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Remembrance of Things Past
‘Making History’ for History Today The maxim ‘show don’t tell’ is often forgotten when film-makers confront historical horrors, argues Suzannah Lipscomb, ...
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On and Off Script
‘Making History’ column for History Today The challenges of writing history for television are formidable. But if historians don’t get ...
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A Case of Double Standards
‘Making History’ column for History Today Despite progress since the 1970s, female historians are still treated unfairly both inside and ...
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In Praise of the Go-Between
Archives are one thing, the public another and connecting the two is one of a historian’s hardest challenges, as Suzannah ...
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Game of Thrones has hacked our history
The fantasy drama is back – yet no matter how dark, brutal and beguiling it appears, it’s matched by Britain’s ...
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Divorced, beheaded died: on the trail of Henry’s wives
The history of Henry VIII and his wives can still be found around the country in the houses and palaces ...
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Henry VIII: A King Caught on Camera?
Was Henry VIII a good-natured buffoon or an egotistical tyrant? Your answer is likely to depend on which cinematic portrayal ...
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Interview with The Independent
Dr Suzannah Lipscomb interview in The Independent, on 24 January 2016: The historian on why Liszt was the first Beatle, ...
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‘What Turns Me On’ – Sunday Mail
This provocatively named profile piece from the Sunday Mail of 3 January 2016 introduces Suzannah’s favourite films, books, theatre, and the rest… ...
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A Question of Interpretation
The public expects historians to deliver authoritative accounts of the past, yet different conclusions can be drawn from the same sources, ...
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An adult education
How should history be taught in schools? There should be no contradiction in constructing a history curriculum that incorporates both Britain’s ...
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The Stuff of the Living Past
Historians try to produce as total a view of the past as possible. Yet does our concern with facts isolate ...
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How recent is history?
We now live in an age of speeded-up history. To what extent should historians reflect this in their practice? In ...
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Why we still need feminism
In the New College of the Humanities’ Anchor Magazine, Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb argues that we still vehemently need feminism. First published ...
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Does Fantasy Fiction Beat Period Drama?
In her regular History Today column, for April 2014, Suzannah Lipscomb argues that the strangeness of the past can be ...
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A Code of Conduct for Historians
Historians should adhere to a rigorous code of professional practice if they are to avoid the kinds of careless mistakes ...
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A Matter of Judgement
An inherent tension between the past and the present becomes explicit when we make our assessments of historical figures, argues ...
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Practice makes perfect
Politics should be informed not just by history, but by historians, argues Suzannah Lipscomb in her first column for History Today, ...
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Suzannah Lipscomb’s My London
Interview in the ES Magazine by Hannah Nathanson, 6 December 2013. The historian likes the Soho Arts Theatre Club and ...
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The History Girls: Meet the women building a bright future from the past
In The Mail on Sunday, in November 2013, the article features Suzannah together with Dr Kate Williams, Dr Anna Whitelock, ...
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10 Minutes With… Suzannah Lipscomb
The historian on King George and OD’ing on Game of Thrones, by Hannah Nathanson in The Daily Mail, 2 August ...
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Plenti and Grase: Food and Drink in a Sixteenth Century Household
Review article reproduced from History Today, volume 60, issue 4, April 2010 Suzannah Lipscomb on a book about how the ...
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Henry’s big year
Article reproduced from Reform Magazine, December 2009 Five hundred years after his accession to the throne, Suzannah Lipscomb looks at ...
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Henry’s pleasure palace
Article reproduced from Essence Magazine, July/August 2009 Suzannah Lipscomb, author and research curator at Hampton Court Palace, on the endless ...
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The new face of Tudor history
Being around Henry VIII proved an unhappy experience for some women. Suzannah has been happily living with the tyrannical king ...
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