I’m Dr Kat from Reading the Past on YouTube. I’m a literary, material and cultural historian. ❤️ Elizabethan / Jacobean theatre. Tudor geek. Text director for stage and screen. True crime aficionado. My PhD was awarded in 2015 and my thesis title was “‘Things Necessary and Unnecessary’: Trash and Trifles in Early Modern England”. New videos go live every Friday at 4pm GMT on YouTube. Search for “Reading the Past” 📖🏰👸🤴 If you enjoy your history with a side of “tongue in cheek” - check out “Monarchs Anonymous” on YouTube 🎥👑👸🤴🖥💻 I am a co-founder of two Clubhouse groups: History and Culture Club 🏰🎭📖 “History Half Hour” 🤴👸 on Fridays at 5pm GMT “Brutal History” 🪓🗡 (history after dark 👀) on Wednesdays at 8.15pm GMT The Tudor History Club 👑 “History Half Hour” 🤴👸 on Mondays at 5pm GMT “Chilled History” on Wednesdays at 9.30am GMT