Hayley Nolan is a historian, TEDx Speaker, United Nations Delegate and Anne Boleyn biographer. In 2024 she became an Associate of King’s College London. Her non-fiction book, Anne Boleyn: 500 Years of Lies was an Amazon History No1 bestseller and ‘The Independent’ Book of the Month.

Hayley has 25 million views on her history Tiktok videos where she disseminates her research to a global audience in an accessible and digestible way. In 2019 she worked with Houses of Parliament to launch the #BeMoreBoleyn campaign, which provided tangible steps for women to take to use their voice and get involved in politics. Hayley’s history TEDx talk is based on her specialist subject, titled Anne Boleyn and the Art of Making Unpopular Decisions, and can be viewed at Ted.com here.

Hayley trained in the archives of the British Library specialising in the research of historical manuscripts and rare books as part of a joint Master’s degree at King’s College London in Early Modern Text and Transmission. She holds a certificate in The History of Medieval Medicine Through Jewish Manuscripts, and a certificate in Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts and their Scribes, both from The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies. In 2024 Hayley completed a two-year Associateship of King’s College London, a research-led programme which focussed on theology and London's culture and history, which she passed with two Dean’s Commendations.

Hayley has been a contributor to All About History magazine and has written history articles for The Telegraph, Readers Digest and Big Issue North, as well as leading a campaign against the romanticisation of Anne Boleyn’s death for Women's Aid. While fronting the popular podcast vlogumentary series The History Review, Hayley partnered with some of the country’s most respected historical organisations including The National Archives, Historic Royal Palaces (Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace), Anne Boleyn’s childhood home of Hever Castle, the English Heritage site of Eltham Palace, Henry VIII’s childhood home, and Houses of Parliament for the 2017 General Election. Hayley was also invited to work with the official French organisation Atout France, travelling abroad to research Anne Boleyn’s early life at the Chateau Royal de Blois, France.