Lucy Worsley
Hello! I'm Lucy, I'm a historian, I write books like biographies of Agatha Christie and present a VERY GOOD @BBCSounds podcast called #LadyKillers. For ages I was Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces, now an Ambassador for the charity.
- 👋 I’m historian Lucy Worsley! Join me for a live online history talk on Sunday, 7 pm, London time. I’ll be speaking to historian Jacqueline Riding about working-class lives in Victorian London. It's totally free - just subscribe to MY LIFE IN THE PAST 👇 lucyworsley.substack.com
- I have been informed of a supposed Geordie neologism which, if true, I completely love. A person not eating dinner because they're taking Mountjaro says: 'nothing for me, thanks, I'm On The Monge.'
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! The place where a teenaged Agatha Christie wrote her first novel. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-gezira...
- It's a Victorian case of "He Said, She Said" & you'll never believe who the court listened to... Spoiler: it wasn't the woman! We're in Victorian Glasgow & in the studio with Top Barrister Jennifer Robinson this week on #LadyKillers Listen on BBC Sounds 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- They 'lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.' Thank you so much, dear friends, for watching 🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- After the party to launch my second book in the pub opposite, I took some of my friends here for fish and chips and I paid for everyone with a fifty-pound note I strangely happened to have and NEVER have I felt so rich and successful. Good times.
- A January afternoon view from central London's newest public space: an extension to the Victoria Embankment at the north end of Blackfriars Bridge.
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! Cracking the very cold case of the Thames Torso Murderer in 1880s London. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/two-sarahs...
- The cold wet rain in London is doing its very best to make me wish I was back where I was a week ago, cruising along the Nile as a guest of Viking Cruises🙏 What wonderful memories! #myvikingstory
- #LadyKillers this week enters glamorous 1930s high society for the case of Elvira Barney. We're joined by Rachel Johnson to investigate a Bright Young Thing who lived life too fast. Listen to #LadyKillers on BBC Sounds q- or we'll be wherever you get your podcasts 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Finally!!! We've reached the last episode of VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! Are we going to reveal the solution to the mystery? You can bet your life we are! Tonight at 9 on @bbctwo or watch the whole series now on @bbciplayer 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- On Monday night at 9pm on BBC Two I'd like to introduce you to a Victorian poisoner - as we reach the creepy climax of our series VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB. I hope you erm 'enjoy' it. (Or binge now on BBC Iplayer!) www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- This week on Victorian Murder Club, our investigation builds to its thrilling climax. 9 pm Monday BBC Two or watch on BBC Iplayer now 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST, a series of lifetime firsts. I wonder if anyone has got any of the same ones? lucyworsley.substack.com/p/a-first-ti...
- My esteemed fellow Victorian Murder Club member Dr Kate Lister was kind enough to have me on her extraordinarily good podcast on the history of sex - History Hit's #betwixtthesheets - to talk about the Thames Torso murders. www.podbean.com/podcast-deta...
- We're in 19th century Pennsylvania this time on #LadyKillers, on the case of Cloe, a black enslaved teenager who uses murder as an act of lethal resistance. Don't miss on @bbcradio4 today at 3pm or listen first on @bbcsounds - or wherever you get your podcasts🙏 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- Tonight on VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! Another headless torso is found ... in Whitechapel. Yes, that's the territory of Jack the Ripper. ⚰️9pm on BBC Two or watch on BBC iPlayer now ⚰️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- It's syphilis week on VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! Monday, 9pm on BBC Two or watch on BBC iPlayer now 😃 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- I've been having the most marvellous time in Egypt this week as the guest of @vikingcruises.bsky.social 😃 One of the things I've seen is the sensational, superlative and brand-new Grand Egyptian Museum - come with me for a look!
- This week, #LadyKillers is in Dorset on the case of Martha Brown, whose story inspired Thomas Hardy's TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES. Listen on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. www.bbc.com/audio/brand/...
- 'We are used to writers and their foibles.' My friend says we are going to stay at this hotel together, who else would like to come? (Unfortunately we'll need to travel quite a long way, back to 1949.)
- This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! It's the history on the concept of an amateur club to solve crime. Read the story here! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/whats-a-mu...
- Tonight at 9 on BBC Two, dear friends, it's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Tonight's the night! And as The Guardian says: 'THIS IS HOW TO DO TRUE CRIME.' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- On MONDAY, friends! It's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB, at 9pm on BBC Two! At this point I forget all the early starts and freezing locations. But I don't forget the magnificent people behind the scenes who make it all possible. If you appreciate them as much as I do, do let them know in the comments!
- Remember I was teasing you by saying I was going on a big trip on New Year's Day? Destination revealed! Thank you @vikingcruises.bsky.social!
- Monday night at 9 on @bbctwo! It's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB! What's it about? 'The Thames Torso Murderer terrorised 19th-century London but escaped justice. Lucy Worsley unearths this dark and dangerous story - can she unmask a forgotten serial killer?' www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- Dear followers,♥️thank you ♥️SO MUCH for your company in 2025! I'm off to bed - ok, it's early even for me - to get up at ridiculous o'clock to go on an EXTREMELY exciting trip. Any guesses for my destination? It's somewhere a bit more ancient than my usual historical beat!
- This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: the top eight historical places I visited this year - and some possible travel inspiration for fellow history-lovers in 2026! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/eight-amaz...
- Are you brave enough to join me on the hunt for a Victorian serial killer? 👉VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB, Monday 5th January, 9pm, on BBC Two www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
- New podcast alert! Tomorrow on #LadyKillers, it's 1831, and we investigate the case of a female bodysnatcher. Join us on BBC Radio 4 at 3pm, on BBC Sounds, or wherever you get your podcasts. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...
- What's that, you say? Christmas is over, and there's nothing to look forward to? Well, I've got a treat for you! Coming up on 5th January on BBC Two it's VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB. And here's the trailer to give you a glimpse! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
- What was the theme of our Christmas cake in 2025? Silly question! JANE AUSTEN! I've loved celebrating her 250th birthday in 2025. She's taken me all over to meet readers of the special 250th birthday edition of JANE AUSTEN AT HOME, and I'd do it all again in a heartbeat. Happy birthday Jane!
- This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! It's a very merry Tudor Christmas from me to you 😄 lucyworsley.substack.com/p/tudor-chri...
- This week marks a first for us: a listener-led investigation! It's a LADY KILLER IN MY FAMILY. Listener Charlotte asks us to investigate a murder and we reveal what happened - but, most crucially, we explore WHY. 3pm on @BBCRadio4, or @BBCSounds. #LadyKillers www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
- ... and the winner of the Historic Royal Palaces social media #palacephoto of the year competition is ... watch to find out!
- Today's been judgement day at the Tower of London. Do stay tuned until TOMORROW when we'll be revealing the winner of the @historicroyalpalaces social media #palacephoto of the year competition! Well done to all the shortlisted five.
- Dear friends, ever so many thanks for many kind wishes for my birthday. Plans for a wholesome day outside were thrown off by the dreadful rain, but instead my birthday featured chocolate ice cream and a trip to the hats department of John Lewis in Reading, which were sufficient compensations.
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! It's a murderous Book Club edition where we discuss the brilliance of the novels of Sarah Waters. lucyworsley.substack.com
- Q: 'Lucy, why are you eating that lunch? Aren't you going to the Historic Royal Palaces curators' Christmas Lunch at Hampton Court today?' A: 'Yes I am, but the mad fools have scheduled it for 3.30. Clearly today calls for TWO LUNCHES' 😉
- Just completed my final history talk of the year at the beautiful art deco @marinehalltheatre in Lancashire on the topic of Agatha Christie. Thank you so much for your time to everyone who came to hear me in 2025 and can't wait to be back on the road in 2026!
- Huge news! This is the week that #LadyKillers is back! Our new season begins on Tuesday 16 December at 3pm on BBC Radio 4 and the trailer's available NOW on BBC Sounds. If you're outside the UK, listen weekly wherever you get your podcasts.
- A special round of #WhichCathedral for you! #Which #cathedral did I have the very great pleasure of giving a talk about Jane Austen in this evening?
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! Tips for getting through the looong winter evenings: the historical version. And NB: there’s currently a half-price sale on annual subscriptions to MY LIFE IN THE PAST😊 Thank you so much for reading! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/tips-for-g...
- What are Ros and I up to? Could it be that an annoucement about #LadyKillers is coming soon?
- I'm working on a project at the moment that's not going particularly well and today my friend looked at it sadly and said 'Lucy, I don't think you're going to finish it THIS YEAR.' the project is making a cushion
- Hello friends! Would you like to see the winter sun setting over the palace of Versailles? Thought so.
- This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! I go to the Palace of Westminster for rather a special reason. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/whats-the-...
