Lucy Worsley is, by day, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity that looks after The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. By night, she is a writer and presenter, most recently author of the Cavalier: a Tale of Passion, Chivalry and Great Houses, described by the Mail on Sunday as ‘a remarkable achievement by an immensely talented and innovative historian.'
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Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two 'dirty centuries?' Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit? In her bril... SEE MORE