BBC History Magazine’s History Weekend 2018 Winchester 5–7 October The Great Hall and Ashburton Hall, Elizabeth II Court
IN ASSOCIATION WITH TIMETABLE Friday 5 October
Great Hall Elizabeth II Court
16.00 16.00–17.00 Diarmaid MacCulloch 16.30 Thomas Cromwell: A Life
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18.00 18.00–19.00 18.00–19.00 Helen Castor Alexandra Churchill 18.30 Elizabeth I: George V: A King at War and the A Study in Insecurity Making of the House of Windsor 19.00
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20.00 20.00–21.00 20.00–21.00 Neil MacGregor Kate Williams 20.30 Living with the Gods Blood, Betrayal and Mary, Queen of Scots 21.00
21.30 FESTIVAL LOGO BY FEMKE DE JONGDE FEMKE BY LOGO FESTIVAL 1 TIMETABLE
Saturday 6 October HF = HISTORY FRINGE (15 minute talks)
Great Hall Elizabeth II Court
10.00 10.00–11.00 10.00–11.00 MIchael Hicks Ellie Woodacre 10.30 Richard III: Foresight and Strategy Medieval Queens: Ruling Women in a ‘Man’s World’ 11.00 HF
11.30 11.30–12.30 11.30–12.30 Alison Weir Sarah Churchwell 12.00 Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen The Dark Story of America First
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13.30 13.30–14.30 13.30–14.30 HF Suzannah Lipscomb Fern Riddell 14.00 Witchcraft Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette: The Life of Kitty Marion 14.30
15.00 15.00–16.00 15.00–16.00 HF Marc Morris Ryan Lavelle 15.30 Castles in Britain, 1066–1500 The Death of Cnut the Great and the End of the Viking Empire 16.00
16.30 16.30–17.30 16.30–17.30 Lucy Worsley Guy de la Bédoyère HF 17.00 Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Domina: The Women Who Made Mother, Widow Imperial Rome 17.30
18.00 18.00–19.00 18.00–19.00 Dan Jones and Max Hastings 18.30 Marina Amaral Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945–75 The Colour of Time: A New History 19.00 of the Modern World
19.30 19.30–20.30 19.30–20.30 Tracy Borman Sam Willis and 20.00 James I and the Gunpowder Plot James Daybell Histories of the Unexpected 20.30
21.00 21.00–22.00 Bernard Cornwell 21.30 In Conversation on the Making of England 2 TIMETABLE
Sunday 7 October HF = HISTORY FRINGE (15 minute talks)
Great Hall Elizabeth II Court
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10.30 10.30–11.30 10.30–11.30 Catherine Nall Olivette Otele 11.00 “A Manifest Miracle of God”: How Africans Changed Henry IV and the Deposition Early Modern Europe of Richard II 11.30 HF
12.00 12.00–13.00 12.00–13.00 Ruth Goodman Nicola Tallis 12.30 How to Behave Badly in Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Renaissance Britain Tale of Lettice Knollys, Countess 13.00 of Leicester
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14.00 14.00–15.00 14.00–15.00 Michael Wood James Holland 14.30 The Trojan War: Myth or History? Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of the Second World War 15.00 HF
15.30 15.30–16.30 15.30–16.30 Andrew Roberts George Goodwin 16.00 Churchill: Walking with Destiny Towton 1461: The First War of the Roses and England’s 16.30 Bloodiest Battle
17.00 17.00–18.00 17.00–18.00 Nicholas Vincent Lauren Mackay 17.30 King John: The Worst of Kings Among the Wolves of Court: The Untold Story of Thomas 18.00 and George Boleyn
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19.30 We reserve the right to replace the speakers with alternatives of equal stature in the unlikely event that any of 20.00 them are unable to attend. We also reserve the right to change the venue in 20.30 which the speaker is listed to appear in. Confirmation of venue will be printed on your tickets two weeks before the event. 21.00 This BBC History Magazine event is held under licence from BBC Worldwide, who 21.30 fund new BBC programmes. 3