Professor Deborah Sugg Ryan is a historian, author and broadcaster. She is a specialist in the history of houses, interiors, fashion, consumer culture and everyday life.
Deborah is Professor of Design History at the University of Portsmouth and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
She is series consultant for BBC Two’s A House Through Time and has appeared in all four series. Drawing on her current research on the history of the kitchen, she appeared in and was consultant to Channel 5’s My Kitchen: 60 Years of Fads and Gadgets and co-wrote and co-presented the BBC Radio 4 programme Fitted and Kitted in 2024, and has contributed to many other TV and radio programmes.
Deborah's most recent book is Ideal Homes: Uncovering the History and Design of the Interwar Home. She is currently writing a history of the modern kitchen.