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Dr Tiffany Jenkins is a writer, cultural historian, and broadcaster. She is the author of Keeping Their Marbles and has presented several BBC Radio 4 series. Her upcoming book, Strangers and Intimates: The Rise and Fall of Private Life, will be published in May 2025.
Strangers & Intimates
New Book Coming Spring 2025
From ancient times to the digital age, Strangers and Intimates traces the emergence of private life as a protected domain, cherished for freedom and intimacy. Jenkins takes readers on an epic journey through history, from ancient Athens’ strict public-private divisions to the moral rigidity of the Victorian home, and the 1970s feminists’ slogan, ‘the personal is political,’ to today’s boundary-blurring digital demands.
“Big Tech did not kill private life”
Keeping Their Marbles
In Keeping Their Marbles, Tiffany Jenkins explores the controversial history of how Western museums acquired ancient artifacts. She examines the rise of repatriation claims in recent decades, arguing that it is the guilt and insecurity of museums fuelling these demands for the return of objects. Contrary to popular belief, Jenkins contends that returning artifacts will not lead to meaningful social change or heal historical wounds.
“No one culture owns culture”
Broadcasting
Jenkins wrote and presented the BBC Radio 4 series ‘A History of Secrecy’ and ‘Contracts of Silence’, about the rise of non-disclosure agreements, and has appeared regularly as a critic on Radio’4 Saturday Review and Front Row.
Journalism
Her opinion pieces have appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, the Financial Times, the New Republic, the Spectator and the Scotsman – where she was a weekly opinion columnist.’ Don’t need the publications photos repeated as its too busy that way.
Talks & Debates
Jenkins speaks regularly at conferences and debates around the world is an experienced facilitator and an accomplished keynote speaker