Spring Weekend 2025

Friday 25 – Sunday 27 April

Spring Weekend 2025

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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Spring Festival Passes

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Festival Pass – £155 – in person entry to all Spring Weekend events

Digital Festival Pass – £38 – livestream access to the full digital talks programme.

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Livestreamed events are available to view until 25 May.

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Power and Politics

Michael Heseltine reveals forty years of frontline politics from Thatcher to Cameron, former GCHQ Director David Omand and Russia experts Jade McGlynn and Sinclair McKay ask: Is there a New World Order? Middle East historian Michael Scott-Baumann explores the Israel Gaza Conflict whilst Alex Chalk and Richard Graham ask: Has the Rule of Law Broken Down?

Kings & Queens

Top archaeologist Max Adams explores mighty King Offa and his dyke, Lucy Hughes-Hallett and Gareth Russell reveal the life and loves of James I, medieval expert Sharon Bennett Connolly celebrates Empress Matilda, Britain’s forgotten Medieval Queen, and Andrew Armstrong whisks us back to the court of Henry III and Queen Eleanor in medieval Gloucester.

Remarkable Revelations

Ian Mortimer explores extraordinary new evidence showing Edward II wasn’t killed at Berkeley Castle, BBC Coast’s Mark Horton reveals a huge Viking Fort by the Severn, top designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen shares stunning design secrets inspired by history and Janina Ramirez offers an exclusive tour of England’s greatest Tudor facade.

Unearthing Hidden Histories

Award-winning historian Hallie Rubenhold explores the lives of Dr Crippen’s women, BBC broadcaster Luke Pepera shares some of the greatest figures in African history, master stonemason Andrew Ziminski reveals the hidden treasures of England’s medieval parish churches and the owners of Gloucestershire’s finest stately homes give us an exclusive peak behind the walls.