Alice Loxton

‘Alice Loxton is the star of her generation – the next big thing in history.’ – Dan Snow

Alice Loxton is a historian, presenter and Sunday Times bestselling author, with more than three million followers across social media.

BOOKS

• A History of Britain in 21 Paintings (Viking, Penguin, 12 November 2026) follows Alice across Britain in search of twenty-one extraordinary paintings, from Anglo-Saxon gospels to Stubbs and Lowry. Available to pre-order now.
  ‘Fascinating, superbly researched, beautifully written, this is a majestic book’ – Kate Williams
  ‘A boots on the ground, nose on the glass case sort of historian’ – Philippa Gregory

• Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England’s Lost Queen (Pan Macmillan, 2025) won the Somerset Maugham Award 2026, became a Times bestseller, and was named a Waterstones Best History Book of 2025. It was launched at Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
  ‘Joyous. The perfect walk through history’ – Sir Tony Robinson
  ‘Beautiful, elegiac, honest and compelling… a modern-day pilgrimage’ – Kate Mosse

• Eighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives (Pan Macmillan, 2024) was an instant Sunday Times bestseller and Blackwell’s Book of the Year 2024, and was shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year.
  ‘Utterly, utterly brilliant. Fizzing with energy, wit and insight’ – Tracy Borman
  ‘Bursting with ideas and images’ – Philippa Gregory

• UPROAR! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London (2023) was longlisted for Blackwell’s Book of the Year.
  ‘Alice Loxton is a whirlwind of historical energy and UPROAR! is a sensational debut’ – Dan Jones
  ‘Splendid and wonderfully readable’ – The Guardian

For books, Alice is represented by Hardman & Swainson.

WRITING

Alice writes comment, features and reviews for The Times, The Telegraph, The Spectator and the FT. She has a regular column in Country Living, and writes the Substack newsletter History Notes with Alice Loxton.

PRESENTING

Alice presents the BBC podcast Here for the History, and has hosted A History of the World in Spy Objects and Monet – Century of Change for the Museum Barberini. She has worked with many broadcasters, including the BBC, Channel 4, Sky Arts and PBS, and provided historical commentary on the Coronation of King Charles III for international broadcasters.

She regularly speaks about history on national radio, including BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week, Woman’s Hour and Loose Ends, and Times Radio. She has also appeared on The Rest Is History and the Women’s Prize podcast Bookshelfie.

For presenting, Alice is represented by Helen Purvis at Knight Ayton.

SOCIAL MEDIA

As @history_alice, Alice has 1.8 million followers on Instagram, 900k on TikTok, 500k on Facebook and 350k on Threads. She has filmed at 10 Downing Street, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, the Vatican and the National Gallery.

TALKS AND FESTIVALS

Alice speaks at Britain’s leading festivals, including Hay Festival, Cheltenham Literary Festival, Oxford Literary Festival and Chalke History Festival. She has given talks at 10 Downing Street, the Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, the V&A, the National Archives and the National Trust AGM. She has interviewed Peter Frankopan, Andrew Roberts, Sir Don McCullin and Dan Jones.

HERITAGE

Alice is an ambassador for the National Trust, a patron of the British Pilgrimage Trust and a mentor for the King’s Foundation. She founded the History Extra 30 Under 30 list and the Young Historians’ programme at Chalke History Festival, and has spoken on a DCMS Select Committee panel.

JUDGING

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2025); Art Fund Museum of the Year (2026); Historic Houses’ Collections Award (2026).