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Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Wed, 2013-04-03 10:07
Submitted by Suzannah Lipscomb
Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Ahead of her BBC documentary Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home (BBC Four, Wednesday 3 April, 9pm) Suzannah Lipscomb nominates five potential 19th-century death traps – from wallpaper to children's toys

 

1. Death by wallpaper

A Tudor historian's view of the Richard III excavations

Fri, 2012-09-14 17:55
Submitted by Suzannah Lipscomb
Richard III

It is not surprising that for centuries Richard III has been synonymous with evil tyranny and physical deformity. To argue otherwise has been to take on three of history’s greats – Sir Thomas More, William Shakespeare and Winston Churchill, all of whom argued that Richard had been a man with a crooked back and a crooked life.

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is currently Convenor and Senior Lecturer at the New College of the Humanities