My crew have gone off and left me all alone in this great spooky castle and oh golly what's that? Is anybody there

At Greggs in High Holborn there is - according to this eighteenth-century newspaper at least - 'as good CHOCOLATE as can be made in England.' Well done Greggs! (I have a family member who loves Greggs so much he tried to take his wife there on Valentine's Day.)

Tomorrow for work reasons I need to watch a draft version of a new TV programme while travelling on a plane. I hope no one spots me & thinks 'it's a bit weird that Lucy Worsley spends her flight, erm, watching Lucy Worsley documentaries.'

ANNOUNCEMENT! Coming next year to @bbctwo @bbciplayer and @pbs from @bbcarts and @bbcstudios !!! A palatial new series for you ✨️

This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: Victorian lady detectives in fiction. Read the story here! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-first-...

Dear Blenheim Palace, on behalf of everyone who works at Hampton Court Palace, I HAVE QUESTIONS

Keeping a low profile in my Paris hotel because last time I was here I accidentally trashed my room. I left half a cup of tea on the ledge of the open window, the wind blew, and the tea went all over the white curtains 😳

I'm in Paris to check up on an old friend who's been ill. Happy to report that she's not only recovered but looking better than ever.

THIS WEEK on MY LIFE IN THE PAST, I unravel a Renaissance mystery in Mantua! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/you-asked-...

85 years ago, the Battle of Britain was in progress. Wonderful dinner at the RAF Museum to commemorate. In the first photo I'm standing inside a flying boat!

What a trip to the Renaissance island city of Mantua! ✅️stayed in haunted palazzo ✅️enjoyed kinky wallpaintings ✅️ate pumpkin ravioli ✅️celebrated an 80th birthday

That elevated iron cage on the wall of their palace is where the Dukes of Mantua kept their prisoners. Posting in honour of Ros Crone who presents #LadyKillers with me - she loves a good historic prison 😃

A wonderful trip to Italy! ✅️attended the giant Festivale Letteratura di Mantova ✅️launched LA VITA SEGRETA DI AGATHA CHRISTIE ✅️met hundreds of fellow Christie fans ✅️was spoiled rotten by lovely Italian publishers @salanieditore

Does anyone else wish to communicate only with the Refreshment Department?

I was going to caption this 'where am I?' but then I noticed my hat

Join me for cake and talk of cupboards! Read the story here: lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-histor...

I was very pleased with my new pink dress until my brother killed it for me in two words, which were: MR. BLOBBY.

Fangs against the western sky

The stroke of midnight saw the end of a very long day in London, but my team of talented & hardworking colleagues & friends finally FINISHED a top-secret project we hope you're going to enjoy on BBC Two!

To an excitingly-scaffolded Hampton Court for a wonderful retirement party for Adrian Phillips. 32 years of service he gave to the palace, as my own super colleague and then boss for twenty of them. (I'm ashamed I somehow came home with some of your flowers, Adrian!)

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: it's MY LIFE ON THE TELLY lucyworsley.substack.com/p/my-life-on...

Sunny summer day on Waterloo Bridge in London

Our taxi driver picking us up at @The_RHS Wisley yesterday asked us what goes on inside the fence. 'A deep and delightful mystery,' we replied, 'that probably won't be revealed to you until you've reached 50.' Nb those shoes were bright white until they met the dusty paths😔

'Lucy, why do we never see you at hotel breakfast?' 'I make my own.' 'Wait, where did you get that kettle, did you bring it from England?' '!!! You mean you DIDN'T bring yours?'

Here's a lady being rewarded for four weeks of hard work on the American Revolution with a slap-up fish dinner and lashings of grog.

While I was away in America, the green chillis on the chilli plant @dranniegray.bsky.social gave me turned red! She did tell me this would happen, but it still seems like a piece of rather marvellous magic 😃 🌶

Goodbye America! What a splendid time we had, meeting the friendliest historians and history-lovers. Hope to be back soon ❤️ And thank you to the universe for arranging my own special plane to bring me home! @PBS @BBCTwo

Do you know your Thomas Cromwell from your Thomas Wolsey, your Thomas Cranmer from your Thomas More? This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST - take my Tudor test! substack.com/home/post/p-...

We've been visiting the battlefield of YORKTOWN, Virginia. Me: 'What does the weather forecast say the humidity's going to be in Virginia today?' Crew: 'We think it's better that we don't tell you, Lucy.' Reader, it was 96%.

Another day, another state. Which battlefield from the war for American independence do you think I'm visiting?

We're in Boston, Massachusetts! Working on a new history series for you which is on its way to @pbs and @bbctwo 😃

Do you like those red shoes? Well, here's a sad story. Yesterday was a case for me of HUBRIS followed by NEMESIS. I posted a reel showing off about how I'd got to New York without being travel sick.

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! The strange story of the codpiece: lucyworsley.substack.com

Dear friends, shall we play a round of Which Castle? This one's potentially so easy that I've tried to pick a slightly less well-known view of it. And another clue: legend has it a tourist once asked why the Royal Family built their castle right under the flightpath to the nearby airport!

Have you noticed I've been wearing a white skirt recently? I nursed it carefully through three whole weeks of filming without mishap - until finally we met our match, in the form of an aggressive mulberry tree 😝

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! I meet a history heroine of mine - the castle-crazed Lady Anne Clifford. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/i-call-upo...

Friends! This month, no fewer than THREE of my books are in the 99p Amazon Kindle sale! 1. JANE AUSTEN 2. IF WALLS COULD TALK, AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF THE HOME 3. an early work of my pen, CAVALIER www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01N...

Tiny girl at the Tower of London - 'what are you doing?' Us - 'We're filming' Tiny girl - 'are you making the new Mission Impossible?' Us - 'why yes, yes we are'

Now I'm a gardener, I have two mortal enemies: that utter devil the PIGEON, and, even worse, the bl*ody SQUIRREL.

Dear friends, it was all kicking off last night on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! Daisy Goodwin on the late Queen's 'Brexit Hat.' Follow the link to see the whole chat: lucyworsley.substack.com

Tomorrow, 7pm London time! Live history video chat with playwright Daisy Goodwin, on MY LIFE IN THE PAST. Join us! lucyworsley.substack.com

I'm a novice gardener, so I'm extremely pleased to have grown even this skinny little toadflax

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! Announcing our next live video chat which is with ... drumroll ... playwright Daisy Goodwin, whose play about Queen Elizabeth II and her long-time dresser, BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT, is having wild success in the UK 😃 Sunday, 7pm London time 😃 lucyworsley.substack.com

YES those golden shoes are just too special ever to touch the ground

Today some people on a train waved at me and shouted 'IT'S HER!!!' 'Don't get big-headed,' warned a family member who could hear more clearly what they were saying, 'they think you're Philomena Cunk.'

Queen Alexandra is about to get drunk.

Are you loading up your Kindle for some deckchair reading? These two beauts IF WALLS COULD TALK, AN INTIMATE HISTORY OF THE HOME and QUEEN VICTORIA are only 99p in the sale, for only a couple more days! www.amazon.co.uk/stores/Lucy-...

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: a debt I owe to Jean Plaidy. open.substack.com/pub/lucywors...