Name: You called, we came - Diverse City
Start: 2021-4-18T10:00+1:00
End: 2021-4-18T23:50+1:00

april, 2021

18apr10:00 amYou called, we came - Diverse CityAll Nations Community ClubEvent Type:City Talks

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(Sunday) 10:00 am

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Gloucester History Festival are proud to premiere a special trailer for the Spring Weekend festival. The trailer is for an upcoming documentary about All Nations Community Club and exploring Gloucester as a diverse city.

All Nations Community Club is a centre for community use, a place for group and family meetings, activities and seminars.

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A special first look at an upcoming documentary about All Nations Community Club and exploring Gloucester as a diverse city.

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17apr10:00 amMargaret of Anjou!The Museum of Gloucester, Folk of Gloucester and Andrew ArmstrongEvent Type:City Talks

17apr12:00 pmHUM: Sing it BackOn:songEvent Type:City Talks

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(Saturday) 12:00 pm

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Discover historical songs and connect with others online, in this special workshop with Bella Gibbins.

Bella Gibbins is one of On:song’s regular HUM leaders and has been teaching singing to people old, young (and everything in between) for the last ten years. As well as being a singing teacher, Bella is a trained actor, fully qualified voice coach and bonafide karaoke queen. She is passionate about helping people find their voice, and with an MFA in Voice Studies, she has an impressive toolkit.

This workshop is presented by On:song, a local organisation on a mission to promote group singing to support global wellbeing.

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To enjoy this event live please follow the zoom link below:

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Alternatively you can use the code in your Zoom app: 97220785993

Please note this event will be recorded, if you would like to not be featured in the recording please feel free to enjoy with your video turned off.
A video of the session will be available here from Monday 19 April, for you to enjoy on demand.

17apr1:00 pmDulverton House: A C13 Infirmary transformed for C21 learningEvent Type:City Talks

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(Saturday) 1:00 pm

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Set in the shadow of Gloucester Cathedral, the historically significant C13 Dulverton House, currently King’s School Sixth Form, has undergone a major redevelopment over the last 12 months which has uncovered many unexpected historic features and required the input of specialists from archaeology and conservators to lime plastering and leadwork.

This short film tells the fascinating story of redevelopment of this building from the initial vision – to create an education facility fit for C21 learning – through to the construction challenges and some of the many archaeological discoveries before re-opening to students in January 2021.

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17apr2:00 pmCathedral Library Virtual TourGloucester CathedralEvent Type:City Talks

17apr4:00 pmRider Shafique interviews Vanley BurkeGloucestershire Archives and Fresh Air FoundationsEvent Type:City Talks

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(Saturday) 4:00 pm

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An insightful conversation between two artists.

Rider Shafique, lyricist, poet, and MC from Gloucester interviews Vanley Burke, the iconic photographer widely acknowledged as the godfather of Black British photography.

Vanley Burke’s iconic photographs have captured the evolving cultural landscape and social change, whilst stimulating debate over the past four decades.

His body of work represents possibly the largest photographic record of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain, and as an avid collector, Vanley continues to connect histories through his substantial archive housed at the Library of Birmingham. From local community organisations to the Victoria & Albert Museum and Whitechapel, Vanley has exhibited widely in the United Kingdom, and as far afield as New York, South Africa and China.

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17apr6:00 pmDead Famous: A History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver ScreenGreg Jenner & Janina RamirezEvent Type:Black Friars

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(Saturday) 6:00 pm

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Celebrity, with its neon glow and selfie pout, strikes us as hypermodern. But the famous and infamous have been thrilling, titillating and outraging us for much longer than we might realise – right back to the Ancient Greeks. Whether it was the scandalous Lord Byron, whose poetry sent female fans into an erotic frenzy, the cheetah-owning, coffin-sleeping, one-legged French actress Sarah Bernhardt or Edmund Kean, the dazzling Shakespeare actor whose monstrous ego and terrible alcoholism saw him nearly murdered by his own audience – the list of stars whose careers burned bright before the age of television is extensive and thrillingly varied.

Leading historian and Horrible Histories expert Greg Jenner goes in search of notoriety’s historical roots discussing the vibrant history of celebrity and why it burst into life in the early 18th century. He joins Festival President and BBC2 Raiders of the Lost Past presenter Janina Ramirez to talk history, scandal and celebrity – revealing some intriguing and sometimes unexpected pioneers.

Greg Jenner is a public historian, broadcaster, bestselling author and creator of the chart topping BBC comedy podcast You’re Dead to Me. He’s the Historical Consultant to the BBC’s Emmy and BAFTA award winning Horrible Histories TV series and movie.

‘A fascinating, rollicking book in search of why, where and how fame strikes. Sit back and enjoy the ride.’ (Peter Frankopan)

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17apr8:00 pmThe Power of GeographyTim MarshallEvent Type:Black Friars

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(Saturday) 8:00 pm

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‘If you want to understand world events, look at a map’

Tim Marshall, former Diplomatic and Foreign Affairs Editor at Sky News, first explored this idea in his globally bestselling and critically acclaimed Prisoners of Geography which showed how every nation’s history has been limited by mountains, rivers, seas and concrete and was translated into 30 languages selling over 1.5 million copies. Now he returns with the much anticipated sequel, The Power of Geography. He joins us to discuss this revelatory new book taking us into ten regions that are shaping global politics and power today. Find out why the Earth’s atmosphere is the world’s next battleground; why the fight for the Pacific is just beginning; and why Europe’s next refugee crisis is closer than it thinks. Covering Australia, Turkey, the UK, Iran, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Space, and delivered with Tim Marshall’s trademark wit and insight, he joins us for a lucid and gripping exploration of the power of geography to shape humanity’s past, present – and future.

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18apr10:00 amYou called, we came - Diverse CityAll Nations Community ClubEvent Type:City Talks

18apr12:00 pmCathedral 360 TourGloucester CathedralEvent Type:City Talks

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(Sunday) 12:00 pm

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Experience a self-led digital tour of Gloucester Cathedral, exploring the site in its incredible detail. Take in the beautifully restored medieval Lady Chapel and the impressive Norman nave, or journey into the crypt below and the tribune gallery above, all from the comfort of your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Whilst it will never be quite the same as visiting in person, it’s definitely the next best thing!

Thank you to Kevin Lewis for creating this digital tour.

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18apr1:00 pmGloucester Heritage Open Days FilmEvent Type:Heritage Opening Days

18apr1:30 pmVictorian School ExperienceGloucestershire ArchivesEvent Type:City Talks

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(Sunday) 1:30 pm

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It’s dressing up day for our Victorian School Experience. Do your best to find a flat cap, scruffy shirt, braces and shorts, or black skirt, frilly white top a bow for your hair as you travel back in time to an interactive Victorian classroom. And remember, bring an apple for your teacher!

Join Miss Fowkes and Miss O’Keefe as they tell you to listen up, stop talking and recite your times tables. Just Kidding, this is going to be fun – we promise!

How were lessons different in the Victorian days?
Were girls treated the same as boys?
What happened if you were naughty in class?
Were pens and pencils invented yet?

Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this specially put together film perfect for families with children aged 6-13.

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18apr2:00 pmTake a Trip to the Crypt of DeCryptEvent Type:City Talks

18apr4:00 pmBlood and Iron: Germany 1871-1918Katja HoyerEvent Type:Black Friars

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(Sunday) 4:00 pm

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Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. It’s founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring 39 individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? Could the young European nation build enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France? In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, leading historian Katja Hoyer tells the enthralling story of the German Empire from its violent rise to its spectacular fall at the end of the First World War. It’s a tale of self-discovery, social upheaval and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.

One of the most acclaimed history books published this Spring, described by Michael Portillo as ‘lively and accessible’ and by Andrew Roberts as ‘the best biography of the Second Reich in years…’ she joins the History Festival to bring to life the dramatic and extraordinary story of the German Empire.

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