URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 1 Nov 2026
Historian Lucy Worsley looks back: ‘The story of my life has been – the bookworm shall go to the ball’
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The presenter recalls being a ‘weird little nerd’, almost becoming a scientist – and the most revealing costume she’s worn for workBorn in Reading in 1973, Lucy Worsley is a historian and TV presenter. She graduated with a first in history from Oxford, before completing a PhD in art history at the University of Sussex. Worsley spent 21 years as chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces, overseeing…
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