
Suzannah Lipscomb
@sixteenthcgirl
Professor Emerita. Historian. Broadcaster. Author. Host of @NotJustTudors. Trustee @maryrosemuseum. Rep @knightayton & @plittyc suzannahlipscomb.com
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🧙‍♀️🧹It's a witch hunt! Tonight Professor Suzannah Lipscomb (Suzannah Lipscomb) looks into the complex connection between British royalty & witchcraft. Did you know Elizabeth I asked alchemists to find the 'real' philosopher's stone? The Royals: A History of Scandals | 9PM on More4






Who was the sitter for this portrait and who painted it? You'll be surprised. Suzannah Lipscomb meets Emma Rutherford who solved the mystery and also talks to Alan Derbyshire to find out more about the remarkable women - yes women - who painted the Tudors: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…


💸Money💸Money💸 Money💸 In tonight's episode Professor Suzannah Lipscomb (Suzannah Lipscomb) explores some shocking incidents of epic royal spending! The Royals: A History of Scandals | 9PM on More4 | ▶️Stream online now: channel4.com/programmes/a-h…





How devastating was the dissolution of the monasteries? How did the closure of 850 religious houses in four years affect people? The first part of our new series A World Torn Apart: The Dissolution of the Monasteries can now be streamed on History Hit. access.historyhit.com/a-world-torn-a…

Cesare Borgia's apparently ruthless ambition and political cunning inspired Machiavelli's The Prince. In the second of our special series on the Borgias, Suzannah Lipscomb is joined by Prof. Catherine Fletcher to investigate the truth behind Cesare's notoriety: eu1.hubs.ly/H0fBw3g0



Versailles in its heyday buzzed with scientific discovery and innovation. In today's podcast, Suzannah Lipscomb heads to London's Science Museum to see dazzling treasures including the Sun King's actual rhinoceros and Marie Antoinette's dazzling watch: eu1.hubs.ly/H0gmglg0


Costa prize winner jack fairweather.bsky.social will be launching his new book at Waterstones Piccadilly in London on Monday 3rd March and you can come! More info here: waterstones.com/events/jack-fa…


In today's Not Just the Tudors podcast, Suzannah Lipscomb and Laurence Bergreen discuss Christopher Columbus's four perilous voyages and the devastating impact on indigenous populations of one of history's most debated figures: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…



Exactly 400 years ago James VI & I died and Charles I became King. He inherited a throne mired in political turmoil and social unrest, setting the stage for a catastrophic future. Today Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more from Professor Claire Jackson: eu1.hubs.ly/H0hZkNR0
