Archive - My Life in the Past

My Life on the Telly

Sometimes people ask me how it came about

Aug 28

Take my Tudor Test

Are you ready, candidates? Your time starts now!

Aug 21

The strange story of the codpiece

You couldn't make this stuff up

Aug 14

I call upon a history heroine

The castle-crazed Lady Anne Clifford

Aug 7

Daisy Goodwin on the late Queen’s wardrobe and her play, BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT

A recording from Lucy Worsley's live video

Aug 3

48:45

July 2025

How to dress like Queen Elizabeth II

And announcing our next live history chat - with Daisy Goodwin!

Jul 31

A little love letter to historical novelist Jean Plaidy

I owe her an awful lot!

Jul 24

My first job in historic houses

A day in my 23-year-old life in a Minor Stately Home

Jul 17

Joy in a wet English field

Ten surprising facts about Jane Austen's birthplace

Jul 10

The mystery of the people in the painting

How Kensington Palace came to take over my life

Jul 3

June 2025

The most glamorous hotel in the world

Where I came back to life after Agatha Christie nearly killed me

Jun 26

Welcome to MY LIFE IN THE PAST!

and the story of my life so far

Jun 19

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