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WIMPOLE HISTORY FESTIVAL 20–23 June 2019 Escape to Wimpole and Enjoy a Glorious Feast of History, Heritage and Hospitality WIMPOLE HISTORY FESTIVAL 20–23 June 2019 Escape to Wimpole and enjoy a glorious feast of history, heritage and hospitality. Speakers include: Antony Beevor Melvyn Bragg Michael Morpurgo Neil Oliver Rachel Reeves Sally Wainwright Lucy Worsley Brought to you by Welcome to Wimpole History Festival Rathbones is delighted to support Wimpole History Festival Welcome to Wimpole History Festival 2019 – with an even wider programme and an additional At Rathbones we’ve been building marquee specifically for children's events. We are also hugely excited to launch our very first successful relationships and providing Schools’ Day for pupils and teachers throughout the region. high-quality discretionary investment Come and explore the idyllic parkland of the Wimpole Estate and sample our glorious feast of management services to individuals, history, heritage and hospitality. See, smell, touch and taste the hidden stories of the past with our interactive ‘living history’ displays, falconry, sword school and archery. Enjoy exclusive charities and advisers for generations. walking tours specially curated for the Festival, marvel at a World War Two Spitfire in the skies, or drop into the Scything Festival for a flavour of authentic agricultural experience. With help from leading historians, broadcasters and writers you can time-travel through a For further information, please veritable almanac of different periods and significant moments of history. We will be marking the contact or email centenaries of the Peterloo Massacre and the first elected female MP, 80 years since the start of [email protected] World War Two and 70 years since the foundation of the Chinese Communist Party, and will celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Queen Victoria. For children, there is a full-to-bursting programme of events headlined by Lucy Worsley on Lady Mary and Michael Morpurgo, whose reading and performance of The Mozart Question is sure to be a festival highlight. Join us and escape to Wimpole for the weekend – we look forward to seeing you there. Cathy Moore, Festival Director NEW for 2019 – Shuttle Bus from Cambridge There will be a shuttle bus running between Cambridge and Wimpole from 9am to 9pm on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd June. Pick-up is from Queens Road and the timetable can be found on the festival website. Places are strictly limited and tickets must be booked in advance for outward and return trips. Bookings should be made at the box office at the time of ticket purchase: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 rathbones.com Cambridge Literary Festival Follow us 7 Downing Place @whistfest The value of investments and income arising from them may fall as well as rise and you Cambridge CB2 3EL might get back less than you originally invested. Wimpole History Festival Diary Dates 2019 Rathbone Investment Management is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by Cambridge Literary Festival whistfest the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. Winter Festival 30 November – 1 December whistfest 2 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 wimpolehistoryfestival.com 3 Attractions and things to do on Saturday and Sunday Living History World War Two Spitfire Scything Festival Display Field | Free Flypasts The Avenue | Free History comes to life at Wimpole with re-enactors from all ages and eras. Visit the Display Free This year, the Scything Festival will be Field to learn about the past with hands-on history demonstrations and workshops, including For aviation enthusiasts! We will be held in the parkland to the south of the a Celtic and Romano daily life and warrior display, medieval cooking displays, a duelling treated to the most famous plane of mansion. It’s a fun and sociable weekend display, a recreated Victorian travel museum, talks on World War Two, and much more. World War Two – a Spitfire will fly over with several competitions. The Wimpole the grounds of Wimpole Hall on the Countryside team and Estate Greenwood Saturday and Sunday of the festival group will showcase their traditional weekend. woodworking skills and demonstrate a variety of other historic rural crafts, including blacksmithing. To find out more or book a place please visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wimpole- estate Archery Guided Tours Sword School Falconry The Paddocks | £7 | Ages 5+ Free | All ages The Paddocks | £7 | Ages 8-16 The Paddocks | £7 | Ages 5+ For those who fancy themselves sharp- New guided tours of the Farm and Walled Learn how to fight like a medieval knight Calling all young falconers! Learn about the shooters, put it to the test at archery. Garden, specially created for the Wimpole and test your skills at Wimpole's very history of falconry and have a go at handling Learn how to shoot a bow and arrow like History Festival and focussing on newly own sword school. There will be six these magnificent birds with the Fens Falconry a medieval fighter, as well as the history researched areas of Wimpole’s history. There 30-minute sessions throughout the experts. There will be three 30-minute behind this weapon at our archery site. will also be historically-themed guided walks in day. sessions throughout the day. Tickets can be bought at the archery site, the parkland. Sessions can be booked in advance via the Sessions can be booked in advance via the cash only. Various times throughout the weekend Box Office. Places are strictly limited. Box Office. Places are strictly limited. 4 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 wimpolehistoryfestival.com 5 Wimpole History Festival events at a glance Event Times Venue Page Children’s Programme events Friday 21 June Edward Stourton 2-3pm East Lawn Marquee 8 Andrew Roberts 3:30-4:30pm East Lawn Marquee 8 Stella Tillyard & Madeleine Bunting 3:30-4:30pm Rathbones Marquee 9 Sam Willis & James Daybell 5-6pm East Lawn Marquee 9 Sonia Purnell & Francelle Bradford White 5-6pm Rathbones Marquee 9 Sally Wainwright & Anne Choma 7-8pm East Lawn Marquee 10 Piers Brendon 7-8pm Rathbones Marquee 10 Saturday 22 June Archery Various times The Paddocks 4 Sword School Various times The Paddocks 5 Falconry Various times The Paddocks 5 Caroline Lawrence 10:30-11:30am East Lawn Marquee 25 Rachel Reeves & Micky Astor 10:30-11:30am Rathbones Marquee 12 Marcia Williams 10:30-11:30am RG Carter Family Marquee 25 Gary Enstone 10:30-11:30am Grand Dining Room 12 Lucy Worsley – Lady Mary 12-1pm East Lawn Marquee 25 Jacqueline Riding 12-1pm Rathbones Marquee 12 Adam Frost 12-1pm RG Carter Family Marquee 26 Jerzy Kiercuk-Belinski 12-1pm Grand Dining Room 13 Robert Hardman 1:30-2:30pm East Lawn Marquee 13 Roland Philipps & Gill Bennett 1:30-2:30pm Rathbones Marquee 13 Anthea Simmons 1:30-2:30pm RG Carter Family Marquee 26 Oonagh Kennedy 1:30-2:30pm Grand Dining Room 14 Lucy Worsley – Victoria 3-4pm East Lawn Marquee 14 Giles Milton & David Kenyon 3-4pm Rathbones Marquee 14 Miriam Halahmy 3-4pm RG Carter Family Marquee 26 James Grasby 3-4pm Grand Dining Room 15 Michael Morpurgo – The Mozart Question 4:45-6pm East Lawn Marquee 15 Shrabani Basu & Kavita Puri 4:30-5:30pm Rathbones Marquee 16 Curious Science Quest 4:30-5:30pm RG Carter Family Marquee 27 John Orna-Ornstein 4:30-5:30pm Grand Dining Room 16 Nina Caplan 6-7pm Rathbones Marquee 16 William Schabas 6-7pm Grand Dining Room 17 Antony Beevor 6:30-7:30pm East Lawn Marquee 17 Sunday 23 June Archery Various times The Paddocks 4 Sword School Various times The Paddocks 5 Falconry Various times The Paddocks 5 Michael Morpurgo – Flamingo Boy 10:30-11:30am East Lawn Marquee 28 Julia Lovell & Jeanne-Marie Gescher 10:30-11:30am Rathbones Marquee 19 History Off the Page 10:30-11:15am RG Carter Family Marquee 28 David Pearson 10:30-11:30am Grand Dining Room 19 Hallie Rubenhold 12-1pm East Lawn Marquee 19 Joyce Dunbar & James Mayhew 12-1pm Rathbones Marquee 28 David Long 12-1pm RG Carter Family Marquee 29 Angus Wainwright 12-1pm Grand Dining Room 20 Melvyn Bragg 1:30-2:30pm East Lawn Marquee 20 Clare Mulley 1:30-2:30pm Rathbones Marquee 20 History Off the Page 1:30-2:15pm RG Carter Family Marquee 28 Ian Wright 1:30-2:30pm Grand Dining Room 21 Neil Oliver 3-4pm East Lawn Marquee 21 Natalie Haynes 3-4pm Rathbones Marquee 21 Shannon Hogan 3-4pm Grand Dining Room 22 Isabel Thomas 3-4pm RG Carter Family Marquee 29 Bart van Es 4:30-5:30pm East Lawn Marquee 22 Colin Grant & Clair Wills 4:30-5:30pm Rathbones Marquee 22 Callum Weir 4:30-5:30pm Grand Dining Room 23 Philip Ardagh 4:30-5:30pm RG Carter Family Marquee 29 Jonathan Freedland 6-7pm East Lawn Marquee 23 Francis Pryor 6-7pm Rathbones Marquee 23 6 Book at: cambridgelivetrust.co.uk 01223 357851 Friday 21 June – Talks, debates and performances Friday 21 June – Talks, debates and performances Edward Stourton Stella Tillyard & Madeleine Bunting Auntie’s War: The BBC During the Second Novel Histories World War 3.30-4.30pm | Rathbones Marquee | £10/£8 2-3pm | East Lawn Marquee | £10/£8 The draining of the Fens in the 1640s by Dutch engineers is BBC veteran Edward Stourton brings a new perspective to among the most controversial civil engineering achievements this uniquely British institution, in a colourful portrayal of of pre-industrial Europe and a ruthless imposition on local radio’s essential role in wartime Britain. Today we have the Fenlanders. The German wartime occupation of the Channel internet: in the 1940s we had the wireless. Join us to hear Islands also fractured communities and spawned complex how from Chamberlain to Churchill, the Blitz to the D-Day allegiances.
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