Too young for Beatlemania and too old for Take That hysteria, I've never queued for hours for a pop concert or screamed, cried and fainted in the presence of my idol. But during our third and final visit to the Cheltenham Literature Festival I very nearly did all of the above mentioned, and it all began in Swindon. Leah and I were sitting on the 9.54 train to Cheltenham eating our Danish pastry breakfast (we've got fed up with sausage baguette) when Lucy Worsley - yes the Lucy Worsley joined us. When I say 'joined us' she didn't bring her own Danish pastry and sit with us but she joined the train and was a mere four seats away. Lucy Worsley is Chief Curator at the Historic Royal Palaces, based at Hampton Court Palace. Star of numerous TV programmes including If Walls Could Talk; Elegance and Decadence, The Age of Regency and most recently Harlots, Housewives and Heroines Lucy was also on her way to the Cheltenham Literature Festival where sh...