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
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
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
Lots of items that survive from the past are high-status, valuable things that people have treasured. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
As a curator, I've met endless people who feel a 'special connection' with Anne Boleyn, or Victorian prostitutes, or various other unlikely… — 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
Medieval and Tudor people didn't treat buildings as a semi-disposable resource like we do. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Medieval people didn't have special rooms for sleeping, just a single living space for everything. They put up with this lack of… — 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
People often misuse the term 'Regency' to describe art or antiques dating from a vague period between the 1790s and the 1830s,… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Two hundred years ago, bathrooms didn't exist. The bathroom's development has not been a straightforward matter, and you might be surprised to… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Torture and cruelty are the words that come to mind when people think of the Tower. Here it was that the princes… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
One thing that does seem to particularly annoy people is my voice and my very slight, to me unnoticeable, speech impediment. — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
One of the great privileges of my job as a curator is occasionally taking people up onto the roof of Hampton Court… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
There seems to me to be something admirable, indeed noble, about the people arguing over Richard III. They're doers rather than naysayers,… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Today's builders and town planners believe people inhabit 'places'. Yet medieval towns were perfect examples of what planners seek: densely populated, walkable… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
The word crap is actually another word that's very, very old. It was taken over from 17th century England by the pilgrim… — 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
