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Frank Skinner, Alice Roberts, Celia Imrie, Alan Johnson, Lyse Doucet, David Olusoga, Olivette Otele, Jeremy Hunt, Michael Heseltine, Greg Jenner, Vince Cable and Peter Frankopan were just some of the top historians, actors, broadcasters and authors who joined us at the recent Autumn festival! 

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2025 Events

September

sat13sep10:00 am11:00 amThe Bayeux Tapestry: The Big QuestionsJanina Ramirez and David Musgrove

sat13sep12:00 pm1:00 pmPeter FrankopanThe Silk Roads Revisited

sat13sep2:00 pm3:00 pmVince CableEclipsing the West: China & India Forging A New World?

sat13sep4:00 pm5:00 pmFrank SkinnerIn Conversation

sat13sep6:00 pm7:00 pmCelia Imrie & Fidelis Morgan

sat13sep8:00 pm9:00 pmAlice LoxtonEighteen: A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives

sun14sep10:00 am11:00 amAethelstan: The First King of EnglandDavid Woodman & Andrew Armstrong

sun14sep12:00 pm1:00 pmAlan JohnsonHarold Wilson: Twentieth Century Man

sun14sep2:00 pm3:00 pmMichael HeseltineIn Conversation

sun14sep4:00 pm5:00 pmDoorway to the WorldOlivette Otele

sun14sep6:00 pm7:00 pmTracy BormanThe Stolen Crown: Death of the Tudor Dynasty

sun14sep7:30 pm8:30 pmA Marvellous History of MagicMagician Andi Gladwin, Richard Wiseman & Steve Knibbs

mon15sep10:00 am11:00 amCrusaders: The Knights Who Went Rogue in the Holy LandSteve Tibble

mon15sep12:00 pm1:00 pmMargaret Paston: God’s Own GentlewomanDiane Watt

mon15sep2:00 pm3:00 pmForgotten Churches: Exploring England’s Hidden TreasuresLuke Sherlock

mon15sep4:00 pm5:00 pmBBC Radio 4 Great Lives with Matthew ParrisMatthew Parris and Guests

mon15sep6:00 pm7:00 pmSceptred Isle: A New History of the 14th CenturyHelen Carr

mon15sep8:00 pm9:00 pmSir Francis Drake & the Secrets of the SevernMark Horton

tue16sep12:00 pm1:00 pmHiroshima MenIain MacGregor

tue16sep2:00 pm3:00 pmMission Europe! The Secret Women of the SOEKate Vigurs

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October

sat25oct6:30 pm7:30 pmPutin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War | The Winstone TalkMartin Sixsmith

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