film Archives - Suzannah Lipscomb

Henry VIII: A King Caught on Camera

March 23, 2016July 20, 2016 by Suzannah Lipscomb

My March column for History Today is about whether Henry VIII a good-natured buffoon or an egotistical tyrant? Your answer is likely to depend on which cinematic portrayal you saw most recently. Tyrant or Buffoon?

Henry VIII: A King Caught on Camera?

March 9, 2016July 20, 2016 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Was Henry VIII a good-natured buffoon or an egotistical tyrant? Your answer is likely to depend on which cinematic portrayal you have seen most recently, argues Suzannah Lipscomb in her March 2016 column for History Today. Gore Vidal suggested that books have had their day: that we should ‘concede the…