}

On 29 April 2021, Lipscomb began presenting her own podcast under the History Hit Umbrella, entitled Not Just The Tudors. After the initial four episodes, new episodes of Not Just The Tudors became available twice weekly. One reviewer on Podbay gives it five stars and says, "The blend of scholarship and public history is perfect", another five-star reviewer states, "It is informative yet pithy, humorous yet serious. Also impressive is the huge range of topics it addresses! I’m always amazed."{{cite web | url=https://podbay.fm/p/not-just-the-tudors/reviews | title=Reviews for Not Just the Tudors }} Other reviewers on Chartable describe this podcast as "Addictive", "Splendid presentation and intriguing material", and "Fascinating and refreshing".{{cite web | url=https://chartable.com/podcasts/not-just-the-tudors-1564113869 | title=Not Just the Tudors Podcast – Listen, Reviews, Charts }}

In July and August 2021, Lipscomb presented Walking Tudor Britain{{cite web| url = https://www.channel5.com/show/walking-tudor-britain/| title = My5|website=Channel5.com}} for 5Select, in which the historian walked across different parts of Britain to uncover exciting hidden secrets of Tudor history.

In November 2021, Lipscomb was a guest on Damian Barr's The Big Scottish Book Club,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0011hmn|title=BBC Scotland – The Big Scottish Book Club, Series 3, Episode 2|website=BBC|access-date=15 January 2022}} where she gave a reading from her latest book, What is History, Now?, followed by a discussion about how to recover the lost lives of women.

In September 2022 Lipscomb was a major contributor to The Age of Elizabeth{{cite web | url=https://www.itv.com/hub/the-age-of-elizabeth/2a5139 | title=The Age of Elizabeth – Watch episodes }} after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

On 30th January 2023 for More Four Lipscomb presented The Royals: A History of Scandals,{{cite web | url=https://tvregular.com/2023/02/20/the-royals-a-history-of-scandals-scandalous-marriages-s1e4-20-february-2023-on-more-4/ | title=The Royals: A History of Scandals "Scandalous Marriages" S1E4 20 February 2023 on More 4 – TV Regular | date=20 February 2023 }} a four-part series written by her and featuring in the first episode Wealth and Opulence, followed by Suspicious Deaths; Sex & Infidelity, and Scandalous Marriages over the following three weeks.

In 2023 Lipscomb presented the first series of Step Into The Past, a podcast in collaboration with the National Trust, the first episode of which was about Lipscomb's own family.{{cite web | url=https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/podcast | title=Step into the Past | Findmypast podcast }}

Lipscomb is chair of judges of the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2024, the longlist for which was announced on 15 February 2024.{{cite web | url=https://womensprize.com/prizes/womens-prize-for-non-fiction/ | title=Women's Prize for non Fiction }}

In October 2024 Lipscomb presented the first part of the second series of [https://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-history-of-royal-scandals The Royals: A History of Scandals] which will continue over six weeks. Part One was entitled Murder.https://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-history-of-royal-scandals

Political life

In May 2016, Lipscomb was one of 300 prominent historians, including Simon Schama and Niall Ferguson, who were signatories to a letter to The Guardian, telling voters that if they chose to leave the European Union (EU) on 23 June, they would be condemning Britain to irrelevance.{{cite web|url=http://historiansforbritainineurope.org |title=Historians for Britain IN Europe |publisher=Historians for Britain IN Europe |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519151249/http://historiansforbritainineurope.org/ |archive-date=19 May 2017 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.historytoday.com/various-authors/fog-channel-historians-isolated |title=Fog in Channel, Historians Isolated |publisher=History Today |date=2015-05-18 |access-date=2017-01-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230160012/http://www.historytoday.com/various-authors/fog-channel-historians-isolated |archive-date=30 December 2016 }}

In January 2022, Lipscomb was one of over 310 writers and publishers, including Bernardine Evaristo and Robert Macfarlane, who asked the House of Lords to vote down the government's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Bill in a letter to The Times, entitled Freedom to Protest.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolicingBill?src=hashtag_click|title=Protesters rally across UK against police and crime bill|website=Twitter.com|access-date=15 January 2022}}

Personal life

Reflecting on her days at Nonsuch High School For Girls in 2022, she said "It was completely part of the culture that there was an older girl that you had a crush on and that was for everybody, no matter. Though many people ended up not identifying themselves as being gay."[https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/sister-queens-mary-ii-and-anne/id1564113869?i=1000566599863 Not Just the Tudors podcast by History Hit; Episode – Sister Queens: Mary II and Anne 29:56–30:14]. Retrieved 20 June 2022.

Lipscomb is currently married and raises a child with her husband, actor Tom Hutch. They also have a dog.{{Cite web |title=The Life Lessons Podcast: Take Perspective From History: Professor Suzannah Lipscomb on Apple Podcasts |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/take-perspective-from-history-professor-suzannah-lipscomb/id1564063336?i=1000638128211 |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=Apple Podcasts |language=en-GB}}

Bibliography

  • Henry VIII: 500 Facts. Brett Dolman, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lee Prosser, David Souden, and Lucy Worsley. Historic Royal Palaces. 2009. {{ISBN|978-1-873993-12-5}}.
  • 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII. Lion. 2009. {{ISBN|978-0-7459-5365-6}}.{{cite journal |first=Jason|last=Powell|journal=Notes and Queries|year=2012|volume=59|issue=1|pages=120–121|doi=10.1093/notesj/gjr195|title= Suzannah Lipscomb, 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII}}
  • A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England. Ebury, Random House. 2012. {{ISBN|978-0-09-194484-1}}.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/bookends/7746188/bookends-terribly-tudor/ |title=Bookends: Terribly Tudor |magazine=The Spectator |date=31 March 2012 |first=Dan |last=Jones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130831003327/http://www.spectator.co.uk/books/bookends/7746188/bookends-terribly-tudor/ |archive-date=31 August 2013 }} Published in the United States as A Journey Through Tudor England, by Pegasus Books. July 2013. {{ISBN|978-1-60598-460-5}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2013/06/suzannah_lipscombs_a_journey_t.html |title=Suzannah Lipscomb's 'A Journey Through Tudor England', a lively and expert guide through bloody Tudor history |website=cleveland.com |first=Daniel |last=Dyer |date=13 June 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521040658/http://www.cleveland.com/books/index.ssf/2013/06/suzannah_lipscombs_a_journey_t.html |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzannah-lipscomb/a-journey-through-tudor-england/ |title=A Journey Through Tudor England: Hampton Court Palace and the Tower of London to Stratford-upon-Avon and Thornbury Castle, by Suzannah Lipscomb |date=15 June 2013 |magazine=Kirkus Reviews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521035953/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/suzannah-lipscomb/a-journey-through-tudor-england/ |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}{{cite journal |title=Nonfiction Book Review: A Journey Through Tudor England |journal=Publishers Weekly |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60598-460-5 |date=8 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521042103/http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-60598-460-5 |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}
  • {{cite book|last1=Lipscomb|first1=Suzannah|editor1-last=Betteridge|editor1-first=Thomas|title=Henry VIII and the court : art, politics and performance|date=2013|publisher=Ashgate|location=Farnham, Surrey|isbn=978-1-4094-1185-7}}{{cite web |url=https://www.northernrenaissance.org/thomas-betteridge-and-suzannah-lipscomb-eds-henry-viii-and-the-court-art-politics-and-performance-ashgate-2013/ |title=» Thomas Betteridge and Suzanna Lipscomb (Eds.), Henry VIII and the Court: Art, Politics and Performance (Ashgate, 2013) |access-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170910091318/http://www.northernrenaissance.org/thomas-betteridge-and-suzanna-lipscomb-eds-henry-viii-and-the-court-art-politics-and-performance-ashgate-2013/ |archive-date=10 September 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
  • The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII. Head of Zeus. London. November 2015. {{ISBN|978-1-78408-191-1}}{{cite web|url=http://headofzeus.com/books/king-dead-0|title=The King is Dead by Suzannah Lipscomb – Head of Zeus|website=Headofzeus.com|access-date=15 October 2018}}
  • {{cite book |last=Lipscomb |first=Suzannah |title=Witchcraft |date= 2018 |publisher=Ladybird Books |location=London |isbn=978-0-7181-8843-6 |others=illus. Martyn Pick }}{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.com.au/books/witchcraft-a-ladybird-expert-book-9780718188436|title=Witchcraft: A Ladybird Expert Book by Suzannah Lipscomb|website=Penguin.com.au|access-date=15 October 2018}}
  • The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc. Oxford University Press, Oxford, February 2019. {{ISBN|9780198797661}}{{cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-voices-of-nmes-9780198797661?cc=gb&lang=en&#|title=The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc|first=Suzannah|last=Lipscomb|date=14 February 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-879766-1}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Lipscomb|first1=Suzannah|editor1-last=Carr|editor1-first=Helen|title=What is History, Now?|date=2021|publisher=Weidenfeld and Nicolson|location=London|isbn=978-1-4746-2245-5}}{{cite book |url= https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/suzannah-lipscomb/what-is-history-now/9781474622479/ |title= What is History now? |date= March 2022 |publisher= Weidenfeld and Nicolson |isbn= 9781474622479 |access-date= 28 March 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/contributor/suzannah-lipscomb/|title=Suzannah Lipscomb|website=Weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk|date=22 October 2020|access-date=15 January 2022}}

= Introduction =

  • {{cite book|last1=Rex|first1=Richard|title=Tudors The Illustrated History|date=2014|publisher=Amberley Publishing|location=Stroud|isbn=978-1-4456-4371-7}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amberley-books.com/tudors.html|title=Tudors|website=Amberley-books.com |access-date= 28 March 2023}}

= Foreword =

  • {{cite book|last1=K|first1=D|title=A History of Magic, Witchcraft and the Occult|date=2020|publisher=Penguin Random House|location=London|isbn=978-1-4654-9429-0}}{{cite web| url = https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/624378/a-history-of-magic-witchcraft-and-the-occult-by-dk-foreword-by-suzannah-lipscomb/| title = A History of Magic, Witchcraft, and the Occult by DK: 9781465494290 |website=PenguinRandomHouse.com}}

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