What truly gives me joy is when I get a letter from a young woman who says they saw a programme, then… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My favorite thing is talking to people about history - that's what I like doing. The sort of history I do isn't… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My dad wanted me to be a scientist and I was set to study science A-levels. But after the first term I… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
There's a big mistake that people make with history, which is to think that people in the past were just like us,… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Endless Jane Austen film adaptations have given us the idea that the Regency was a classy, pretty, palatable period of history. Notable… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
I see it as my job to try to make history to be a popular thing. The longer I keep going the… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
I am interested in constitutional history, political history, the history of foreign affairs, but I think you can get at those subjects… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
I don't see any distinction between work and pleasure so I do spend a lot of what other people might consider my… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Mum encouraged my love of history. She was always dragging me off to visit historic properties, and then I reached an age… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
The grand sweep of constitutional or political history is important, but a detailed history of daily life also gives you a wonderful… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Curating isn't just a matter of taste. It involves building up real knowledge of the items in your care. As the world… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
History was the subject that didn't seem like work. It was enjoyable. That's why I was drawn to doing it really. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
When it comes to history I am shameless. I will do whatever it takes to get people involved. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
A lot of people would say history is important because it helps us to predict the future. I don't think that it… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
But the BBC has made a big push to get women historians such as Amanda Vickery, Mary Beard and Bettany Hughes on… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
As with the Trojans or the Tudors, there are many evergreen stories that we come back to again and again. I think… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Being a historian, if only for the day, teaches you useful things like judgment, and the ability to detect when someone is… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
What truly gives me joy is when I get a letter from a young woman who says they saw a programme, then read a… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Lots of items that survive from the past are high-status, valuable things that people have treasured. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
It's our job as curators to open up Hampton Court to visitors, and to look after the buildings and collections for the future. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My first time skiing was in Vail, Colorado. It was brilliant fun until I whacked myself in the face with my ski pole. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
If you work as a curator, as I do, at Hampton Court, you sometimes wonder if there might be more to life than Henry… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Windows will grow smaller again and houses will contain much less glass - not only because of the high energy costs of glass but… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
In big museums, the role of the curator has shrunk in recent years as different branches of curatorial work - such as interpretation, or… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My favorite thing is talking to people about history - that's what I like doing. The sort of history I do isn't just for… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
My parents weren't keen on me watching television when I was growing up, in the 70s and 80s, which is ironic given that I've… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
