Discussing screen portrayals of Henry VIII with Suzannah Lipscomb, Alex von Tunzelmann and Joanne Paul. Also available as a podcast on Not Just the Tudors
News and Upcoming Events
The Writer’s Bookshelf
Royals, Rebels and Romantics Podcast
Battleground Podcast
Jessie joins Saul David, Roger Moorhouse and Richard Foreman to discuss their Military History Books of the Year 2024 in the Battleground Christmas Special
Sex, Spies & Lies
October 2024 – interview with Neil Chapman, host of the Blighty Thank God Podcast, about Jessie’s grandfather’s plane crash in Iran in 1943 Details
The World Turned Upside Down Podcast
28 March – Loyalty House besieged: Encapsulating the Civil War. In conversation with Mike Gibbs. Details
Lichfield Literature Festival
West Horsley Place
Battleground Podcast
Christmas Special on the Military History Books of 2023, with Saul David, Patrick Bishop, Roger Moorhouse, Jessie Childs and Richard Foreman. Listen
The 2023 HWA Crown Awards
The Siege of Loyalty House shortlisted for the Historical Writers’ Association Non-Fiction Crown, 2023 Details
Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution
Chelsea History Festival
29 September, 2pm – The Blazing World: In conversation with Jonathan Healey about the seventeenth century Details
Harvington Hall History Festival
29 July, 3pm – Talk and book signing. Also, at 1:30pm, a debate with Tracy Borman: Good Queen Bess or Bloody Bess? Details
Southwark Cathedral
20 May – Stuart Saturday: Great Ladies of the Civil Wars and Restoration Details
History Hit TV
12 April: Reviewing films about Mary, Queen of Scots on Not Just the Tudors Lates. Also available as a podcast
Brasenose College, Oxford
9 March 2023, 5:30pm – Principal’s Conversations in association with The Ashmole Society, BNC, Univ. of Oxford Watch
Society of Apothecaries
6 February 2023 – Apothecaries Under Siege: Thomas Johnson, William Rosewell and the English Civil War
1666 And All That
Battleground Podcast
Christmas Special on the Military History Books of 2022, with hosts Saul David and Patrick Bishop, and fellow guest Richard Foreman. Listen
Intelligence Squared
29 November, 6pm online: In conversation with Robert Harris about his new book Act of Oblivion Details
