Monthly Archives: August 2011
Rehabilitating Old Naughty – my article in today’s Guardian
George IV: the rehabilitation of Old Naughty. Britain’s Most Useless Monarch deserves some credit for presiding over a transformative decade … Lucy Worsley in The Guardian, Monday 29th August Endless Jane Austen film adaptations have given us the idea that the Regency was a classy, pretty, palatable period of history. Notable for their muslins, tea
Continue ReadingThe Byronic look: overweight and unattractive, article in The Guardian
The Byronic look: overweight and unattractive. BBC series on Regency Britain paints an unflattering portrait of ‘self-regarding poser’ Lord Byron. Mark Brown in The Guardian, Saturday 27 August 2011 When a man is noted for his Byronic looks he is generally chuffed – dark, handsome, attractively unavailable. Slightly morose, it’s true, but in a sexy
Continue ReadingEight things you need to know about The Regency
From The Radio Times, 27 August 2011 He was the ‘fop at the top’, but the Prince Regent was more than a crude caricature, says historian Dr Lucy Worsley. Well, almost … 1. They called him the Prince of Whales… Today the word ‘Regency’ sounds classy and elegant: Jane Austen, tea parties, pretty gowns and
Continue ReadingThe naughty Prince Regent – read all about him in my article in today’s Sunday Express
The king ruled by his excesses. Historian Lucy Worsley examines the life of George IV, both Britain’s worst monarch and the man who brought showbiz sparkle to royalty. When English Heritage ran a poll to discover Britain’s Worst Monarch, the winner was George IV. Profligate, drunken and lazy, he sets us a shining example of
Continue ReadingI interview the third best jouster in the world
Have you ever seen the effigy of William Marshall (born 1146), knight, jouster, mercenary and ultimately Regent of England, in the Temple Church in London? You might have noticed his prostrate body in the background as Tom Hanks whisked through the church in the film of The Da Vinci Code. If you’ve stopped to look,
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