The historian and broadcaster discusses the history of the home
As the first of a series of events to celebrate the historic redecoration of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley visited Haworth to discuss the history of the home: Why did the flushing toilet take so long to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? Why did we once fear fruit? In this lively illustrated talk Lucy Worsley, presenter of BBC series 'If Walls Could Talk', revealed some juicy, smelly and truly intimate insights into the history of domestic life.
Dr Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, the independent charity looking after The Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace State Apartments, the Banqueting House in Whitehall, and Kew Palace in Kew Gardens. Her books include 'If Walls Could Talk, an Intimate History of the Home' and 'Courtiers: The Secret History of the Georgian Court'. She is a regular broadcaster for television, and recent series include 'Harlots, Housewives and Heroines: A Seventeenth-Century History for Girls' on BBC4, and 'Elegance and Decadence: The Age of the Regency', also on BBC4.