Any British politician who killed a dog would be utterly unelectable.....

One of Donald Trump’s top vice-presidential prospects has defended killing a family dog she “hated” after widespread backlash.

In a forthcoming memoir, Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor, wrote how

Join me on 17 May for a full day’s tour of Hampton Court Palace with Andante Travels. Or, if you’ve been before, tell me what you most enjoyed about the day and whether you would recommend it.

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In the 16th and 17th centuries, ships were often lost or wrecked in heavy storms or sunk during attacks. Today Suzannah Lipscomb talks to maritime archaeologist Dr. David Gibbins about discovering some of the era's most fascinating shipwrecks: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t… David Gibbins

I’m so sad to hear of the death of C.J. Samson. His Shardlake novels are wonderful and his kindness to the The Mary Rose was great. Here’s a fitting tribute to him by former Chair of the Mary Rose, Rear Admiral John Lippiett: maryrose.org/news/c-j-sanso…

‘Twas wonderful to join fellow Women's Prize for Non-fiction judge Suzannah Lipscomb, arts consultant Brenda Emmanus & The One & Only Women’s Prize founder & Dir Kate Mosse at the Women’s Prize Fiction Party this week.

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Contrary to popular belief, modern science did not begin in the 17th century with the likes of Newton and Galileo. A century earlier, others were paving the way in Europe for their later revelations. Today Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more from Violet Moller: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…

The 6 spellbinding novels that make up the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction shortlist capture between their pages the enormous breadth of the human experience.

Congratulations to all the authors!
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On Friday 3 May I will be in conversation with Michèle Le Dœff about dialogue, feminism, and philosophy to celebrate the publication of this collaboration with the late (and much missed) Pamela Sue Anderson

4pm, Collier Room, Regent’s Park College

This - from a govt that wants to cut benefits for the most vulnerable > 'The deal will cost £1.8m for each of the first 300 deportees, the National Audit Office has confirmed.'> UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda | The Guardian theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Sixteen brilliant books made up the 2024 #WomensPrize for Fiction longlist. Tomorrow morning at 8am BST we'll find out the six that have made the shortlist. Which books were your favourites?

Do these twin-like portrait miniatures from c.1525-27 show the face of #AnneBoleyn ? Both are attributed to Lucas Horenbout, who completed several notable works for Anne. However, do the subtle differences in the handling of the paint suggest that one was painted by another hand?

Have you ever visited your ancestor's home? Or their grave?

In this episode #StepintothePast from 2023, our host Suzannah Lipscomb meets David Higginson, whose ancestors worked at National Trust's Quarry Bank.

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The spice trade has intrigued me since I was a kid. Roger Crowley discusses his upcoming book, Spice: The 16th-Century Contest that Shaped the Modern World
with Suzannah Lipscomb on Not Just the Tudors. My summer reading list grows podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how…

Today is #ShakespeareDay ! Shortlisted for the 2023 #WolfsonHistoryPrize , Emma Smith (Emma Smith) spoke to Suzannah Lipscomb about Shakespeare's First Folio, printed over 400 years ago, in this special episode of Not Just the Tudors. 🎙️⬇️

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Looing forward to Sarah Marsh talking to Suzannah Lipscomb Hay Festival for #DebutDiscoveries hayfestival.com/p-21831-sarah-…

Bought the Irish Times just to read this piece. What a closing paragraph from Mark O’Connell

I finish Storm’s Edge: Life, Death & Magic in the Islands of Orkney by Peter Marshall. If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky. A rich, sweeping, moving & often drily funny survey both of Orkney itself, & of Orkney as a vantage point from which to survey much else.

Drumroll please… the 2024 #Discoveries longlist is here!

Huge congratulations to all 16 writers, as yet unpublished, who wowed the judges with their novels-in-progress. Find out more about them: bit.ly/Discoveries24

From the government whose greatest hits include the meteoric rise in food bank use, fuel poverty, kids too cold & hungry to learn, falling life expectancy & the deliberate destruction of the NHS.

Victim blaming & pure, naked cruelty.

For shame, Rishi Sunak.

What did Queen Elizabeth I actually look like? How was her appearance altered by cosmetics? What products would she have typically used and how were they made? In today's podcast, Suzannah Lipscomb finds out more from Sally Pointer: podfollow.com/not-just-the-t…