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Hello! Spring has definitely sprung here in London, I’m four months into MY LIFE IN THE PAST, and I’m thrilled to have had your company as I’ve ranged through the centuries in search of the sort of history that you and I both like.

In case you don’t know me: I’m Lucy Worsley, a historian-at-large. I worked for 21 years as Chief Curator at the independent charity Historic Royal Palaces with an office at Hampton Court Palace.

I remain an ambassador for the charity, which requires me to dress like this:

You spoil us, Ambassador

I’m a public historian, which to my mind means doing the kind of history that appeals to people who don’t even know they like history … yet.

Most of the time, I’m not out there exploring the wilder shores of unknown archives (though I do get to do that occasionally too!) Most of the time, I find great pleasure in taking a fresh look at an old story, even a story that people think they know very well already, and re-telling it through …