I chose my house because I loved the fact that there was a really busy road with lots of things to stare at. Kate Williams busychoosefact Change image and share on social
I am part of a team organising an Emma Hamilton exhibition for the National Maritime Museum for 2016, and the amount of planning is a revelation - borrowing from museums and collections all over the world. Kate Williams amountborrowcollection share on social
When I was a child, one of my first games was a time machine which I made for my brother - a big box covered in silver and bits of cellophane. I'd close him up in it and joggle him and say, 'We're in Victorian times now... and now we're in Egyptian times, and I can see all these pyramids and pharaohs.' Kate Williams bigbitbox share on social
Precise historical reasons are difficult to pinpoint, but red hair, it seems, bestows a sense of otherness. Red is the colour of blood and danger. Kate Williams bestowbloodcolour Change image and share on social
Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower. Kate Williams anthonybritainbritish share on social
I love wearing green, and I like grey and black, but I don't think they really suit me. Kate Williams blackgreengrey Change image and share on social
Throughout history, the only way to secure a throne has been with a phalanx of children - nine for Victoria, 13 for George III. Kate Williams childgeorgehistory Change image and share on social
As historians, we spend days in archives, gazing at account books. We train would-be historians in the arts of deciphering letters and documents, early Latin, scribal handwriting, medieval French. Kate Williams accountarchiveart Change image and share on social
I've written extensively on Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth and seen up close how those women, who were born when the country hoped for a male heir, made their way as leaders. Kate Williams bearclosecountry Change image and share on social
People are not happy with women in actual power, yet we seem to be happy to take women on as figureheads, objects, like queens. It's a powerful yet politically powerless role. Kate Williams actualfigureheadhappy Change image and share on social