Helen Carr
historian
Helen Carr is a historian, non-fiction writer, podcaster and presenter born in Peterborough who specialises in medieval history and public history. She wrote The Red Prince: John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (2021), which was shortlisted for the 2022 Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and co-wrote and edited What is History, Now?, a follow-up to What is History? (1961) by her great-grandfather, the historian E. H. Carr. She hosts podcasts for Intelligence Squared, reviews non-fiction for publications including the TLS and The Spectator, and is a royal historian for Global News Canada. She is an elected fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is with Queen Mary University London, and her X account had 15,516 followers in February 2023.
Helen Carr’s social media accounts
Social
Web
2 external identifiers
Something wrong with this entry? Report it · How corrections work
Last updated · Handles last checked · How we check