Lucy Worsley's Blog

To celebrate the publication of THE AUSTEN GIRLS, my friends at Good Housekeeping magazine have kindly run an interview with me conducted by the imitable Ella Dove … thank you! 

She makes no apology for dressing up to make history more interesting, and here Lucy Worsley talks to Ella Dove about her passion for the past, female ambition, and being stood up by Johnny Depp.

Deep within the sprawling labyrinth of Hampton Court Palace lies a little wooden door.  At first glance, it appears unremarkab...

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We spent a wonderful summer all over Europe filming our new seriesSix WivesWithLucy Worsley,which you’ll be able to see in the UK from 7th December on BBC One, and in the US on PBS from 22nd January 2017.

Here are some pictures from behind the scenes, and I hope you enjoy it!

I spent most of my time wenching…

Here,Maud Parr gets her make-up checked…

I desperately try to learn my lines while our cameraman Ian gets ready…

Our team enjoysthe jousting at Hever Castle. Thes...

Good afternoon! Here, in case you missed it, is a little interview for you, from THE LADY magazine…

LUCY WORSLEY

…is a historian, author, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, and presenter for the BBC. She has fronted programmes including The First Georgians: The German Kings Who Made Britain, A Very British Romance and co-presented Dancing Cheek to Cheek: An Intimate History of Of Dance. She lives in London with her husband.

What are you working on at the moment?An exhibition at Hampton...

A lovely spring day at Hampton Court yesterday so out I went with my camera to make a photo tour for you. These are the real places and real things that inspired me when I was writing my story set at the palace, ELIZA ROSE. (Short commercial break warning: you can get your copy here!) People have been asking me what age group it’s suitable for: it’s for all readers over the age of eleven.

The story’s about some Maids of Honour at the court of King Henry VIII. The Maids of Honour are girls, se...

The Telegraph published this interview conducted by Francesca Wade, but I can’t find it online to point you to it! I hope I won’t get in trouble for reproducing it here. With my thanks to Francesca, a fellow Dorothy L. Sayers fan, for letting me have my say!

Tales of lecherous Tudors

Lucy Worsley tells Francesca Wade why her novel for children restores the reputation of a female courtier

Standing in a portrait-lined corridor in Hampton Court, Lucy Worsley is telling me about the wine fount...

Tonight’s the night for our Russian adventures – if you follow me on Twitter you may have spotted that I spent a few weeks last summer following the Romanovs around their former domain. I hope you enjoy it if you get the chance to watch.

We have a new series coming up for you on the history of romantic fiction – A Very British Romance is starting on Thursday October 8th, 9pm on BBC Four.

What could be more natural than romance, finding the perfect partner and falling in love? In fact every ingredient in this scenario, so beloved of romantics everywhere, had to be invented. In this three-part series Lucy Worsley will delve into the history of romance to uncover the forces shaping our very British happily ever after. The serie...

Ok this is possibly the most bonkers programme you’ll see this year … I learned to perform the seventeenth century art of horse-dancing, as practiced by Duke of Newcastle in his Riding House at Bolsover Castle, one of England’s most curious buildings, and also the topic of my PhD thesis. There are more pictures here, and you can see my Bridget-Jones style approach to riding lessonshere!

Thanks so much for watching if you’ve visited me after tonight’s programme! Here’s a little more about it, from an article I wrote in this week’s Radio Times…

‘I recently found myself making jam in a village hall, the quintessential Women’s Institute activity, with a group of Hampshire ladies who included the “Chutney Champion” of the New Forest.

Who knows who I might be mixing my preserves with were I to join the WI in Norfolk.

It’s been reported that the Duchess of Cambridge is planning to...