Is the past a foreign country? | Suzannah Lipscomb | TEDxSPS

About Suzannah: Dr. Suzannah Lipscomb is an historian, author broadcaster and award-winning academic. She read modern history at Oxford and has continued her passion for 16th century history with award-winning research such as her article “Crossing Boundaries: Women’s Gossip, Insults and Violence in 16th-century France“. She is also a TV and radio presenter appearing on The One Show and also covering the royal wedding recently. For more information: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)