Alice Loxton
HISTORIAN, BROADCASTER, AUTHOR
‘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 GregoryEleanor: 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 MosseEighteen: 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 GregoryUPROAR! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London (Icon Books, 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
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 has contributed to history documentaries including The Queen and the Traitor: A Great British Scandal, Inside Buckingham Palace and Inside Sandringham for Channel 5, Decoding Turner for Sky Arts and Queens That Changed the World for Channel 4. She provided commentary on the death and funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation of King Charles III for BBC News, NBC News and Channel 7’s Sunrise in Australia.
On radio, she has been a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Front Row, Start the Week, Woman’s Hour and Loose Ends, as well as Times Radio and Jeremy Vine on BBC Radio 2. She has been interviewed on leading podcasts including The Rest Is History, History Extra and the Women’s Prize podcast Bookshelfie..
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 AND ADVOCACY
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).