Pop-up History
Throughout the Festival week, we will be holding a wide variety of Pop-Up talks. These are informal, interactive and free half-hour talks: all you do is simply turn up and listen to what the speaker has to say.
Locations for our Pop-Up talks are throughout the site but most are held at the NAAFI tent
Our speakers are given a time, advertised on large blackboards and fliers through the site, a hand-held microphone, and at their allotted time, they begin speaking.
We really encourage our audiences to ask questions and feel involved. During the weekend, all sorts of historians and speakers will be there to entertain you talking about a very wide range of subjects.
See you there!
The following is a draft schedule, subject to change.
Please ensure you check the blackboards and flyers throughout the site on the day.
| DATE | TITLE | LOCATION |
| MONDAY 26 JUNE | ||
| 6pm | ||
| 6.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| 7pm | NAAFI | |
| 7.30pm | Messerschmitt 109 & the Hawker Hurricane
Paul Beaver |
Tanks |
| 8pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| TUESDAY 27 JUNE | ||
| 6pm | Dispelling the Myths of the Iron Age
Matt Russell – Experience the Iron Age |
Iron Age display area |
| 6.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| 7pm | Life as a 100yrs war Archer
Gary Wise |
NAAFI |
| 7.30pm | Messerschmitt 109 & Hawker Hurricane
James Holland |
|
| 8pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| WEDNESDAY 28 JUNE | ||
| 6pm | Art & Paints in Romano-Britain
Caroline Nicolay – Parico Gallico |
Iron Age display area |
| 6.30pm | History Tellers | History Tellers Tent |
| 7pm | Battle of Britain
James Holland |
Messerschmitt & Hurricane |
| 7.30pm | NAAFI | |
| 8pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| THURSDAY 29 JUNE | ||
| 5.30pm | NAAFI | |
| 6pm | Dispelling the Myths of the Iron Age
Matt Russell – Experience the Iron Age |
Iron Age display area |
| 6.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 7pm | Life as a 100yrs War Archer
Gary Wise |
NAAFI |
| 7.30pm | The Bullacourt First World War Tank
Richard Osgood |
First World War Tank |
| 8pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| FRIDAY 30 JUNE | ||
| 5pm | ||
| 5.30pm | ||
| 6pm | Messerschmitt 109 & Hawker Hurricane
James Holland |
Planes |
| 6.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 7pm | The Story of the Lancaster
Paul Beaver |
NAAFI |
| 7.30pm | The Bullacourt Fist World War Tank
Richard Osgood |
First World War Tank |
| 8pm | Walking the Western Front
Peter Caddick-Adams A brief guide to walking the Western Front from one of the finest battlefield guides in the country and a man who knows the former First World War battlefields intimately. |
NAAFI |
| 10pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| SATURDAY 1 JULY | ||
| 10am | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 10.30am | Bullecourt First World War Tank
Richard Osgood & Team |
Museum Row |
| 11.30am | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| 12pm | The Fovant Badges
Antony Firth |
NAAFI |
| 12pm | Danger: UXB!
Adam Schuch des Forges |
Entrance Command Post |
| 1pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
Spitfire & Hurricane |
| 1pm | The Messerscmitt 109 & Hawker Hurricane
James Holland |
Planes |
| 1.30pm | A Personal History of Comedy
Charlie Higson |
NAAFI |
| 2pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
NAAFI |
| 3pm | Rifleman Harris: One of Sharpe’s Rifles
Jason Salkey |
NAAFI |
| 3.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 4pm | Bullecourt First World War Tank
Richard Osgood & Team |
WWI Tank |
| 5pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 5.30pm | Danger: UXB!
Adam Schuch des Forges |
Entrance Command Post |
| 6pm | A History of Wine & War
Kent Barker |
Big Top Bar |
| SUNDAY 2 JULY | ||
| 10 am | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 10.30am | Bullecourt First World War Tank
Richard Osgood |
First World War Tank |
| 11.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 12pm | Danger: UXB!
Adam Schuch des Forges |
Entrance Command Post |
| 1pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers |
| 1.30pm | Rifleman Harris: One of Sharpe’s Rifles
Jason Salkey |
NAAFI |
| 1.30pm | History, Archaeology & Landscape: a Walk from Church Bottom
Alex Langlands & Smon Smart |
Meet at NAAFI – walk last 90 minutes |
| 2pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 3pm | How the Second World War Changed Us
Keith Lowe with James Holland |
|
| 3.30pm | History Tellers
Abs & Alex |
History Tellers Tent |
| 4pm | Death of the Bishop: The Wiltshire Risings of 1450
Sam Lane with Nigel Jones |
NAAFI |
No need to book and free of charge as part of your entrance!
