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‘Your Life’ (or more accurately, it’s ‘My Life’) in Sainsbury’s Magazine

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This portrait was notable as the first time I’ve ever worn false eye-lashes – and it could well be the last time too, nasty spidery things they were! ‘Your Life’, Sainsbury’s Magazine, p. 25, June 2012 Having a sense of vocation is both lucky and valuable. When I was nineteen I visited a National Trust property

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Seventeenth-century women, a new TV series, and Jeffrey the horse

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Please meet Jeffrey the horse.  He’s a lovely tame animal.  Not having ridden a horse since an incident at Girl Guide camp in 1985, let alone ridden side-saddle, I was a bit nervous of Jeffrey when I first met him. But he is so well trained that if you accidentally pull even a tiny bit

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‘In the closet with Lucy Worsley’. I let The Express poke around in my wardrobe.

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In the closet with Lucy Worsley, article in The Sunday Express The TV historian takes her pick from fashion’s back catalogue – whether it’s Sixties shift dresses or Anglo Saxon armour from The Sunday Express ‘S’ Magazine, 9 January 2012 Words and styling by Charlie Wells Author and presenter Lucy, 38, is Chief Curator at

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An Intimate History of Your Home – a new article from the History Today blog

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Hello there.  As my latest book is out in paperback this week, I thought you might enjoy an article explaining what it’s all about.  This was published yesterday on History Today’s blog. Do check the rest of their site out too, heaps of interesting things. ‘My everyday routine as Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces takes me

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