Lady Lucinda Lambton, Lady Worsthorne is a British writer, photographer and broadcaster on architectural subjects, born 10 May 1943, in Newcastle upon Tyne. Her father was the Conservative government defence minister Lord Lambton,[1] her cousin was the pre-WW2 racing driver Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin.[2] She is married to the journalist Peregrine Worsthorne[3]
Lambton left school without qualifications, and became a professional photographer.[4]
She has researched, written and presented some fifty five films for the BBC as well as some twenty five films for ITV. They include On The Throne - The History of the Lavatory, The Great North Road, A Cabinet of Curiosities and The Other House of Windsor. Sublime Suburbia, her series of four films for ITV about the architectural and historic delights of London’s suburbs, won the Regional Television award for the best documentary series of 2003. A further series of Sublime Suburbia in six parts, followed in 2004.[5]
She has written and taken the photographs for fourteen books including: Temples of Convenience, a history of the lavatory; Beastly Buildings, about architecture for animals; Vanishing Victoriana ; An Album of Curious Houses and Lucinda Lambton’s A-Z of Britain, a companion to the twenty-six part television series for the BBC.
She gives talks — with or without her own slides — throughout the British Isles, and in America; for the National Arts Collection Fund at the Royal Geographical Society, as well as the annual talks for The National Trust at The Royal Festival Hall. She also speaks aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, for The National Trust and The Royal Oak Foundation and she has spoken at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She regularly opens new buildings and museums, and hosts architectural and canine prize giving events.[6]
She has made several series for BBC Radio 4, including Bringing the House Down, Elevations and Revelations, Pride of Place, an argument against modern architecture, Hidden Treasures and Listed, reporting on the efforts of the Twentieth Century Society to save notable post-WWII buildings. She has also been the subject of Desert Island Discs.[7]
She is a regular contributor to such newspapers and magazines as The Daily Telegraph, The Times, Country Life and the Daily Mail.
Lucinda Lambton is an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Institute of British Architects and an honorary member of The Chelsea Arts Club, as well as President of the Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings. She is also a patron of The Cinema Theatre Association. She is an Honorary Vice President of The Crossness Engines Trust – the Crossness Sewage Works. She is president of the Garden History Society.