Gabrielle is enthusiastic about engaging the public with history, and particularly around removing the barriers between academic and public history to ensure that the latest research is accessible to all.
She has taken part in several podcasts and public talks, including for BBC History Weekend and Heritage Open Days. She has written for BBC History Revealed and History Extra on medieval queenship, and is keen to continue sharing her research with the public. She is a regular columnist for the Medieval World: Culture and Conflict magazine.
Gabrielle was previously Chair for the Institute of Historical Research’s London Society for Medieval Studies seminar, and developed projects with the University of Winchester’s Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Research around outreach.
TV
November 2024: ‘A History of Royal Scandals,’ episode 2 ‘Sex’ on Channel 4/Queen Mary. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/a-history-of-royal-scandals
August 2023: ‘Queens That Changed the World,’ episode 5 ‘Eleanor of Aquitaine: The Rebel Queen’ on Channel 4/Woodcut Media. https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-queens-that-changed-the-world/on-demand/75127-005.
Podcasts
July 2025: ‘Empress Matilda: civil war in medieval England’ on You’re Dead To Me. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002fv8j
May 2023: ‘What can Richard I tell us about medieval masculinity?’ on History Extra. https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/richard-i-medieval-masculinity-podcast-gabrielle-storey/
September 2022: ‘Eleanor of Aquitaine’ Radio Edit on You’re Dead To Me. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0d504z3
December 2021: ‘Dark Gold: Bringing Chocolate from Mesoamerica to Europe’ on Hampshire HistBites. https://www.winchesterheritageopendays.org/introduction-histbites
July 2021: ‘Three Abbeys and a Castle: Hampshire’s History of Royals’ on Hampshire HistBites. https://www.winchesterheritageopendays.org/introduction-histbites.
February 2021: ‘The Angevin Queens’ on Rex Factor. https://rexfactor.podbean.com/e/the-angevin-queens/
December 2020: ‘Regent Queen Mothers’ on History Hack. https://historyhack.podbean.com/e/300-history-hack-medieval-regent-queens/.
August 2020: ‘Empress Matilda and Eleanor of Aquitaine’ on History Hack. https://historyhack.podbean.com/e/187-history-hack-matilda-and-eleanor/?fbclid=IwAR3Iat-iFvxF7B1SlVDou894jrJy7tJfs5i6AVWZT6bcBnMDTvbsLig4_9s.
March 2020: ‘Eleanor of Aquitaine’ on You’re Dead To Me, BBC Sounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p087r8kb
Articles
June 2024: ‘Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s Forgotten Queen’ in History Extra, https://www.historyextra.com/membership/berengaria-of-navarre-richard-lionhearts-forgotten-queen/
March 2023: ‘Medieval masculinity: what Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages’ in History Extra, https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/medieval-masculinity-richard-i-philip-ii/
December 2022: ‘What Have Historians Been Arguing About…Royal Studies’ in Teaching History, https://www.history.org.uk/publications/resource/10576/what-have-historians-been-arguing-about-royal-s.
December 2021: ‘Eleanor of Aquitaine: England’s Worst Mother-in-Law?’ in History Extra, https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/eleanor-aquitaine-mother-in-law-queen-berengaria-isabella/.
March 2021: ‘Eleanor of Aquitaine’ in BBC History Revealed https://www.historyextra.com/magazine-issue/issue-92-march-2021/
Gabrielle Storey 