Historian, Author & Broadcaster
About
Dr Anthony Delaney is an award-winning historian, broadcaster, actor and presenter known for bringing compelling historical stories to life across page, screen, stage and audio.
Originally from Kilkenny, Ireland, he trained at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and holds a PhD in 18th-century social and cultural history from the University of Exeter, where he is now an Honorary Fellow.
His areas of expertise include the history of gender and sexuality, crime and punishment, the transatlantic slave trade, the history of medicine, and monarchy.
Anthony’s accessible, narrative and engaging approach to history has earned him recognition including ‘Rookie of the Year’ at the CrimeCon True Crime Awards and nominations for ‘Best New Presenter’ and ‘Listeners’ Choice at the UK ARIA Awards and British Podcast Awards respectively.
Mother Clap's Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid.
Two women, exiled from their families, set up a utopian homestead in a remote Welsh cottage, inspiring a generation of Romantic poets.
The celebrated Chevalier d'Eon, soldier, diplomat and spy, challenges a rival to a fencing match. The sweepstake is not over who will win, but whether the Chevalier is a man or a woman.
In this dazzling work of restorative history, Dr Anthony Delaney has traced the stories of people daring to challenge society's expectations, unearthing archives and court records to reveal the tragedies and the joys of queer life three centuries ago. Breathing new life into the forgotten and offering radical new interpretations of celebrated figures such as Anne Lister, Queer Georgians is an invitation to view our shared history in a whole new light.
Queer Georgians: A Hidden History of Lovers, Lawbreakers and homemakers (Penguin, 2025)
After Dark
Anthony is co-host of the award-winning After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds and the Paranormal, the podcast that takes you to the shadiest corners of the past, unpicking history’s spookiest, strangest and most sinister stories.
Listen every Monday and Thursday and delve into the darker side of history.
A podcast from History Hit.
Appearances
4 December 2025
Royal College of Psychiatrists
London
Private Event
25 February 2026
Dr Johnson’s House
London
Tickets available soon