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Sky News Sunrise for paper review

April 4, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

It was delightful to go into Sky News yesterday morning to review the papers with Eamonn Holmes, Charlotte Hawkins and Sam Delaney - even if it meant an eye-watering 4.30am start! This must explain why, as you'll notice, I was still remembering how to speak in the first few minutes.…

Guest post at On the Tudor Trail

April 4, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

A few days ago, I posted a guest post at Natalie Grueninger's On the Tudor Trail website to explain why I wrote A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England and why I think people should visit historic places. It begins:…

Launch party for A Visitor’s Companion

March 29, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Some images from the launch party for A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England, held at The Philip Mould Gallery in London on 14 March 2012. Photos by John Cairns

Museums & Heritage Awards shortlist!

March 26, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

'All the King's Fools', the groundbreaking performances by actors with learning difficulties at Hampton Court Palace in 2011, to recreate the natural fools of Henry VIII's court, has been shortlisted as an educational initiative by the Museums Association's Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2012: http://www.museumsandheritage.com/awards/2012-shortlist The other exciting…

A day of reviews

March 19, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

This morning, A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England received its first review, by Mathew Lyons on the London Historians blog: "It was with a certain amount of trepidation that I approached Suzannah Lipscomb’s latest book. Was it really necessary? Did the world need another guide book to the historic buildings…

Podcasting from The Vyne

March 17, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

In this week's podcast from BBC History Magazine, Dave Musgrove, the magazine's editor and I, took a stroll through The Vyne in Hampshire to talk about its first owner, William, Lord Sandys, and Tudor court life. You can hear it all, and see a splendid collection of photographs from The…

New historian at NCH

March 17, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

I'm delighted to report that Dr Hannah Dawson will be joining us in the history faculty at New College of the Humanities. Hannah currently holds a senior lectureship at the University of Edinburgh and works on the history of ideas. She has a double first class degree in History, a…

A new era?

March 15, 2012July 9, 2016 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Emily Paine from Angel Magazine interviewed Suzannah over a cup of tea at the British Library. Read her interview on p. 47 of Angel’s March 2012 issue.

Me, a mic and 15 counties

March 13, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

This morning, through the magic of the BBC, I put on my headphones and talked into a rather large mic at Television Centre in London to presenters up and down the country. In three hours, I chatted to warm, friendly people in Shropshire, Leeds, Hereford & Worcester, the Solent, Derby, Devon, Cambridge,…

My dream dinner party guests from the past

March 10, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

For the Telegraph's new history page, I was invited to consider who would be my six dream dinner party guests from history. I spent an inordinate amount of time thinking about this! I tried to choose people from different historical periods, who'd have fascinating stories to tell from the past,…

New book arrives!

February 24, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Copies of my new book have arrived with me this last week, and I've been absolutely thrilled to see them. The book really is a thing of beauty - the cover is so gorgeously designed that - never mind the contents - I'd buy it for the cover alone!…

Angel’s Emily Paine interviews me

February 21, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Emily Paine from Angel Magazine interviewed me recently over a cup of tea at the British Library. We talked of cabbages and kings, but above all, about New College of the Humanities, and my new book and series. Her flattering piece can be read on p. 47 of Angel's March…

Bloody Tales of the Tower

January 9, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

I’ve just finishing filming a three-part series on the Tower of London. Made by production company True North, it will air on National Geographic in April 2012. My co-presenter was the brilliant Joe Crowley. We explored some of the best and most fascinating stories associated with the Tower of London:…

BBC Radio 3’s The Essay: Henry VIII, King of Kings

January 9, 2012October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Back in 2009, I recorded a programme on Henry VIII's annus horribilis, 1536, for BBC Radio 3. Today I discovered that you can - at least technically - still listen again to it on the BBC Radio 3 website.

Women’s gossip, insults & violence in 16th century France

November 25, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Delighted that my article, 'Crossing boundaries: Women's gossip, insults and violence in sixteenth-century France' has been published in a special edition, 'Embattled Faiths in Early Modern France: Essays in Honour of Robin Briggs', of the scholarly journal French History. The abstract is below, and you can read it here in its…

‘The best portraits…

November 9, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

... are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature', said the great historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, and I'm inclined to agree. I was lucky enough to have the acclaimed cartoonist, Adrian Teal, draw an unbidden caricature of me very recently, and as I think it's completely brilliant,…

Elizabethan makeup

October 24, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

If your partner thinks you take a long time getting made up in the morning, you might like to point to the example of Elizabeth I! I spent Friday learning all about this lengthy process, with Sally Pointer (www.sallypointer.com), author of The Artifice of Beauty, who has years of experience in…

Today programme: All the King’s Fools

October 6, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

All the King's Fools featured on BBC Radio 4's Today programme this morning. Reporter Tom Bateman put together a lovely feature on our work, on Henry VIII's disability therapy which features on their website. You will also be able listen again to the clip later today. You can find out more…

All the King’s Fools: Research

October 5, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

Our Wellcome Trust funded project 'All the King’s Fools' begins tomorrow! The actors are in the dress rehearsal as I write. There’s going to be a feature on the project on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme tomorrow morning (Thursday 6 October), so do listen out for that. I’ve already written…

Walking my way through Tudor England

October 2, 2011October 27, 2014 by Suzannah Lipscomb

I submit my new book, A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England, to my publisher, Ebury on 17 October 2011 (I've received the cover already - isn't it lovely?) It has been such an enjoyable process visiting 50 Tudor houses, palaces and castles to walk in the footsteps of some of…

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