HeyJaredMy Life in the Past
adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley
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- Sep 26, 2026
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Who sends red roses to Anne Boleyn? (opens the original)
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Anne Boleyn is one of the most important characters in my book <a href="https://www.amazon.
Harriet Vane got her happy ending. Dorothy L. Sayers didn’t. (opens the original)
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When I first read critic Julian Symons’s Bloody Murder (1972), in which he dismisses Gaudy Night as essentially a ‘woman’s novel’, I threw his book on the floor and stamped on it.It wasn’t my most dignified moment as a historian.Subscribe for a weekly history snack!<input class="button primary" type="submit" value="Subscribe"
What I'd Do With One Day of Absolute Power (opens the original)
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Nowhere to Hide (opens the original)
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Have you ever visited a grand country house like Hardwick Hall, and wondered how the people who lived there really behaved in each of its rooms?What their body language was like, what the mood was like, what life was like from hour to hour?I have.Whenever I visited Hardwick Hall as a young person, I generally thought it was beautiful and impressive, but ultimately a rather dead experience.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uDJt!,f_auto,q_au
What It Actually Feels Like to Work Inside a Palace (opens the original)
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It’s February, it’s dark, and I’m standing at a front door I don’t yet know how to open.I’m wrestling with a clanking, confusing bunch of keys issued to me only hours before.Let’s meet next week too?<div class="fa
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