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Isabel King

Isabel King

I’m Isabel, Junior Content Producer at HistoryExtra. I commission, edit and produce issue content for our Apple News channel, as well as researching and writing articles for the HistoryExtra website. Alongside digital content, I lead the Q and A and ‘Ask the Experts’ sections of the print magazine, where I ask prominent historians and writers the questions our audience really want to know the answers to, from the thought-provoking to the bizarre! You can also hear me on the HistoryExtra podcast, where I interview historians about various topics; my main historical interests are socio-cultural history (especially gender, sexuality and identity politics), medical history, and Nazi Germany. I'm a trained public historian, with a BA in History from the University of Bristol and an MA in Public History from Royal Holloway, University of London. I have previously written historical articles for the university newspaper, blogs and for Bristol Post’s ‘Bristol Times’ local history pull-out. I have museum curation experience and have previously produced a podcast series. Before working as Junior Content Producer, I was a freelance fact-checker for the magazine.

20th Century

Christianity, conflict and catastrophe: the life of CS Lewis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Isabel King

The 'Nine Days Queen' is one of England's most controversial monarchs - here's why

This ancient goddess commanded a Wonder of the World – but why did she have thirty breasts?

What did the Tudors think was ‘good’ sex? These tips and tricks were key to relationships in the 16th century

Far away from England, the mystery of Harold Godwinson's lost crown might have just been solved