We are delighted to announce that Gloucester History Festival are among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund.
This award will support the preparations and development of an exciting autumn festival for 2021, making it possible for Gloucester History Festival to present an engaging programme of events.
“We are delighted to have the support of the Culture Recovery Fund.
This grant is the much needed support we needed to develop an inspiring festival for the autumn. A festival for our communities to come together, develop their understanding of the world, both past and present and learn about the Frontiers and Pioneers that have shaped all of our stories.”
Jacqui Grange, Festival Manager
Gloucester History Festival has received a grant of £12.5K from the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help the organisation recover and develop their future offer.
More than £300 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations across the country including Gloucester History Festival in the latest round of support from the Culture Recovery Fund, the Culture Secretary announced today.
Gloucester History Festival is committed to bringing history to life for everyone. We present an annual two week festival to celebrate the city’s rich history, heritage and culture. The festival celebrates local, national and international history through a highly acclaimed programme of Blackfriars Talks; the City Voices programme of workshops, performances, tours, parades, exhibitions and digital content; the Heritage Open Days and the much loved Gloucester Day, to give people the chance to learn from the past and shape their life today for the future. During 2020 the festival took place online, providing history and culture to people in their homes.
With the first Culture Recovery Fund grant, Gloucester History Festival has been able to develop an online Spring festival, which will bring history and culture to homes near and far from April 17th-18th. The festival presents a programme of talks from historians including Greg Jenner, Janina Ramirez, Tim Marshall, Robert Pike and Katja Hoyer. The festival also offers an array of special experiences, enabling people to engage with the past in different ways, from rare opportunities to see Gloucester’s historic venues virtually to singing historical songs, and an interview with Vanley Burke.
This second Culture Recovery Fund award will support the Gloucester History Festival to prepare, secure and develop an exciting programme of events for the autumn on the theme of Frontiers and Pioneers, to mark a year which sees a multitude of significant anniversaries of frontiers and pioneers of all kinds. 2021 includes anniversaries of the end of the USSR 30 years ago, the building of the Berlin Wall and Yuri Gagarin’s first manned space flight 60 years ago, the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War 70 years ago and, much further back, this May marks the 550th anniversary of Gloucester’s city gates closing against Margaret of Anjou as she approached Gloucester before the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.
The Culture Recovery Fund will support the development of an autumn festival full of stories of crossing boundaries, new discoveries, change and advancements of the past. A festival to re-unite local communities and empower all generations to explore history and develop their understanding of the world, both past and present.
“Our record breaking Culture Recovery Fund has already helped thousands of culture and heritage organisations across the country survive the biggest crisis they’ve ever faced.
Now we’re staying by their side as they prepare to welcome the public back through their doors – helping our cultural gems plan for reopening and thrive in the better times ahead.”
Oliver Dowden, Culture Secretary
Over £800 million in grants and loans has already been awarded to support almost 3,800 cinemas, performance venues, museums, heritage sites and other cultural organisations dealing with the immediate challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.
The second round of awards made will help organisations to look ahead to the spring and summer and plan for reopening and recovery. After months of closures and cancellations to contain the virus and save lives, this funding will be a much-needed helping hand for organisations transitioning back to normal in the months ahead.
“Investing in a thriving cultural sector at the heart of communities is a vital part of helping the whole country to recover from the pandemic. These grants will help to re-open theatres, concert halls, and museums and will give artists and companies the opportunity to begin making new work.
We are grateful to the Government for this support and for recognising the paramount importance of culture to our sense of belonging and identity as individuals and as a society.”
Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair, Arts Council England
The funding awarded is from a £400 million pot which was held back last year to ensure the Culture Recovery Fund could continue to help organisations in need as the public health picture changed. The funding has been awarded by Arts Council England, as well as Historic England and National Lottery Heritage Fund and the British Film Institute.
Gloucester History Festival are delighted to announce a new Festival this Spring in addition to the much loved autumn events, with a view of deepening relationships with history enthusiasts by offering a year round programme.
This decision is following the success of the 2020 festival that reached nearly 11,000 people at home around the world during the two week festival, and a further 9,500 viewers experiencing the festival by watching the recorded talks on demand.
Akin to the 2020 Festival, the spring festival will be presented online – allowing people from around the world to come together virtually and engage with stories and insights of the past. The festival will include special speakers in a selection of talks and City Voices events, offering a taste of history ahead of the main event in September.
This smaller festival will take place in April, with the programme and dates to be announced.
We are thrilled to announce our 11th annual festival, taking place from 4th-19th September 2021.
This news follows the success of our 2020 festival that reached nearly 11,000 people at home around the globe, within the two official weeks of the festival, and a further 9,500 viewers who enjoyed the Festival’s on-demand content beyond the festival dates.
‘After the success of last year’s festival, I am excited for what Gloucester History Festival has up its sleeve for 2021.
I am thrilled to announce the theme for 2021’s festival is Frontiers and Pioneers, which not only will share world-changing-moments in history, but also feels so relevant to the history we’re living through today. Engaging with history is a constant reminder, that the stories of the past help us to gain perspective and remind us to have hope through challenging times.
Whether we’re welcoming visitors to the history-rich Gloucester venues this autumn or virtually online, we can’t wait to share a programme that will inspire and provide something for everyone.’
– Janina Ramirez, Festival President
This year Gloucester History Festival will run from 4th-19th September, exploring the theme of Frontiers and Pioneers. 2021 sees a multitude of significant anniversaries both close to home and further afield: the end of the USSR 30 years ago, the building of the Berlin Wall and Yuri Gagarin’s first manned space flight 60 years ago, the Battle of the Imjin River during the Korean War 70 years ago and, much further back, this May marks the 550th anniversary of Gloucester’s city gates closing against Margaret of Anjou as she approached Gloucester before the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471. All feature frontiers or pioneersat the heart of the story. This year also sees the anniversaries of a host of ground-breaking pioneers including Frank Whittle’s very first jet engine flight in Brockworth 80 years ago and the 150th anniversary of the birth of Gloucester-born Herbert Cecil Booth who invented the vacuum cleaner – changing our everyday lives to this day.
Whether crossing new boundaries in the world of science and space, erecting barriers that will echo uneasily through history, manning the barricades and holding the line, or breaking boundaries to unite, work together or gain freedom, 2021’s anniversaries mark frontiers and pioneers of all kinds. As we find ourselves in a memorable yet challenging time in history, these stories also inspire us to look at the changes, hope and advancements through difficult times and the pioneers and breakthroughs which have prevailed.
With events cancelled and postponed across the world in 2020, Gloucester History Festival was one of the first across the country to develop a fully digital festival experience, reaching more people than ever before. This September, we hopes to offer both online and in-person events and will follow guidance on this nearer the time. The Festival is committed to continuing an online programme as well as real-life events where possible, aware of the positive impact that online events have in reaching people near and far. A virtual visitor from Canada said:
‘I am immensely thrilled to be able to attend the festival this year from Canada. The programming was impeccable. I am blown away by the programming!’
The 2020 festival was praised by many for the quality of the talks on offer.
‘I enjoyed viewing the events online, there was a great deal of interesting material in the lectures and the discussions were friendly, stimulating and often thought provoking.’
The full programme and speakers will be announced later in the year.
The 2020 festival included household names such as Janina Ramirez, Mary Beard, Neil Gaiman and David Olusoga.
We are delighted to announce that we have been nominated to receive a £25,000 life line as part of the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage.
This emergency funding will enable us to:
Recoup against financial loss from this year’s festival, which, due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, forwent all live events
Future proof against the on-going climate by finding new ways to develop the Festival with online content
This is a great time for Gloucester as three other heritage organisations, as well as us, received financial support from the same fund, totalling almost £300,000.
We wanted so very much to be able to offer live events this year, but at the eleventh hour that the decision was made to digitalise all events. Although this opened many doors of opportunity, and we engaged with more people online than ever before, the financial situation has been an on-going concern, as it has with many arts, cultural and heritage organisations nation wide.
With social distancing conditions remaining in place, we plan to use a proportion of the funding to futureproof ourselves against ongoing restrictions by learning from this pilot year of digital activity, using that learning to guide future festival plans.
“We are so relieved Although we were thrilled to be able to offer the Festival online this year, we lost a massive line of income from ticket sales because we were not able to hold any live events. Its been a massive concern”
Jacqui Grange, Festival Producer
The support that our audiences and subscribers have given us through individual donations has been so gratefully received, and we thank each and every person who has contributed in this way. However, we are still in the position where we rely very heavily on this support fund, if the future of the festival were not to be in jeopardy, and this much needed funding gives us the lifeline that we need to journey into 2021 slightly more confidently.
This vital funding is from the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage and the Heritage Stimulus Fund – funded by Government and administered at arms length by Historic England and the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Both funds are part of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund which is designed to secure the future of Britain’s museums, galleries, theatres, independent cinemas, heritage sites and music venues with emergency grants and loans.
Gloucester History Festival is asking the residents of Gloucester to submit some of their favourite Gloucester based memories to be used in a digital memory box as part of the Gloucester Looking Up project.
Celebrating their 10th anniversary and the 25th anniversary of Heritage Open Days, Gloucester History Festival is working with the Heritage Hub on a city-wide digital heritage project, funded by Historic England, entitled Gloucester Looking Up which is a key part of the City Voices programme of the Festival this year.
Written, spoken and recorded, typed or filmed, residents are asked to share some of their most precious memories of Gloucester, with a view of some of them being included within the Digital Memory Box project. Residents will be able to submit memories on the new Gloucester History Festival website, once it launches in August, or in the meantime, by accessing the submission form available on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), that is sent to the email subscriber list, or by emailing to be sent the link to the submission form.
“Your memory could be about people, places, events, special family moments, celebrations or landmark occasions” says Dan Lusby from Squeaky Pedal, the company commissioned to make the Memory Box. “But really, we are looking for those very special memories, those moments in time, that are not necessarily connected to something big happening else where. It is those small cherished, blink and you miss them, memories that mean the world to you, that we are looking to capture. But they have to be connected to Gloucester.”
Gloucester History Festival celebrates stories of the past that are told around the world, in a way that is relevant to people today, but it is a festival very much rooted in Gloucester. Telling the stories of people from the City, who continue to make it such a vibrant, interesting, colourful and special place to live and work is equally important.
Gloucester History Festival is supported by Gloucester City Council and Historic England.
For more information, further images and to book interviews contact Beckie Smith:
The theme of this year’s festival will be Voyagers and Visionaries to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage to America in September 1620. Telling stories of discovery, migration, identity and discovery it reveals how journeys near and far have shaped our past.
Gloucester History Festival is doing everything it can to deliver some elements of a live programme across the 2 week festival which runs from Saturday September 5 to Sunday September 20 this year, but inevitably, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be much changed with significant online and digital contributions for the first time. A new website (www.gloucester historyfestival.co.uk) will be launched soon, and people are encouraged to check it regularly as content will be added on a rolling basis.
As part of the City Voices element of the festival, Historic England has made a grant to the city to inspire a citywide heritage response to COVID-19.Entitled ‘Gloucester Looking Up’ it will encourage communities to look up at the buildings, look up online, look up their heritage and ensure that Gloucester’s built and lived heritage is part of a shared recovery.
Gloucester’s thriving History Festival makes history of its own this year and announces some of its first ever programme of digital online events.
#everyoneshistory
Following the most recent Covid-19 Government advice Festival managers have made the decision to deliver not only the City Voices element of the festival online, but the renowned Blackfriars talks programme as well.
Festival Manager Jacqui Grange said: “We believe with careful planning we will achieve same level of professionalism expected of the Festival with our online content. We are putting together an extraordinary programme of events which will not only encompass the City Voices programmes, but the Blackfriars talks too, with some elements of the Heritage Open Days programme also being available online.
The impressive and digital City Voices programme includes highlights such as:
Kingsholm Looking Up by artist Ellie Shipman; an illustrated guide to the people and places of Kingsholm where people will be able to visit the area, follow a walking trail map and ‘look up’ to see vinyl illustrations in the windows across the route.
Take it to the Cleaners by artist Hanna Thomson; celebrating the unsung heroes of heritage and ensuring they are recognised for the invaluable work they do. At this online event, audiences will hear about their favourite objects or parts of the heritage sites they clean as well as their own experiences and stories
You called: we came! by Diverse-city; a project that works across the whole festival resulting in an interactive map which people can follow that raises the profile of BAME heritage across the city. This projects also includes a film about the All Nations Community Centre
Gloucester Firsts by Rider Shafique and Tarsier Films; who present two short documentaries which explore Black History through telling the stories of firsts. The first Mosque and first Black Business. The films will include interviews with key community members and will look at the importance and influence of heritage and how people connected to these venues and businesses have continued to support the BAME community today
BSL tour of Gloucester by Deaf artist Olivier Jamin and Christina Wheeler; who present a unique and engaging response to 2-3 sites across the city in BSL with subtitles for hearing audiences
Tales from the Cross by Jarek Adams; who presents an interactive audio experience designed to stimulate individuals into thinking about their city, its past, present and future and their part in its story.
We See Gloucester (Do you see us?): The city through the lens of black photographers; Rider Shafique poignantly explores identity, culture and heritage through face coverings in a series of photographs of Gloucester people taken during lockdown.
This City Voices content will be available on the Festival website (www.gloucesterhistorfestival.co.uk) for festival goers online from the launch of the Festival on Saturday 5 – Sunday 20 September. The new website is expected to launch by mid-August.
Festival Managers are still finalising details of the now online programme of Blackfriars events; details of which will be announced shortly.
The festival will begin as usual with Gloucester Day, masterminded as always by Town Crier Alan Myatt on Saturday 5 September, and the Heritage Open Days programme, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year will still continue in a socially distanced manner.
Despite the consequences of Covid-19 this 10th year of Gloucester History Festival promises to be the best and most innovative year yet.
Gloucester History Festival celebrates stories of the past that are told around the world, in a way that is relevant to people today, but it is a festival very much rooted in Gloucester. Telling the stories of people from the City, who continue to make it such a vibrant, interesting, colourful and special place to live and work is equally important.
Gloucester History Festival is supported by Gloucester City Council and Historic England.
Notes to Editors
For more information, further images and to book interviews contact Beckie Smith:
The theme of this year’s festival will be Voyagers and Visionaries to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage to America in September 1620. Telling stories of discovery, migration, identity and discovery it reveals how journeys near and far have shaped our past.
Gloucester History Festival is doing everything it can to deliver some elements of a live programme across the 2 week festival which runs from Saturday September 5 to Sunday September 20 this year, but inevitably, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be much changed with significant online and digital contributions for the first time. A new website (www.gloucester historyfestival.co.uk) will be launched soon, and people are encouraged to check it regularly as content will be added on a rolling basis.
As part of the City Voices element of the festival, Historic England has made a grant to the city to inspire a citywide heritage response to COVID-19.Entitled ‘Gloucester Looking Up’ it will encourage communities to look up at the buildings, look up online, look up their heritage and ensure that Gloucester’s built and lived heritage is part of a shared recovery.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Joan of Arc is an almost mythic medieval figure, her image still instantly recognisable after half a millennium. Her tale is both familiar yet endlessly startling.
The peasant
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Joan of Arc is an almost mythic medieval figure, her image still instantly recognisable after half a millennium. Her tale is both familiar yet endlessly startling.
The peasant girl sent by God to save France, dressed in armour as though she were a man, the maid who rescued Orléans and led her king to be crowned at Reims, the martyr who became a legend – and later a saint – when she was burned at the stake by the English enemy in 1431.
In a compelling new illustrated talk bestselling Femina author Janina Ramirez untangles fact from fiction to bring Joan of Arc and medieval France vividly to life.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
A Maid of Honour at Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953 and former Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret, Anne Glenconner has spent her entire life as a
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
A Maid of Honour at Elizabeth II’s Coronation in 1953 and former Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret, Anne Glenconner has spent her entire life as a friend of the royal family.
In her bestselling memoirs she looks back on an extraordinary life full of glamour, drama and tragedy. And in a rare appearance, she lifts the lid on life at court, offering a ringside seat on major events in 20th century history and offers a frank, fearless and enormously entertaining portrait of the realities of life in the shadow of the Crown.
£15 / £6 Livestreamed
Gloucester-born Tom Kerridge is one of Britain’s best-loved and most inspiring chefs, the owner of The Hand & Flowers in Marlow, the only pub in Britain to
Event Details
£15 / £6 Livestreamed
Gloucester-born Tom Kerridge is one of Britain’s best-loved and most inspiring chefs, the owner of The Hand & Flowers in Marlow, the only pub in Britain to hold two Michelin stars.
He joins us to tell the tale of his recent culinary road trip through the best of British food and its rich heritage, now a major BBC TV series, as well as sharing his own story and the Gloucester inspiration behind his famous Matson sauce.
‘Tom Kerridge is a national treasure and this is his gift to the nation.’ – Jay Rayner
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman, author of the chart-topping book and BBC1 documentary Coronation, offers a fascinating account of the tumultuous period of royal history since Charles
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman, author of the chart-topping book and BBC1 documentary Coronation, offers a fascinating account of the tumultuous period of royal history since Charles III became King. How would – or could – he fill the shoes of the record-breaking Elizabeth II?
His talk, full of intriguing insider details, explores the transition between Elizabeth and Charles, the political upheavals of his first years as monarch and reflects on the current state of the House of Windsor and what the future may bring.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
The Times’ columnist and bestselling espionage writer Ben Macintyre is the author of the book and film Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag and The Spy and The Traitor.
In
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
The Times’ columnist and bestselling espionage writer Ben Macintyre is the author of the book and film Operation Mincemeat, Agent Zigzag and The Spy and The Traitor.
In his major new book The Siege he shares the definitive inside story of the greatest SAS hostage drama: the infamous 1980 siege on the Iranian Embassy in London, drawing on unpublished source material, exclusive new interviews with the SAS, and testimony from witnesses including hostages, negotiators and intelligence officers.
£14 / £6 Livestreamed
Henry V, victor at the Battle of Agincourt, is one of the most intriguing characters in history. A sometimes brutal warrior, he was a leader who made
Event Details
£14 / £6 Livestreamed
Henry V, victor at the Battle of Agincourt, is one of the most intriguing characters in history. A sometimes brutal warrior, he was a leader who made many mistakes, yet always seemed to triumph when it mattered. He saved a shattered country from economic ruin, put down rebellions and secured England’s borders. In diplomacy, he made England a serious player once more. Yet his conquests in France led to the calamity of the Wars of the Roses.
Britain’s bestselling medieval historian and TV broadcaster Dan Jones paints a thrilling and unmissable portrait of England’s greatest king in this fascinating new talk.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Gloucester’s iconic Cathedral and legendary Docks take centre stage when we think of Gloucester’s greatest buildings. But what about the glorious gems tucked away in hidden corners
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Gloucester’s iconic Cathedral and legendary Docks take centre stage when we think of Gloucester’s greatest buildings. But what about the glorious gems tucked away in hidden corners or nestling under our streets?
Join us for the world premiere of Janina Ramirez’s short film for Historic England celebrating the buildings of Gloucester. Then watch as City Archaeologist Andrew Armstrong, much-loved local historian Phil Moss and Femina author Janina Ramirez lock horns to present their favourite unsung buildings in the city and argue about which is Gloucester’s best.
£14 / £6 Livestreamed
History is now front-page news, contested as never before. Statues have fallen, our beloved heritage organisations are under assault while the reputations of great men have been
Event Details
£14 / £6 Livestreamed
History is now front-page news, contested as never before. Statues have fallen, our beloved heritage organisations are under assault while the reputations of great men have been called into question.
In this talk, leading historian, filmmaker and author of the acclaimed Black and British, Professor David Olusoga examines the causes of the ‘history wars’ and asks where they might lead us.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Join Horrible Histories guru Greg Jenner, host of the chart-topping BBC podcast You’re Dead to Me, for a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain, from its brilliant
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Join Horrible Histories guru Greg Jenner, host of the chart-topping BBC podcast You’re Dead to Me, for a riotously fun journey through Roman Britain, from its brilliant beginnings to its epic ending.
From legionaries to baths and gladiators to hypocausts, this whirlwind tour will cover everything you need to know about Roman Britain and show you what it would really have been like to live through hundreds of years of Roman history. And where better to join Greg Jenner than in the heart of Roman Glevum!
For adults and youngsters: suitable for all history-lovers from 9 years up.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
This year is the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary and as part of the celebrations Constable’s The Hay Wain has visited Bristol Museum & Art Gallery as the
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
This year is the National Gallery’s 200th anniversary and as part of the celebrations Constable’s The Hay Wain has visited Bristol Museum & Art Gallery as the centrepiece of its recent Truth to Nature exhibition.
Sunday Times Art Critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak, art historian and Femina author Janina Ramirez and Professor of Colonialism & Heritage Corinne Fowler join Jo Durrant to explore the history of this icon of English landscape art and the myriad ways in which it has been copied, satirised and politicised since it was first painted in a Suffolk lane in 1821.
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Join Sunday Times Art Critic and acclaimed film-maker Waldemar Januszczak to discover the dark, weird, wild and sexy period of art between 1520 and 1590, squeezed tightly
Event Details
£12 / £6 Livestreamed
Join Sunday Times Art Critic and acclaimed film-maker Waldemar Januszczak to discover the dark, weird, wild and sexy period of art between 1520 and 1590, squeezed tightly between the Renaissance and the Baroque.
Described as ‘the Renaissance going off the rails’, the crazy creativity of Guiseppe Arcimbolo, making faces out of fruit and seafood in Prague, Rosso Fiorentino at Fontainebleau and the unleashing of women artists onto the public stage reveals the extraordinary rebellion of the period against European norms.
Prepare for exhilarating journey into the chaos and creativity of mannerism with Waldemar Januszczak as your guide.
£16
Comedians have always been a thorn in the side of the powerful, poking fun at the absurdities of their time.
Director of the legendary Olivier-winning Jerry Springer The Opera,
Event Details
£16
Comedians have always been a thorn in the side of the powerful, poking fun at the absurdities of their time.
Director of the legendary Olivier-winning Jerry Springer The Opera, stand-up comedian, writer, director and film-maker, Stewart Lee is one of the most groundbreaking figures in British comedy, with legions of devoted fans of his deadpan, surreal and hilarious musings.
He joins Janina Ramirez for a wide-ranging conversation as they take a sideways swipe at history, politics and the state of the nation.
£10 / £6 Livestreamed
This year archaeologists found 7,000 year-old fish traps in the Severn estuary and to mark this discovery top Cambridge landscape archaeologist Simon Draper joins us to discuss
Event Details
£10 / £6 Livestreamed
This year archaeologists found 7,000 year-old fish traps in the Severn estuary and to mark this discovery top Cambridge landscape archaeologist Simon Draper joins us to discuss the intriguing history of the River and the people who’ve lived and worked on it over the centuries.
What part did fishing and waterborne trades play in medieval and Elizabethan life? How did the estuary dwellers ingeniously deal with floods? And how exactly did Severn elvers and lamprey feature in the courts of medieval Kings?
The Time Traveller’s Guide to… is trademark used here by agreement with the trademark owner, Dr Ian Mortimer.
£12
Ever since the Norman Conquest, the English have looked back to the Anglo-Saxon era with nostalgia. The period between 450 and 1066, when England first came into being, has always
Event Details
£12
Ever since the Norman Conquest, the English have looked back to the Anglo-Saxon era with nostalgia. The period between 450 and 1066, when England first came into being, has always been regarded as a golden age. Its Kings were elected and its church more pristine, women had better rights and people enjoyed greater freedom. But how much of this is true and how much wishful thinking?
Leading historian Marc Morris is the presenter of Channel 4’s Castles and his book The Anglo-Saxons is described by Dan Snow as ‘an absolute masterpiece’. He joins us to tell the real story of the beginnings of England.
We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept”, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. AcceptRejectPrivacy Policy
Privacy & Cookies Policy
Privacy Overview
This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
