Lucinda Hawksley
@lucindahawksley.bsky.social
Author, broadcaster, lecturer & travel writer. Art historian, literature lover, Dickens expert (& descendant). Goldster podcast presenter. President of the International Dickens Fellowship.
Join me at the historic #Whitby pub The White Horse and Griffin this Saturday night (8 November) for a very special Dickens-and Whitby themed evening whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/what-t...
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Join me at the historic #Whitby pub The White Horse and Griffin this Saturday night (8 November) for a very special Dickens-and Whitby themed evening whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/what-t...
I'm so looking forward to this event on Friday. Shaun Usher's new book "Diaries of Note" is so compelling, I was late for our zoom prep chat because I was reading it ! I don't think he minded, when I explained ;) Come and join us in #Whitby if you can. whitbylitfest.org.uk/events/ #LitFest
November 5, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'm so looking forward to this event on Friday. Shaun Usher's new book "Diaries of Note" is so compelling, I was late for our zoom prep chat because I was reading it ! I don't think he minded, when I explained ;) Come and join us in #Whitby if you can. whitbylitfest.org.uk/events/ #LitFest
This #Halloween discover on my #Substack the story of how #arsenic insinuated itself into Victorian homes, and why William Morris thought doctors had been "bitten by #witch fever". #book #Victorian #history #BittenByWitchFever #WilliamMorris lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/bitten-by-...
October 31, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This #Halloween discover on my #Substack the story of how #arsenic insinuated itself into Victorian homes, and why William Morris thought doctors had been "bitten by #witch fever". #book #Victorian #history #BittenByWitchFever #WilliamMorris lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/bitten-by-...
Happy Hallowe’en! It's amazing how many people thought the wallpaper reproductions in my book ‘Bitten By Witch Fever’ actually contained #arsenic! Look closely at the book jacket to find a hidden arsenic bottle…. www.lucindahawksley.com/books/bitten... #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Happy Hallowe’en! It's amazing how many people thought the wallpaper reproductions in my book ‘Bitten By Witch Fever’ actually contained #arsenic! Look closely at the book jacket to find a hidden arsenic bottle…. www.lucindahawksley.com/books/bitten... #Halloween
If you’re a #Swiftie, discover the woman who helped inspire Taylor Swift’s ‘The fate of #Ophelia’ – Lizzie Siddal, the Victorian supermodel who posed for the iconic painting 'Ophelia'. www.amazon.co.uk/Lizzie-Sidda...
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If you’re a #Swiftie, discover the woman who helped inspire Taylor Swift’s ‘The fate of #Ophelia’ – Lizzie Siddal, the Victorian supermodel who posed for the iconic painting 'Ophelia'. www.amazon.co.uk/Lizzie-Sidda...
Tonight I’m talking about “Bitten By Witch Fever” to the WI. I’ve not done a WI group for ages. They’re always lovely.
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Tonight I’m talking about “Bitten By Witch Fever” to the WI. I’ve not done a WI group for ages. They’re always lovely.
Did you know that Charles #Dickens was a travel writer as well as a novelist? He wrote two travelogues and many travel articles. My #book “Dickens and #Travel” is currently on a train on its way to #Nottingham where I’ll be giving a talk to the Dickens Fellowship -
October 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Did you know that Charles #Dickens was a travel writer as well as a novelist? He wrote two travelogues and many travel articles. My #book “Dickens and #Travel” is currently on a train on its way to #Nottingham where I’ll be giving a talk to the Dickens Fellowship -
If you're a member of the Society of Authors, please remember to vote and to return your ballot papers - the deadline is on Wednesday 22 October. societyofauthors.org/2025/09/09/m... @societyofauthors.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're a member of the Society of Authors, please remember to vote and to return your ballot papers - the deadline is on Wednesday 22 October. societyofauthors.org/2025/09/09/m... @societyofauthors.bsky.social
Sound check done, make-up on & getting ready to appear on stage with #MiriamMargolyes to talk about “The Little Book of Miriam”. #author #theatre #Southampton #books
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sound check done, make-up on & getting ready to appear on stage with #MiriamMargolyes to talk about “The Little Book of Miriam”. #author #theatre #Southampton #books
Look how beautiful Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre is. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but inside it’s gorgeous. It seats over 2,700 people! #stagefright #MiriamMargolyes
October 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Look how beautiful Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre is. It doesn’t look like much from the outside, but inside it’s gorgeous. It seats over 2,700 people! #stagefright #MiriamMargolyes
Some diverse reading: on Friday night I interviewed Tim Spector - who was really fascinating and lovely - at Wells Lit Fest, and tonight I’m interviewing the amazing Miriam Margolyes at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. #authors #books #writing #Ferment #comedy #LitFest
October 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Farewell #JillyCooper, from one dog lover to another. All my memories of you are kind ones. If you've ever wanted to know where Jilly got the inspiration to name one of her most famous characters, read on..... open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...
October 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Farewell #JillyCooper, from one dog lover to another. All my memories of you are kind ones. If you've ever wanted to know where Jilly got the inspiration to name one of her most famous characters, read on..... open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...
I'm really looking forward to the #WhitbyLitFest. Let me know if you'll be there!
September 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I'm really looking forward to the #WhitbyLitFest. Let me know if you'll be there!
The “ghost” of Katey Dickens appears at @DickensMuseum - read my latest @SubstackInc.
open.substack.com/pub/lucindah... @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucindah... @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The “ghost” of Katey Dickens appears at @DickensMuseum - read my latest @SubstackInc.
open.substack.com/pub/lucindah... @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/lucindah... @dickensfellowhq.bsky.social
Discover the fascinating and long-hidden life of Princess Louise: sculptor, Aesthetic artist, suffragist, social campaigner, education pioneer, rebel - and daughter of Queen Victoria. lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/the-myster...
September 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Discover the fascinating and long-hidden life of Princess Louise: sculptor, Aesthetic artist, suffragist, social campaigner, education pioneer, rebel - and daughter of Queen Victoria. lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/the-myster...
Well done to Prof Catherine Waters for taking over as Editor and producing this superb anniversary edition of “The Dickensian”. I absolutely love the red cover! Please note I’ve got an article in this one. If you want a copy, join The Dickens Fellowship today & subscribe 😁 www.dickensfellowship.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Well done to Prof Catherine Waters for taking over as Editor and producing this superb anniversary edition of “The Dickensian”. I absolutely love the red cover! Please note I’ve got an article in this one. If you want a copy, join The Dickens Fellowship today & subscribe 😁 www.dickensfellowship.org
This has just arrived - to get me ready for my interview with Miriam Margolyes at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, 19 October, as part of her new book tour tickets.artist-tix.com/tickets/seri... #TheLittleBookOfMiriam
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This has just arrived - to get me ready for my interview with Miriam Margolyes at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, 19 October, as part of her new book tour tickets.artist-tix.com/tickets/seri... #TheLittleBookOfMiriam
My latest #Substack is 'Touching History', an article about those times when earlier centuries become connected to our present day. lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/touching-h...
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My latest #Substack is 'Touching History', an article about those times when earlier centuries become connected to our present day. lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/touching-h...
When there’s thunder in the air, I like to make a nest in the corner & wear my thunder jacket so I can shake & quake in peace…. 🤗🐾❤️
August 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
When there’s thunder in the air, I like to make a nest in the corner & wear my thunder jacket so I can shake & quake in peace…. 🤗🐾❤️
On Cleveland Street I walked past this blue plaque - which I unveiled! It was a while since I’d been there & I was shocked to see how much work has been done on turning the former workhouse, the memory of which probably inspired Dickens when writing “Oliver Twist”, into “luxury flats”.
August 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
On Cleveland Street I walked past this blue plaque - which I unveiled! It was a while since I’d been there & I was shocked to see how much work has been done on turning the former workhouse, the memory of which probably inspired Dickens when writing “Oliver Twist”, into “luxury flats”.
My latest #Substack is about following in the footsteps of my great great great grandfather in #Tuscany - and seeing the new street that has been named after him in Carrara. #Dickens #travel open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...
August 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My latest #Substack is about following in the footsteps of my great great great grandfather in #Tuscany - and seeing the new street that has been named after him in Carrara. #Dickens #travel open.substack.com/pub/lucindah...
Tickets have just gone on sale for my event with Miriam Margolyes at the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest this November – buy yours now as the event will sell out fast! whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/the-li...
August 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Tickets have just gone on sale for my event with Miriam Margolyes at the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest this November – buy yours now as the event will sell out fast! whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/the-li...
Discover the artist Kate Perugini – the portrait painter daughter of Charles & Catherine Dickens (and my great great great aunt). lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/discover-t...
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Discover the artist Kate Perugini – the portrait painter daughter of Charles & Catherine Dickens (and my great great great aunt). lucindahawksley.substack.com/p/discover-t...