Suzannah Lipscomb is a British academic, author and media historian specialising in the sixteenth century. She read Modern History at Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College, Oxford

Lincoln College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is situated on Turl Street in central Oxford, backing onto Brasenose College and adjacent to Exeter College...

 where she received a Double First class Honours degree, followed by a distinction for her Masters in Historical Research. She was awarded the Jowett Senior Scholarship by Balliol College where she read for her DPhil, which she was awarded in 2009. In 2006-7 Lipscomb was a Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

The Royal Historical Society was founded in 1868. The premier society in the United Kingdom which promotes and defends the scholarly study of the past, it is based at University College London...

 Marshall Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research

Institute of Historical Research

The Institute of Historical Research is a British educational organisation providing resources and training for historical researchers. It is part of the School of Advanced Study in the University of London and is located at Senate House. The Institute was founded in 1921 by A. F...

. She was also shortlisted for the All Souls College fellowship in 2004. Between 2007 and 2010 she was a Research Curator at Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity created in 1998 to manage Britain's unoccupied royal palaces. These are:* The Tower of London* Hampton Court Palace* Kensington Palace - the state rooms only.* Banqueting House* Kew Palace...

. In 2010 she joined the academic staff of the University of East Anglia

University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia is a public research university based in Norwich, United Kingdom. It was established in 1963, and is a founder-member of the 1994 Group of research-intensive universities.-History:...

 as a Lecturer in Early Modern British History

Early modern Europe

Early modern Europe is the term used by historians to refer to a period in the history of Europe which spanned the centuries between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, roughly the late 15th century to the late 18th century...

. In 2011 she was appointed to be Senior Lecturer and Convenor for History at the New College of the Humanities

New College of the Humanities

New College of the Humanities is a proposed new private for-profit undergraduate college in London, England, the creation of which was announced in June 2011 by the philosopher A.C. Grayling, its founder and first master...

.

Lipscomb is often to be seen and heard on TV and radio programmes such as: BBC

BBC

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's The One Show

The One Show

The One Show is a topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD, hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. Chris Evans joins Jones to present the programme on Friday...

, GMTV

GMTV

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, Channel 4

Channel 4

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's Time Team

Time Team

Time Team is a British television series which has been aired on Channel 4 since 1994. Created by television producer Tim Taylor and presented by actor Tony Robinson, each episode features a team of specialists carrying out an archaeological dig over a period of three days, with Robinson explaining...

, BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...

's The Today Programme and the History Channel. She also presented CTV's

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 live royal wedding

Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

The wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton took place on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London. Prince William, the eldest son of Charles, Prince of Wales, first met Catherine Middleton in 2001, when both were studying at the University of St Andrews. Their...

 coverage of the wedding of Prince William to Catherine Middleton with royal biographer Christopher Warwick, comedienne Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman

Tracey Ullman is a British stage and television actress, comedienne, singer, dancer, screenwriter and author ....

 and anchor Lisa LaFlamme

Lisa LaFlamme

Lisa LaFlamme is a Canadian television journalist, and currently the chief anchor and senior editor of CTV National News....

. She wrote and read The Essay Henry, King of Kings on BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3

BBC Radio 3 is a national radio station operated by the BBC within the United Kingdom. Its output centres on classical music and opera, but jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also feature. The station is the world’s most significant commissioner of new music, and its New Generation...

 in April 2009. She is currently working on a three-part series on the Tower of London

Tower of London

Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...

 with Joe Crowley for National Geographic.

Selected works

• 1536: The Year that Changed Henry VIII (Lion Hudson, 2009)
• Henry VIII: 500 Facts (Historic Royal Palaces 2009) with Brett Dolman and Lee Prosser, David Souden and Lucy Worsley. Edited by Sarah Kilby.
• A Visitor’s Companion to Tudor England (Ebury, Random House, forthcoming 2012).
• Henry VIII and the Court: Art, Politics and Performance, co-edited with Prof. Thomas Betteridge (Ashgate forthcoming 2012).