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Public History & Popular Culture: A Conversation with Greg Jenner, Hannah Greig and Alice Skinner (History, 2014)

25 February 2025, 5:30-6:30pm

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Join us for a conversation on public history and popular culture with Greg Jenner (You’re Dead to Me, Horrible Histories), Hannah Greig (Bridgerton, Poldark, The Favourite) and Alice Skinner (History, 2014) (Commissioning Editor at the Bodley Head, Vintage). 

This event is free and open to all. However, space is limited, so we recommend booking your place in advance to avoid disappointment at the door.

Free tickets will be available for booking soon.

About Greg Jenner

Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner

Greg Jenner FRHistS is a British public historian, author, and broadcaster with a particular interest in communicating history through humour. He is the host and creator of the chart-topping, award-winning comedy BBC podcast You’re Dead To Me (over 100 million downloads and plays), and the author of several funny history books for adults and children, including the number 1 bestseller Totally Chaotic History: Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly.

From 2008 – 2019, Greg was the Historical Consultant to nine series of CBBC’s Emmy & multiple BAFTA award-winning TV comedy series Horrible Histories, being solely responsible for the factual accuracy of over 2,000 sketches and 150+ comedy songs. He also was a key member of the team on the BAFTA-nominated film Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans. He also was the consultant to Corpse Talk, a funny YouTube Kids animated series based on Adam and Lisa Murphy’s comic book series – the series got over 1 million views in its first week and was nominated for Best Children’s Show at the Royal Television Society Awards 2023.

Greg is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, an Honorary Research Associate at Royal Holloway, University of London, and also occasionally teaches at the University of York.

About Hannah Greig

Hannah Greig
Hannah Greig

Hannah Greig is a historian, author and highly experienced consultant to period dramas. An expert in eighteenth-century British history, she holds an honorary professorship at Royal Holloway, University of London. As an academic she worked for many years at the University of York, teaching eighteenth-century history and public history, following earlier fellowships at Balliol College, Oxford and the Royal College of Art. Throughout her career in academia, Hannah has worked collaboratively with film and TV, supporting productions through all stages of development and broadcast. Her credits include: TV series Bridgerton (Netflix); The Buccaneers (Apple+ TV); Sanditon (ITV); Gunpowder (BBC); Poldark (BBC); Death Comes to Pemberley (BBC); Jamaica Inn (BBC), and feature films Mr Malcolm’s List (2022); The Favourite (2019); and The Duchess (2008). She is the co-creator of The History Film Club podcast, alongside screenwriter and historian Alex von Tunzelmann and producer Natt Tapley, and is a regular contributor to other history podcasts, magazines and festivals. The author of The Beau Monde: Fashionable Society in Georgian London (OUP, 2012) Hannah is currently finishing a book on eighteenth-century diamonds and the East India Company, and working on new productions in development (none of which can be disclosed!).

About Alice Skinner

Alice Skinner
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Alice Skinner is a Commissioning Editor at The Bodley Head, Penguin Random House. She publishes a range of non-fiction, including books by Torsten Bell, Louise Brangan, Catherine Fletcher, Tim Gregory, Aleks Krotoski and Patricia Kingori. Throughout her career, she has edited Sunday Times bestsellers, a Waterstones Book of the Year and winners of the Wolfson Prize, the Elizabeth Longford Prize and the Duff Cooper Prize, and closely collaborated with authors such as Anne Applebaum, Christopher de Hamel, Sudhir Hazareesingh, Peter Hennessy, Judith Herrin, Tristram Hunt, Mariana Mazzucato, Paul McCartney, Chris Patten, Amartya Sen and Jackie Wullschläger.

Alice is a Trustee of Wimbledon BookFest, a Mentor with Creative Access and a Founding Fellow of the London Centre for the Humanities. She graduated from St Peter’s in 2017.

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