era of colonial expansion. The book featured on Dan Snow’s History Hit podcast in May 2019. Berry has presented for the BBC, including a feature on BBC1's Inside/Out programme about the archaeologist, explorer and diplomat Gertrude Bell. Awards and honours She is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. Her book The Castrato and his Wife was featured as Book of the Week on Radio 4 Her book Orphans of Empire was shortlisted for the 2019 Cundill History Prize. References External links http://www.helenberry.net/ https://www.ncl.ac.uk/hca/staff/profile/helenberry.html#background https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/holdingarea/experts/profile/berryhelen/ https://jonathan-conway.com/authors/professor-helen-berry http://www.iwne.org/prof-helen-berry.php Living people 1969 births 21st-century British women writers 21st-century British historians British women historians Alumni of Jesus College, Cambridge Alumni of Durham University Academics of Newcastle University Historians of the United Kingdom Presidents of the Durham Union