Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Historian, Author, Broadcaster
Amy is passionate about history! Through her publications, broadcasting work and social media platforms she is committed to bringing history to life in an engaging and exciting way.
She attained her PhD in architectural history from the University of Cambridge in 2017. Her thesis explored the architectural patronage of women in eighteenth-century Britain. After completing her doctoral thesis, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Queens' College, Cambridge.
Amy has worked in a curatorial capacity at Holkham Hall, Goodwood House and Woburn Abbey. She has worked as a research consultant for the National Trust at Stowe Landscape Gardens and for Historic Royal Palaces at Kensington Palace. She was recently a Senior Properties Historian for English Heritage.
Amy served as the chair of the Young Georgians and as a trustee of the Georgian Group for many years.
Amy's debut book Hidden Patrons: Woman & Architecture in Georgian Britain (Bloomsbury, 2023) has received rave reviews. She is now working on her second book Decadence & Display which explores the exciting world of the eighteenth-century country house dining room!
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