BBC History Weekend Malmsbury Wilts

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Magazineweekend festival, following last yearssell-out event. With almost twice as manyspeakers and two extra venues, 2014s festivalpromises to be even bigger and better thanlast time around.

The festival takes place in the ancient hilltoptown of Malmesbury in Wiltshire, which is oneof the oldest boroughs in England. It is also theburial place of thelstan, grandson of Alfred

the Great and the first king of all England. Theabbey that houses his tomb is Malmesburyscrowning glory. In around AD 1000, Eilmerthe flying monk launched an early attempt ataviation from the abbeys tower (it failed, he

broke his legs), and in the churchyard is buriedone Hannah Twynnoy, famously eaten by atiger here in 1703. The town is also where the17th-century philosopher Thomas Hobbeswas born.

Close to 40 top-name historians, authors andtelevision personalities will be speaking overthe course of the weekend in MalmesburyAbbey, Malmesbury Town Hall, a specialmarquee and the Old Bell hotel. There will also

be a fully stocked history bookshop, courtesy ofWaterstones Cirencester, where our speakerswill be signing books.

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information stand, a cafe area and picnic space.Plus, if you would like a chance to explore thetown, historic tours will be taking place on themorning of Friday 17 October.

Getting to the festivalMalmesbury is a beautiful market town in Wiltshire,

situated just north of the M4 between Swindon and Bath.

Our venuesOur venues are a short level walk from one another. at different times of the weekend, and talks will be at certain times. You will be advised of the locationreceive your tickets in the post. There is disabled acvenues. If you require special assistance, please adv

Malmesbury Abbey The towns beautiful 12a major site of medieval learning and is the buthelstan. It remains a place of worship today

Cloister Gardens We will be setting up a mof the historic abbey.

The Old Bell Said to be Englands oldest hotback to the 13th century.

Malmesbury Town Hall The Victorian townunderwent a major refurbishment programmrooms, it hosts the thelstan Museum.

Join BBC History Magazine for four days of talks from leading historiansand authors in the ancient hilltop town of Malmesbury

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By train: Kemble and Chippenhamrailway stations are both served bydirect trains from LondonPaddington. Both stations aresituated roughly 25 minutes by roadfrom Malmesbury.

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THE SPEAKERSPaddy Ashdown

After service as a RoyalMarine and intelligenceofficer, Paddy Ashdownwas an MP from 1983 to2001, and leader of theLiberal Democrats from1988 until 1999. Laterhe was the international

High Representative for Bosnia andHerzegovina.

Talk: The French Resistanceand the Battle for theVercors 1944

Paddy tells the neglected D-Day story ofthe Resistance uprising and subsequentmassacre on the Vercors massif thelargest action by the French Resistancein the Second World War. Thursday

Adrian GoldsworthyDr Adrian Goldsworthyis the author of thebestsellingCaesar: TheLife of a Colossusas wellas other books onancient political and

military history and aseries of novels set

during the Peninsular War.

Talk: Caesar Augustus: FromRevolutionary to EmperorNot yet 19, but heir to the murderedJulius Caesar, Augustus thrust himselfinto the heart of Romes violent politicsand was last man standing afterdecades of civil war. Adrian will tell thestory of how the blood-soakedrevolutionary re-invented himself asthe benevolent father of his countryand bringer of peace. Sunday

Peter BartonPeter Barton is a FirstWorld War historian,researcher, writer andfilm maker, and, since2002, secretary of theAll Party ParliamentaryWar Heritage Group.

Talk: World WarOne Sessions: ChallengingHistory

First World War military history oftenreports momentous events withoutincluding the enemy narrative. Thishas resulted in flawed chronicles thathave been accepted as unchallengeabletruth. On the centenary of the conflict,Peter will explain why it is time to for amore balanced narrative. Saturday

James HollandJames Holland is abestselling historian,novelist andbroadcaster. He haswritten a number ofacclaimed works aboutthe Second World War,and regularly appears

on BBC television.

Talk: The Second World Warin the West: A New HistoryJames will be re-examining ourunderstanding of the war in the west,focusing on Britain, Germany, the USA,Italy and France, and challenging manydeeply held perceptions about theconflict. His lecture will shed new lighton this enduringly compelling subject.Sunday

Jessie ChildsJessie Childs is anaward-winning authorand historian. Her latestbook, Gods Traitors,explores the Catholicpredicament inElizabethan Englandthrough the eyes of one

family, the Vauxes of Harrowden Hall.

Talk: Bloody Bess? Terror andFaith in Elizabethan EnglandElizabeth I is often hailed as a beaconof tolerance, but almost 200 Catholicswere executed for their faith in herreign and torture was commonly used.Jessie lifts the lid on the Golden Ageof Good Queen Bess, exposing adarker story of plots, priest-holes andreligious persecution. Friday

Dan JonesDan Jones is a historianand journalist. Hepresents TVprogrammes for Channel5. His books include thebestsellingThePlantagenets: The Kings

Who Made England.

Talk: The Wars of the Roses:The Fall of the Plantagenetsand the Rise of the TudorsDan will trace the story of the15th-century Wars of the Roses andconsider how this conflict led to therise of the Tudor dynasty. SaturdayDan will also be appearing in

conversation with Sam Willis on

Saturday

Roderick BaileyRoderick Bailey is ahistorian at OxfordUniversity, specialisingin the study of BritainsSpecial OperationsExecutive (SOE). Hislatest book is Target:Italy, the Official History

of SOEs Secret War on Fascist Italy.

Talk: Killing Benny: BritainsPlans to AssassinateMussoliniDrawing on recently declassified files,Roderick will give an illustrated talkrevealing Britains secret wartime plans both real and rumoured toassassinate Benito Mussolini, ItalysFascist leader. Saturday

Janice HadlowJanice Hadlow iscontroller, SpecialProjects and Seasons atthe BBC. In her previousroles as controller ofBBC Two and BBC Four,and head of history atChannel 4, she has been

hugely influential in popularisinghistory on television.

Talk: The Strangest Family:ThePrivate Life of George IIIJanices new book is a moving accountof George IIIs doomed attempts tocreate a harmonious family, after yearsof Hanoverian dysfunction. Shewill givean illustrated talk about the book, to befollowed by an in conversation sessionwith BBC History Magazine. Saturday

Tracy BormanTracy Borman is anacclaimed author andhistorian as well as beingjoint chief curator ofHistoric Royal Palacesand chief executive ofthe Heritage EducationTrust. Her biography of

Thomas Cromwell will be published byHodder in September.

Double lecture with Hilary Mantel:Who was the Real ThomasCromwell?Thomas Cromwell has been seen as oneof the greatest villains in history, but allthat changed with Wolf Hall. Tracy willreveal the real Cromwell the privateman behind the faade. Thursday

Tom HollandTom Holland is theauthor of numeroushistory books includingRubicon and In theShadow of the Sword.He has made films ontopics from dinosaurs toSt Paul, and presents

Making Historyon BBC Radio 4.

Double lecture withHarry Sidebottom:Islam: Grave-Digger orClimax of Antiquity?As scholars increasingly come toquestion the traditional story of Islamsbirth, Tom will ask if the religion, ratherthan emerging amid the isolation of adesert, in fact reflects much broader

influences of the Near East. Friday

Saul DavidSaul David is professorof war studies at theUniversity ofBuckingham and theauthor of severalacclaimed history books,including VictoriasWars: The Rise of Empire.

Double lecture with AndrewRoberts:Wellington: The IronDukeWellington has been described by onehistorian as one of the two greatestgenerals Britain has produced. But isthat really accurate? To discover thetruth, Saul will take a closer lookbehind the myth of an all-seeing,invincible commander. Friday

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Juliet BarkerJuliet BarkersbestsellingAgincourtwas hailed as a model ofhow to write scholarlyhistory for a wideaudience. Her latestbook, England Arise!, isa gripping, entertaining

study of the Peasants Revolt.

Talk: The Peasants Revolt of1381The Peasants Revolt was a pivotal andthrilling moment in Englands history,characterised by murder and mayhem,beheadings and betrayals. The rebelstorched archives and buildings, attackedofficials, opened prisons and compelledthe king to abolish serfdom. Who werethe rebels? And why were theyrevolting? Juliet will tell all. Saturday

Charlotte HigginsCharlotte Higginsstudied classics atBalliol College, Oxford.She is the Guardianschief arts writer.

Talk: UnderAnother Sky:

Journeys in Roman BritainWhat has the idea of Roman Britainmeant to us over the years and whatdoes it mean to us now? Charlotte willtrace the thoughts of our forebearsfrom Geoffrey of Monmouth to EdwardElgar and WH Auden. She will reveal amodern Britain indelibly marked byhow the Romans first imagined ourislands. Friday

Helen CastorHelen Castor is abye-fellow in history atSidney Sussex College,Cambridge. Her newbook, Joan of Arc: AHistory, will be publishedby Faber in October. Shepresents BBC Radio 4s

Making Historyand documentaries forBBC television.

Talk: Joan Of Arc: A HistoryWe all know the story of Joan of Arc:mystic, warrior, martyr, saint. But inmaking her an icon, have we l ost sightof the real Joan? Helen tells her storyafresh, setting this extraordinary girlwithin her extraordinary world whereno one not Joan herself, nor thepeople around her knew what wouldhappen next. Saturday

Ronald HuttonRonald Hutton isprofessor of history atBristol University, anda fellow of the RoyalHistorical Society, theSociety of Antiquaries,the Learned Society ofWales, and the British

Academy. He has published 15 books,on history and prehistory.

Talk:Britains Pagan HeritageThe island of Britain has one of therichest and most diverse heritages ofancient paganism of any place inEurope, in terms of monuments,images and texts. This talk asks whatvalue this resource may have for themodern age, and how best it can beinterpreted, and by whom. Thursday

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Kwasi KwKhiwthSPCa

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Gold(2014).

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THE SPEAKERSSuzannah Lipscomb

Dr Suzannah Lipscomb isa historian, broadcaster,and senior lecturer andconvenor for history atNew College of theHumanities. She haswritten and presentedhistorical documentaries

for the BBC and Channel Five.

Talk: Magnificence, Love andScaffolds: Politics at theCourt of Henry VIIISuzannah will show the importanceof life at court in an age of personalmonarchy, and reveal the spectacle,intrigues and perils surrounding theking. SaturdaySuzannah will also beappearing in conversation with Sam

Willis on Saturday

Harry SidebottomHarry Sidebottom teachesancient history at Oxford. He isthe author of two historicalnovel series: Warrior of Romeand Throne of the Caesars.

Double lecture with Tom

Holland:An Age of Iron& Rust: The Crisis of the RomanEmpire in the Third Century ADIn AD 235 Roman emperor Alexander Severuswas murdered. After nearly 300 years ofimperial stability it ushered in an era of politicalchaos, civil war and foreign disaster. This talkwill explore what had gone so very wrong. Friday

David OlusogaDavid Olusoga isa British Nigerianhistorian and film maker,focusing on slavery,colonialism and racism.He is co-author of TheKaisers Holocaustandwill present a BBC Two

series,The Worlds War, this summer.

Talk: World War OneSessions: The Worlds WarDavid will explain how the First WorldWar was a war of empires, with majorbattles fought by armies that weremulti-racial and multi-ethnic. In itsdiversity, the western front betterresembled the Europe of the early 21stcentury than it did Edwardian Britain orThird Republic France.Saturday

Charles SpencerCharles Spencer studiedhistory at Oxford. He isthe author of four booksincluding the SundayTimesbestsellerBlenheim: The Battle for

Europe (shortlisted forHistory Book of the

Year, National Book Awards).

Talk: The Killers of the KingIn January 1649 Charles I wasexecuted. He had been sentenced todeath by a tribunal of 135 men and, ofthose, 59 signed the death warrant. Ina powerful tale of revenge, CharlesSpencer explores what happened whenthe Restoration arrived and retributionwas brought against those who hadcondemned the king. Saturday

Miles RussellDr Miles Russell isa senior lecturer inprehistoric and Romanarchaeology atBournemouth University.He has authored12 books includingBloodline:The Celtic

Kings of Roman Britain.

Talk: The Lost Voices ofCeltic BritainThe History of the Kings of Britain ,compiled in the 12th century by Geoffreyof Monmouth, was a medieval bestseller,inspiring many later writers (includingShakespeare). Today it is widelyregarded as bad history but Miles willexplain how the text may derive from avery ancient source indeed. Sunday

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TDownriver TPast and PreSince ancient timthe Nile has beenhas shaped the ccontrolled its ecocivilisation. Tobyon a journey dowAswan to Cairo, present of this unSaturday

Hilary MantelHilary Mantel is theauthor of the acclaimedWolf Halland Bring upthe Bodies, both ofwhich won the ManBooker Prize. These twonovels focus on HenryVIIIs court and on his

adviser Thomas Cromwell.

Double lecture with Tracy Borman:Thomas Cromwell in FictionHilarys talk will reflect on her Cromwellnovels and two RSC plays based on herbooks, and it will preview the TV seriesinspired by Wolf Hall, due to bebroadcast in 2015. She will also exploreother fictional Cromwells, including theElizabethan play Thomas, LordCromwell. Thursday

Chris SkidmoreChris Skidmore MP is ahistorian and politician who isthe author of Bosworth: TheBirth of the Tudors.His nextbook,The Lives of Richard III, will be published in 2015.

Talk: Richard III: Insidethe Mind of Englands

Most Controversial KingBased on research for his forthcoming book,Chris will investigate the ambitions andexperiences of Richard III, seeking to understand what drove him to become king, and h ow hisdownfall at Bosworth came about. SaturdayChris will also be appearing in conversation with

Sam Willis on Saturday

Janina RamirezDr Janina Ramirez is alecturer, presenter andauthor based at theUniversity of Oxford.She has presented manyBBC documentaries,includingChivalry andBetrayaland The Private

Lives of Medieval Kings.

Talk: The Hundred YearsWar in 20 ObjectsArtefacts, buildings, tombs ... theseobjects were witnesses to historicalevents and they can provide theclearest window onto the past. Theobjects under scrutiny in Janinaslecture will introduce the centralcharacters, events and ideas behindthe Hundred Years War. Sunday

Mark StoyleMark Stoyle is professorof history at theUniversity ofSouthampton. He haswritten widely onpolitics, religion andsociety in Tudor andStuart Britain.

Talk: The Black Legendof Prince Ruperts Dog:Witchcraft and PropagandaDuring the English Civil WarThis talk will explore the fantasticalstories that swirled aroundroyalistcommander Prince Rupert during theCivil War, including the claim thatRuperts dog was, in fact, a shape-shifting witch from Lapland. Saturday

Dominic SandbrookDominic Sandbrook haspresented the BBC Twoseries The 70s, Das Autoand Strange Days, andhas written four books

on postwar Britain, mostrecently Seasonsin theSun: The Battle for

Britain 19741979.

Talk: The Top 10 DefiningMoments in British HistorySince 1945In a provocative and entertaining talk,Dominic will explore 10 moments that,he believes, have defined the Britishexperience since 1945, from our entryinto Europe to our love affair with massconsumerism.Sunday

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historians craft,

Richard VinenRichard Vinen isprofessor of history atKings College, London.He is the author ofseveral books including

A History in Fragments:Europe in the Twentieth

Century.

Talk: Gap Years: Conscriptionand the National ServiceGeneration, 19451963Richard will examine the only periodin British history when militaryconscription was enforced in peacetime.He will look beyond the stereotypes ofCarry on Sergeant to show how thismilitary service changed the lives ofthe young men and the nation as awhole. Saturday

Justin MarozziJustin Marozzi is ahistorian and journalistwho has spent much ofthe past decade living inBaghdad. His new book,

Baghdad: City of Peace,City of Blood, is the firsthistory of the Iraqi

capital in English for almost a century.

Talk: Baghdad: City of Peace,City of BloodJustin will present a richly illustratedtalk about the history of one of themost extraordinary cities in the world,from its heyday in the Abbasid era(7621258), when Baghdad was oneof the greatest, most culturallymagnificent capitals on Earth, to itstroubled, blood-soaked present.Friday

Rana MitterRana Mitter is directorof the China Centre atthe University of Oxford.His books includeChinas War with Japan,

19371945: The Struggle

for Survival. He is aregular presenter on

BBC Radio 3.

Talk: Forgotten Ally: WhyChinas World War II MattersDuring the epic war against Japan(193745), China was the forgottenally of Britain and the US. Over14 million Chinese died during thoseyears. This talk will explore how thebattered China of wartime becametodays superpower in the making and why. Sunday

Dan SnowDan Snow is a historian andbroadcaster. He makestelevision programmes for theBBC and other channels andhis book on the fall of Quebecin 1759 was described byRichard Holmes as by far thebest account yet written of a

campaign that helped shape North America.

Talk: Myths and Realities ofWorld War OneDan Snow explores some of the myths andsome of the forgotten realities of the mostcostly war in British history. Sunday

Andrew RobertsAndrew Roberts is ahistorian and authorwhose latest book is theaward-winning andbestsellingThe Storm of

War: A New History ofthe Second World War.He is a fellow of the

Royal Society of Literature.

Double lecture with Saul David:Napoleon the GreatAndrews talk will draw on his currentexperience of writing the firstfull-length, single-volume biography ofNapoleon to appear since thepublication of 33,000 of his letters.Andrew has also visited 53 ofNapoleons 60 battlefields, and hishome on St Helena. Friday

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Anthony SattinAnthony Sattin is a journalistand broadcaster, and theauthor of several books ofhistory and travel. His nextbook, Young Lawrence, aboutTE Lawrence in the Middle Eastbefore the First World War, ispublished in October.

Talk:Lawrence of CarchemishBefore he was of Arabia, TE Lawrence was ofCarchemish. Aged 22, he headed to the MiddleEast to work as a junior archaeologist, in whatwould be the happiest time of his life. Anthonystalk will trace the development of the youngman from student to scholar to spy. Sunday


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Thursday 16 OctoberPaddy AshdownThe French Resistance and theBattle for the Vercors 194414.3015.30

Ronald HuttonBritains Pagan Heritage17.0018.00

DOUBLE LECTURE 19.3021.30Hilary MantelThomas Cromwell in FictionTracy BormanWho was the Real ThomasCromwell?

Friday 17 OctoberCharlotte HigginsUnder Another Sky: Journeys inRoman Britain 13.0014.00

Jessie ChildsBloody Bess? Terror and Faith inElizabethan England 13.0014.00

Anna WhitelockIn Bed with the Queen: Elizabeth Iand the Politics of Intimacy15.0016.00

Justin MarozziBaghdad: City of Peace, City ofBlood 15.0016.00

DOUBLE LECTURE19.3021.30

Andrew RobertsNapoleon the GreatSaul DavidWellington: The Iron Duke

DOUBLE LECTURE 19.3021.30Harry SidebottomAn Age of Iron & Rust: The Crisis ofthe Roman Empire in the ThirdCentury ADTom HollandIslam: Grave-Digger or Climax ofAntiquity?

Saturday 18 OctoberToby WilkinsonThe Nile: Downriver Through Egypts Past andPresent 10.0011.00

Sam WillisBritains Greatest Naval Dispatches 10.0011.00

Roderick BaileyKilling Benny: Britains Plans to AssassinateMussolini 10.0011.00

Chris SkidmoreRichard III: Inside the Mind of Englands MostControversial King 12.0013.00

Dan JonesThe Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenetsand the Rise of the Tudors 12.0013.00

David Olusoga

World War One Sessions: The Worlds War12.0013.00

Suzannah LipscombMagnificence, Love and Scaffolds: Politics at theCourt of Henry VIII 14.0015.00

Juliet BarkerThe Peasants Revolt of 1381 14.0015.00

Heather JonesWorld War One Sessions: Beaten Men? BritishPrisoners of War in German Captivity 14.0015.00

Janice HadlowThe Strangest Family: The Private Life of George III16.0017.00

Kwasi KwartengWar and Gold 16.0017.00

Peter BartonWorld War One Sessions: Challenging History16.0017.00

Mark StoyleThe Black Legend of Prince Ruperts Dog:Witchcraft and Propaganda During the EnglishCivil War 18.0019.00

Richard VinenGap Years: Conscription and the National ServiceGeneration, 19451963 18.0019.00

Giles Kristian

Viking Adventures and Chasing the Muse 18.0019.00

Charles SpencerThe Killers of the King 20.0021.00

Helen CastorJoan of Arc: A History 20.0021.00

TALKING HISTORY SESSIONSSam Willis in conversation with Dan Jones 14.0015.00 with Chris Skidmore 16.0017.00 with Suzannah Lipscomb 18.0019.00

Sunday 19 OctoberAnthony SattinLawrence of Carchemish10.0011.00

Adrian GoldsworthyCaesar Augustus: FromRevolutionary to Emperor10.0011.00

Dominic SandbrookThe Top 10 Defining Moments inBritish History Since 194512.0013.00

Rana MitterForgotten Ally: Why Chinas WorWar II Matters 12.0013.00

James HollandThe Second World War in the W

A New History 14.0015.00

Miles RussellThe Lost Voices of Celtic Britain14.0015.00

Dan SnowMyths and Realities of World WaOne 16.0017.00

Janina RamirezThe Hundred Years War in20 Objects16.0017.00

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