Education
Helen Castor graduated from The King"s High School for Girls, Warwick, in 1986, and then completed a Bachelor and a Doctor of Philosophy at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
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Helen Castor
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Career
She was a lecturer in history at Cambridge University and is the author of Blood & Roses (2005) and She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth (2010). Programmes she has presented include British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4"s Making History and She-Wolves on British Broadcasting Corporation Four. She was elected to a Research Fellowship at Jesus College.
She is a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College.
Castor was Director of History at Sidney Sussex College for eight years before focusing on writing and media. Broadcasting Castor works extensively for the British Broadcasting Corporation including presenting Radio 4"s Making History and She-Wolves on British Broadcasting Corporation Four.
Literary review She writes for the books pages of the Guardian, Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Times, Times Literary Supplement and the Times Educational Supplement.
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Membership
In 2013 Castor was a member of the winning team on Christmas University Challenge, representing Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge.
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