Lucy Worsley

What truly gives me joy is when I get a letter from a young woman who says they saw a programme, then…

— Lucy Worsley

Lots of items that survive from the past are high-status, valuable things that people have treasured.

— Lucy Worsley

It's our job as curators to open up Hampton Court to visitors, and to look after the buildings and collections for the…

— Lucy Worsley

My first time skiing was in Vail, Colorado. It was brilliant fun until I whacked myself in the face with my ski…

— Lucy Worsley

If you work as a curator, as I do, at Hampton Court, you sometimes wonder if there might be more to life…

— Lucy Worsley

I think you can be happy every day, if you are in the flow.

— Lucy Worsley

Windows will grow smaller again and houses will contain much less glass - not only because of the high energy costs of…

— Lucy Worsley

In big museums, the role of the curator has shrunk in recent years as different branches of curatorial work - such as…

— Lucy Worsley

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

I don't want to be definitive or the last word on anything.

— Lucy Worsley

I want to look like I'm friendly, approachable and jolly.

— Lucy Worsley

My parents weren't keen on me watching television when I was growing up, in the 70s and 80s, which is ironic given…

— Lucy Worsley

I am a museum curator when I am not on the television and in our collection at Kensington Palace we have a…

— Lucy Worsley

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

A Georgian man's shirt had a long tail, which he tucked between his legs rather like a nappy. Over it went his…

— Lucy Worsley

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

Endless Jane Austen film adaptations have given us the idea that the Regency was a classy, pretty, palatable period of history. Notable…

— Lucy Worsley

Yes, if you lace your corset up as snugly as is humanly possible, it will undoubtedly impede your breathing and make you…

— Lucy Worsley

Britain can claim to lead the world in murder because it was a country that industrialized early. Other countries, going through the…

— Lucy Worsley

To wear stays forces you into the elegant, balletic posture of a Georgian minuet-dancer. As with the tight-lacing, there is still great…

— Lucy Worsley

Lots of historians are sniffy about re-enactors.

— Lucy Worsley

Torture and cruelty are the words that come to mind when people think of the Tower. Here it was that the princes…

— Lucy Worsley

I see it as my job to try to make history to be a popular thing. The longer I keep going the…

— Lucy Worsley

As a child, my parents' attitude rubbed off on me; I have an old teenage diary that marks the moment when my…

— Lucy Worsley

My favourite accessory is a pair of long purple leather gloves.

— Lucy Worsley