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Dec 12, 2024
80
Here, she dug into the origins of the persecution of “witches” in Britain in a gripping season opener that played out like an epoch-spanning whodunnit.
Dec 12, 2024
80
This new series, casting Worsley as an inky-fingered sleuth shedding new light on well-worn episodes in British history, could run and run.
May 19, 2026
80
Ms. Worsley, once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.
Dec 12, 2024
60
The dead cat story was certainly a vivid start as Worsley began her hunt for clues to why hundreds of women fell victim to a century of state-sanctioned killings. Inevitably, this soon became history that walks to the rhythm of barely concealed antipathy at injustices past.
Jan 21, 2025
60
Worsley’s beady historian’s eye observed that it [the Bayeux tapestry] was technically an embroidery: “This is women’s work, and I suspect that the men who give names to things like this don’t necessarily know what they’re looking at.” Ooh, good point, Ms Worsley, and delivered with such gracious tartness.
Jan 21, 2025
60
The hyped coverage of the crime was an interesting topic, and a precursor to today’s tabloid stories, true crime podcasts and TikTok sleuths. But there was a bit too much padding around the edges, with visits to various experts.
May 19, 2026
60
The rejection of British rule by its American colonies is an issue of miscommunication: partners who stopped listening to each other and ended up estranged when that could have been avoided. If this assertion never properly lands, it doesn’t spoil a narrative that’s outlined by the presenter with her customary verve.