Gloucester History Festival Spring Weekend 2024

Friday 12 – Sunday 14 April

Spring Weekend 2024

Quench your curiosity and join over thirty of Britain’s top historians, broadcasters, politicians and thinkers at the Spring Weekend this April.

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Power and Politics

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen travels across the Middle East and former NATO Supreme Commander General Tim Radford and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace ask does NATO still matter? Former BBC Eastern Europe correspondent Victor Sebestyen and historian Olesya Khromeychuk discuss Ukraine right now, and The Observer’s Will Hutton joins top historian David Kynaston to debate the legacy of 20th century Prime Ministers.

Royal Rebels

Philippa Langley explores Richard III and the fate of the Princes in the Tower, Suzannah Lipscomb reveals how James I took the throne, Nicola Tallis lifts the lid on the rift between Tudor Queens Elizabeth and Mary, Estelle Paranque discusses Anne Boleyn and Mark Turnbull uncovers extraordinary new evidence about Charles I’s private life.

Crossing Continents

Broadcaster Michael Wood journeys across ancient China, leading historian Peter Frankopan travels back through the history of weather, Janina Ramirez reveals the treasures of the Spice Routes, award-winning historian Nandini Das voyages to India’s dazzling Mughal Empire, top comedian Dom Joly visits Roswell, New Mexico on the hunt for aliens and Chris Packham explores the British landscape.

Unlocking Hidden Histories

Sathnam Sanghera and Kavita Puri trace the legacy of the British Empire, Call the Midwife’s Stephen McGann and Janina Ramirez explore the hidden history of women, Ian Mortimer reveals the sights, smells and sounds of the Middle Ages and Jon Eeles and Phil Moss uncover what life was really like during the Siege of Gloucester.