Time travel back to the Tudors with Philippa Gregory whilst three of Britain’s great medieval historians  Dan Jones, Philippa Langley and Helen Castor plunge us back into the world of Henry V and Richard III. Horrible Histories guru Greg Jenner and Daisy Dunn transport us to Caesar’s Italy and rowdy Roman Britain whilst wordsmith Susie Dent unlocks the mysterious world of the dictionary-maker. 

Kate Mosse and Clare Mulley celebrate WW2 heroines whilst Shalina Patel and  Priya Atwal unearth fascinating figures hidden in history. In the Wolfson History Prize Event Hakim Adi  reveals African and Caribbean people in Britain since the Romans, Vanley Burke and Rider Shafique explore the earliest recorded slave song from 18th century Barbados and Waldemar Janusczcak questions the politics behind Constable’s The Hay Wain.