Name Anna Keay Parents John Keay | Role Historian | |
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Books The Crown Jewels, The magnificent monarch, The Earl of Essex: The Life and | ||
Education Magdalen College, Oxford | ||
Anna keay speaks to ben flatman about dudley zoo and berthold lubetkin
Dr Anna Keay, PhD, born 1974 (age 42–43), in the West Highlands of Scotland, is a British architectural historian, author, and television personality, and since 2012, Director of The Landmark Trust.
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- Anna keay speaks to ben flatman about dudley zoo and berthold lubetkin
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- Television and media
- Selected publications
- References
She was educated at Oban High School in Argyll, and Bedales School. She then read History at Magdalen College in Oxford.
She worked for English Heritage 2002-2012, including seven years as Curator of the Tower of London; and as its Director of Properties Presentation, was involved in the restoration of the Elizabethan Garden at Kenilworth Castle which featured in a 2009 BBC television series about English Heritage.
Keay, 5'2" tall, is the daughter of author John Keay and granddaughter of Conservative politician and former Chief Whip, Humphrey Atkins. Her mother Julia Keay was also a writer. Keay married fellow historian Dr Simon Thurley in 2008, and the couple have boy-girl twins.
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Television and media
In October 2014, Keay appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity: her hypothetical donation to this fictional museum was the St Edward's Crown, part of the British Crown Jewels.