We've been working strange hours at the Doge's Palace, very early and very late to avoid the visitors. Which has meant some time off in Venice! I've used mine to play hide and seek in the giardini

She doesn't know it yet, but one lucky lady among my friends is getting this HOT PRIESTS calendar for Christmas. Complete 'with historical notes about the Vatican.'

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST. Do you know a history teacher who deserves to be celebrated? Read the story here: lucyworsley.substack.com/p/help-me-fi...

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Do you know a great history teacher? Nominate them now for a new history teaching award! Maybe I'll see them at the Tower of London next year! Nominate someone here: bit.ly/42yhGZP #historyteachingawards

Four very nice things I've eaten and drunk in Italy. Which would you choose?

Male colleague: 'They're just slippers, what are you ladies so excited about?' Us: 'But they're slippers in PINK VELVET, for sale in a beautiful shop in VENICE.'

How I wish I could have brought you all to Venice with me! So lovely in the October sun.

Arriving in Venice. Not a hair out of place.

What's been the most fun to write so far on MY LIFE IN THE PAST? Read my countdown here! open.substack.com/pub/lucywors...

We're in Italy! I'll definitely let you know when this series is coming to @BBCTwo and @PBS because I think it might be wonderful 🇮🇹 😃 🇮🇹

An early-morning dash to the airport. Where do you think I might have been going?

I enjoy Beppe's commitment to monarchy

The secret's out! Read more about ⚰️VICTORIAN MURDER CLUB⚰️ here! www.bbc.com/mediacentre/...

Tomorrow, dear friends, at very long last, I'll finally be able to tell you what this project was. Finished a couple of days ago, and here's the burial ground in October to round things off.

Tomorrow, dear friends, at very long last, I'll finally be able to tell you what this project was. Finished a couple of days ago, and here's the burial ground in October to round things off.

This week I ate my last splendid roast beef lunch at Devon's splendid Burgh Island Hotel of 2025. But I'll be back in 2026. Maybe you'd like to come on an Agatha Christie holiday with me next year? telegraph.tripsmiths.com/tours/agatha...

A family member made me a sandwich with cheese, grated carrot and peanuts. Is that UNACCEPTABLE or is it YUMMY? Is it EVIL or is it GENIUS? I can't decide. (I hope she doesn't read this and think 'how ungrateful, that's the last time I'm making Lucy a sandwich.')

This time on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! A list of unexpected but essential things which in my opinion are vital for a history documentary. lucyworsley.substack.com/p/things-you...

Hello friends! I know you don't want to think about this yet, but my friends at lovely independent booksellers Chorleywood Bookshop are standing by to deliver your signed and dedicated copies of my books for your Christmas presents. They can deliver worldwide! chilternbookshops.co.uk/product-cate...

One thing I love about living by the river in central London is that yesterday I was able to text home 'sorry going to be late, my boat got stuck behind the HMS Waverley, the UK's oldest working steam ship.'

Is there a special name for a whole lot of pelicans? Like these ones I saw in St James's Park?

In an unexpected twist, team LADY KILLERS came away from the British Podcast Awards: - without the award for which we were shortlisted🙁 - but WITH a cushion with my face on it Silver lining, huh? 🤔

On a recent trip to Winchester, on Jane Austen business of course, I saw the Actual Mr Darcy Suit worn by Colin Firth in the 1995 version of P&P. To ladies my age, THIS IS EVERYTHING

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST! lucyworsley.substack.com/p/caroline-m...

COLOSSAL good luck to the rest of the coven who'll be at the British Podcast Awards tomorrow night! I'm so sad I can't be there! LADY KILLERS for the win 🏆🤞🔥

QUIZ🤔 I'm at Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. What's that I'm holding in my hand, and why?

✅️ five nights locked into sensational Neuschwanstein Castle for after-hours filming ✅️ five dinners of cheese sandwiches ✅️ five days of near-continuous mist and rain ✅️ one week of living in a Bavarian fairytale I'll never forget

Update from Bavaria: the hotel where my crew and I are staying has a NAKED ZONE. I've reassured them that I won't be using it. And in other news, I've acquired a Bavarian hat 😃

This week on MY LIFE IN THE PAST: a visit to the restored Notre Dame Cathedral in the September sun 🌞 lucyworsley.substack.com/p/an-old-lad...

After hours in the castle for late-night filming in the bedroom of Loopy Ludwig, the Swan King of Bavaria.

Gave a history talk about Queen Caroline. 'Sorry my daughter didn't come,' a lady said, 'she thought it was about Queen Charlotte and changed her mind when she realised it was Queen Caroline. Queen Caroline isn't in Bridgerton.' 😆

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.