Suzannah Rebecca Gabriella Lipscomb (born 7 December 1978)
, Library of Congress Name Authority File is a British historian and professor emerita at the

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, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, the Higher Education Academy and the Society of Antiquaries, and has for many years contributed a regular column to ''

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''. She has written and edited a number of books, presented numerous historical documentaries on TV and is host of the ''Not Just the Tudors'' podcast from History Hit. She is also a royal historian for NBC. Her research focuses on the sixteenth century, in both English and French history, and covers religious, gender, political, social, and psychological history. She has also written and talked about British and European witch trials. Lipscomb was previously a member of the board of governors of

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. She worked as a curator for

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; as a lecturer at the

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; as a senior lecturer and convenor for history at the

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; and, as a reader at the

, where she became a professor when she was appointed to a personal chair as a professor of history in January 2019. In December 2020, Lipscomb was appointed a trustee of the

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Early life and education

Lipscomb grew up in

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near

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, which she credits for sowing “the seeds of a lifelong fascination with the Tudors.” She was educated at

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, and

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and Balliol colleges of the

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. In 2009, she was awarded her Doctorate of Philosophy from Oxford, with a thesis entitled ''Maids, Wives, and Mistresses: Disciplined Women in Reformation

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''. Her doctoral supervisor was

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Academic career

While completing her thesis, she worked as a curator at

, where she was responsible for organising a series of exhibitions held throughout the spring and summer of 2009 to mark the 500th anniversary of

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's accession to the throne.Little, Reg (28 May 2009)
"New face of Tudor history"
. ''

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''. Retrieved 20 May 2014. The programme won the 2011

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(AHRC)-sponsored KTP Award for Humanities for the Creative Economy. She is a consultant to

, and is an external member of their research strategy board. In 2010, Lipscomb became a lecturer in history at the

. In 2011, Lipscomb was elected a

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. From September 2011, she was head of the Faculty of History at the

, and stepped down in September 2016 to concentrate on research and teaching for a further year. In 2012, Lipscomb was awarded the

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Prize by the Sixteenth Century Society for her journal article "Crossing Boundaries: Women's Gossip, Insults, and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France", in ''French History'' (Vol. 25, No. 4). In October 2018, Lipscomb was awarded Fellowship of the

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(FHEA). In September 2017, she joined the Faculty of Humanities at the

as a reader in Early Modern History, and was appointed as a professor of history at the University of Roehampton in January 2019. She is currently professor emerita in their School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Lipscomb previously served as a governor at

, and was appointed as a Trustee to the

in December 2020. In 2021, Lipscomb was awarded a Special Commendation by the

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for her book, ''The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc''. At their ballot on 17th February 2022, Lipscomb was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Media career

She contributed to five episodes of ''The Secret Life Of:'' for the Yesterday TV channel. The series was designed to give "tabloid treatment of historical icons", and includes an episode where Lipscomb and co-host

Lucy Worsley Dr. Lucy Worsley (born 18 December 1973) is an English historian, author, curator and television presenter. She was the joint chief curator at Historic Royal Palaces but is best known amongst UK television viewers as a presenter of BBC Televi ...

"revel in these raunchy titbits" about

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's love life. Lipscomb also contributed to ''

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'', Series 20, for

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. With

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, she presented ''Bloody Tales of Europe'' and ''Bloody Tales of the Tower'' for the

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. In May 2013, Lipscomb appeared in ''The Last Days of Anne Boleyn'' on

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, which featured other historians and historical novelists, including

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Philippa Gregory Philippa Gregory (born 9 January 1954) is an English historical novelist who has been publishing since 1987. The best known of her works is ''The Other Boleyn Girl'' (2001), which in 2002 won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award from the Roman ...

, and

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. Lipscomb co-presented '' I Never Knew That About Britain'', for

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(2014). The series was described by ''

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''s critic, Ellen E. Jones, as "too busy adorning the obvious with bunting to uncover anything truly fascinating". She wrote and presented a two-part documentary titled ''Henry and Anne: The Lovers Who Changed History'' for Channel 5. The ''

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'' critic,

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, called it "dumbed-down tommyrot". However, the ''

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'' stated that "Dr Suzannah Lipscomb can manage the story of

and

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perfectly well all by herself ithout 'ropey reconstructions'" In January 2019, the programme was re-presented on Channel 5 as ''Queen for a Thousand Days''. Lipscomb wrote and presented ''Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home'' for

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, as well as the follow-up shows ''New Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home'', ''Hidden Killers of the Edwardian Home'', James, Clive (17 April 2014)
"Keeping up appearances" (review)
. ''

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''. Retrieved 20 May 2014. and ''Hidden Killers of the Tudor Home''. Writing for the ''

,'' Australian critic

Clive James Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019. In May 2016, she wrote and presented ''Hidden Killers of the Post-War Home'', again for

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. In October 2015, Lipscomb wrote and presented ''Witch Hunt: A Century of Murder'', a two-part documentary for Channel 5. On 27 October 2015, Lipscomb joined

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, Larushka Ivan-zadeh, Claire Nally, and Catherine Spooner, to talk about witchcraft and witch-hunting, in history, film, and politics on the

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programme ''

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''. In January 2016 and January 2017, she appeared in

two episodes ''Two Episodes'' is a composition for orchestra by the Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg. The work was commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, for which Lindberg was composer-in-residence, and co-commissioned by The Proms, the Helsin ...

of the

comedy

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show ''

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''. Between November 2017 and January 2018, she again participated in a further four episodes of the same programme. She participated on the programme additional times in January 2018 and December 2019. In April 2016, she co-wrote and co-presented, with Dan Jones, ''

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'', which was shown on Channel 5. On 13 December 2016, she appeared as a contestant on Series 6 of ''

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'', partnered with David Harper, against Kate Williams and Catherine Southon. In January 2017, Lipscomb spoke about how

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had inspired her life on

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's ''

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'' series, together with Malcolm Guite. That same month, Lipscomb appeared on BBC Radio 4's ''

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'' programme to discuss the

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's expected apology for the violence that followed the

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, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. In May 2017, in collaboration with Dan Jones, Lipscomb co-wrote and co-presented a three-part docu-drama, ''Elizabeth I'', for Channel 5. For three consecutive evenings in May and June 2017, Lipscomb, alongside Dan Jones and engineer

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, presented ''The Great Fire'' for Channel 5, a series in which the three presenters walked the actual route the

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took across the city. In June and July 2017, Lipscomb was the week's guest on the

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programme titled ''Essential Classics,'' where she selected her favourite classical pieces of music for presenter

Rob Cowan Rob Cowan (born 14 April 1948) is an English music broadcaster and writer. Employed by music publisher Boosey & Hawkes for nineteen years in various capacities, his first record review was published in 1967.

. Between 2017 and 2019, Lipscomb was a regular contributor to "Dictionary Corner" on ''

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'' with

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. On 13 January 2018, Lipscomb appeared as a contestant on an academic version of ''

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,'' partnered with performance poet

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, where they reached the head-to-head round. In March and April 2018, she appeared on Channel 5's '' Secrets of the National Trust'' with

Alan Titchmarsh Alan Fred Titchmarsh (born 2 May 1949) is an English gardener, broadcaster and writer. After working as a professional gardener and a horticultural journalist, he became a radio and television presenter and a novelist. Early career Alan Fred T ...

. On 6 March 2018, in Series 2, Episode 2, she visited Cliveden Conservation to meet the

stonemasons Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stones, often together with mortar and even the ancient lime mortar ...

restoring Stowe's statues. On 3 April 2018, in Episode 6, she visited

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, where she learnt about

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's starring role in the TV adaptation of ''

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,'' and made swords with the show's armourer. In March 2018, Lipscomb began a series of podcasts for

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entitled ''Irreplaceable: A History of England in 100 Places''. The podcast, presented by Lipscomb and journalist

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, was awarded silver (second) in the "Best Branded Content" category of the

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on 19 May 2018. Lipscomb presented ''The Tsar and Empress: Secret Letters'' on Australia's SBS TV Channel in April 2018, and on the Yesterday channel in May 2018. Over four weeks in March 2019, Lipscomb, with Dan Jones and engineer Rob Bell, presented ''London: 2000 Years of History'', for

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. Lipscomb was a judge of the biography and memoirs section for the

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, and the Costa Book of the Year competition in 2019. In 2020, she was Head Judge of all sections of the

, and the Costa Book of the Year. On 29 April 2021, Lipscomb began presenting her own podcast under the History Hit Umbrella, entitled ''Not Just The Tudors.'' After the initial four episodes, new episodes of ''Not Just The Tudors'' became available twice weekly. One reviewer on Podbay gives it five stars and says, "The blend of scholarship and public history is perfect", another five-star reviewer states, "It is informative yet pithy, humorous yet serious. Also impressive is the huge range of topics it addresses! I’m always amazed." Other reviewers on Chartable describe this podcast as "Addictive", "Splendid presentation and intriguing material", and "Fascinating and refreshing". In July and August 2021, Lipscomb presented ''Walking Tudor Britain'' for

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, in which the historian walked across different parts of Britain to uncover exciting hidden secrets of Tudor history. In November 2021, Lipscomb was a guest on Damian Barr's ''The Big Scottish Book Club'', where she gave a reading from her latest book, ''What is History, Now?'', followed by a discussion about how to recover the lost lives of women. In September 2022 Lipscomb was a major contributor to ''The Age of Elizabeth'' after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. On 30th January 2023 for More Four Lipscomb presented The Royals: A History of Scandals, a four-part series written by her and featuring in the first episode Wealth and Opulence, followed by Suspicious Deaths; Sex & Infidelity, and Scandalous Marriages over the following three weeks. In 2023 Lipscomb presented the first series of Step Into The Past, a podcast in collaboration with the National Trust, the first episode of which was about Lipscomb's own family. Lipscomb was chair of judges of the inaugural Women's Prize for Non-Fiction 2024, the longlist for which was announced in February 2024, the shortlist was announced in March 2024, with the winner, Naomi Klein, announced in June 2024, for her book "Doppelgänger: A Trip into the Mirror World". In October 2024 Lipscomb presented the first part of the second series o
The Royals: A History of Scandals
which will continue over six weeks. Part One was entitled Murder.

Political life

In May 2016, Lipscomb was one of 300 prominent historians, including

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and

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Niall Ferguson

, who were signatories to a letter to ''

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,'' telling voters that if they chose to leave the

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(EU) on 23 June, they would be condemning Britain to irrelevance. In January 2022, Lipscomb was one of over 310 writers and publishers, including

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and Robert Macfarlane, who asked the House of Lords to vote down the government's Police, Crime, Sentencing and Court Bill in a letter to ''

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,'' entitled Freedom to Protest.

Personal life

Reflecting on her days at Nonsuch High School for Girls in 2022, she said: "It was completely part of the culture that there was an older girl that you had a crush on and that was for everybody, no matter. Though many people ended up not identifying themselves as being gay."Not Just the Tudors podcast by History Hit; Episode – Sister Queens: Mary II and Anne 29:56–30:14
Retrieved 20 June 2022. Lipscomb is married and has a child with her husband, actor Tom Hutch. They also have a dog.

Bibliography

*''Henry VIII: 500 Facts.'' Brett Dolman, Suzannah Lipscomb, Lee Prosser, David Souden, and Lucy Worsley.

. 2009. . *''1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII.'' Lion. 2009. . *''A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England.'' Ebury, Random House. 2012. . Published in the United States as ''A Journey Through Tudor England'', by Pegasus Books. July 2013. . * *''The King is Dead: The Last Will and Testament of Henry VIII.'' Head of Zeus. London. November 2015. * *''The Voices of Nîmes: Women, Sex, and Marriage in Reformation Languedoc.'' Oxford University Press, Oxford, February 2019. *

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