# My Life in the Past

> adventures with a British historian at large!
a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Culture
- **Subscribers:** 74K
- **Paid subscribers:** 5K
- **Weekly growth:** +2.9%
- **Monthly growth:** +7.6%
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-12
- **Author:** Lucy Worsley
- **URL:** https://lucyworsley.substack.com
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/lucyworsley

## Recent Posts

- [A brief history of candles](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/a-brief-history-of-candles)
- [New Year, new life ... in the past](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/1-new-year-new-life-in-the-past)
- [Why the 'mystery' of the Princes of the Tower...](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/3-why-the-mystery-of-the-princes)
- [I lived in a library](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/4-i-lived-in-a-library)
- [Help me find the UK's most inspiring history teacher!](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/help-me-find-the-uks-most-inspiring)
- [What's the point of studying history?](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/whats-the-point-of-studying-history)
- [Caroline, my favourite queen ](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/caroline-my-favourite-queen)
- [The Woman Who Lost Her Children](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-woman-who-lost-her-children)
- [The Four History Questions I’m Always Asked](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/the-four-history-questions-im-always)
- [What It Actually Feels Like to Work Inside a Palace](https://lucyworsley.substack.com/p/what-it-actually-feels-like-to-work-f90)