Tented Talks Programme
Wednesday 23th – Sunday 27th June 2021 | Various Prices
Wednesday 23rd June
| 1. DOOM: THE POLITICS OF CATASTROPHE Niall Ferguson | 3.45-4.45 | 2. PEVSNER’S WILTSHIRE REVISED Julian Orbach |
| 3. THE WHITE SHIP: CONQUEST, ANARCHY AND THE WRECKING OF HENRY I’S DREAM Charles Spencer | 5.30-6.30 | 4. WAR: HOW CONFLICT SHAPED US Margaret MacMillan |
| 5. FRACTURE: STORIES OF HOW GREAT LIVES TAKE ROOT IN TRAUMA Matthew Parris | 7.15-8.15 | 6. AN ELEPHANT IN ROME: BERNINI, THE POPE AND THE MAKING OF THE ETERNAL CITY Loyd Grossman |
Thursday 24th June
| 10.00-4.45 | 7. SECOND WORLD WAR DAY 10.00-11.00 TROOP COMMANDER Stuart Watson with James Holland | |
| 8. PROVIDENCE LOST: THE RISE AND FALL OF CROMWELL’S PROTECTORATE Paul Lay | 10.30-11.30 | 11.15-12.00 THE EASTERN FRONT Alexandra Richie & Waitman Wade Beorn with Al Murray |
| 9. THE BOUNDLESS SEA: A HUMAN HISTORY OF THE OCEANS David Abulafia | 12.15-1.15 | 12.15-1.15 THE T34: TALK AND DEMO (Proving Ground) David Willey, James Holland, Al Murray & Waitman Wade Beorn |
| 10. TOM STOPPARD: A CHARMED LIFE Tom Stoppard & Hermione Lee | 2.00-3.00 | 11. FIGHTING THE PEOPLE’S WAR Jonathan Fennell |
| 12. LOOKING EAST IN WINTER: CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT AND THE EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITION Rowan Williams | 3.45-4.45 | 13. BRITAIN’S WAR: A NEW WORLD 1942-1947 Daniel Todman |
| 14. ON THE ROAD: AMERICAN ADVENTURES FROM NIXON TO TRUMP Jim Naughtie | 5.30-6.30 | 15. LAW IN A TIME OF CRISIS Jonathan Sumption |
| 16. MONEY AND POWER: THE WORLD LEADERS WHO CHANGED ECONOMICS Vince Cable | 7.15-8.15 | 17. THE STRATEGIC PICTURE: 1945 AND TODAY Nick Carter with Stephen Prince |
Friday 25th June
| 18. THE BEAUTY AND THE TERROR: AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Catherine Fletcher | 10.30-11.30 | 19. A MARVEL TO BEHOLD: GOLD AND SILVER AT THE COURT OF HENRY VIII Timothy Schroder |
| 20. OPERATION PEDESTAL: THE FLEET THAT BATTLED TO MALTA 1942 Max Hastings | 12.15-1.15 | 21. THE MOUNTBATTENS: THEIR LIVES AND LOVES Andrew Lownie |
| 22. CODEBREAKING SISTERS: OUR SECRET WAR Patricia & Jean Owtram, Simon Robinson | 2.00-3.00 | 23. THE KING’S PAINTER: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HANS HOLBEIN Franny Moyle |
| 24. SPYING FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY: TUDOR AND MODERN Stephen Alford & Richard Dearlove | 3.45-4.45 | 25. SOLDIER IN THE SAND: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST Simon Mayall |
| 26. THE STORY OF WINE: FROM NOAH TO NOW Hugh Johnson | 5.30-6.30 | 27. THE 16th CENTURY TUDOR SETTLEMENT: A LESSON FOR THE 21st CENTURY? Robert Salisbury |
| 28. THE FALL OF MARGARET THATCHER: A WHODDUNNIT Charles Moore & Kate Ehrman | 7.15-8.15 | 29. THE BROTHERS YORK: AN ENGLISH TRAGEDY Thomas Penn |
Saturday 26th June
| 30. SICILY 1943: THE FIRST ASSAULT ON FORTRESS EUROPE James Holland | 10.30-11.30 | 31. CHECKPOINT CHARLIE: THE COLD WAR, THE BERLIN WALL AND THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACE ON EARTH Iain MacGregor & Robert Corbett |
| 32. THE STORY OF CHINA: VOICES FROM ITS PAST Michael Wood | 12.15-1.15 | 33. THE DAUGHTERS OF YALTA: THE CHURCHILLS, ROOSEVELTS AND HARRIMANS – A STORY OF LOVE AND WAR Catherine Grace Katz |
| 34. AGENT SONYA: LOVER, MOTHER, SOLDIER, SPY Ben Macintyre | 2.00-3.00 | 35. THE CASE OF THE MARRIED WOMAN: CAROLINE NORTON, A 19th CENTURY HEROINE Antonia Fraser with Lucy Moore |
| 36. LADY IN WAITING: MY EXTRAORDINARY LIFE IN THE SHADOW OF THE CROWN Anne Glenconner with Mark Lucas | 3.45-4.45 | 37. THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION AFTER DONALD TRUMP Nicholas Cole |
| 38. CHAMBERLAIN v CHURCHILL Tim Bouverie & Nicholas Soames | 5.30-6.30 | 39. DRESSED FOR WAR: THE STORY OF AUDREY WITHERS, VOGUE EDITOR FROM THE BLITZ TO THE SWINGING SIXTIES Julie Summers |
| 40. THE ST BARTHOLEMEW’S DAY MASSACRE 1572 Kate Mosse | 7.15-8.15 | 41. HARRIER 809: BRITAIN’S LEGENDARY JUMP JET AND THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE FALKLANDS WAR Rowland White |
Sunday 27th June
| 42. THE SEVEN YEARS’ WAR Dan Snow | 10.30-11.30 | 43. CHEMICAL WARRIOR: SYRIA, SALISBURY AND SAVING LIVES AT WAR Hamish de Bretton Gordon with Guy Walters |
| 44. CHINA’S GOOD WAR: HOW WORLD WAR II IS SHAPING A NEW NATIONALISM Rana Mitter | 12.15-1.15 | 45. FROSTQUAKE: THE FROZEN WINTER OF 1962 AND HOW BRITAIN EMERGED A DIFFERENT COUNTRY Juliet Nicolson |
| 46. THE GERMAN TRAUMA IN 1945 Antony Beevor & Philippe Sands | 2.00-3.00 | 47. AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 YEARS: FROM PLOTTING D-DAY MAPS TO REVERED PLANTSWOMAN Christian Lamb with Simon Robinson |
| 48. THE AMBASSADORS: THINKING ABOUT DIPLOMACY FROM MACHIAVELLI TO MODERN TIMES Robert Cooper | 3.45-4.45 | 49. THE RATLINE: LOVE, LIES AND JUSTICE ON THE TRAIL OF A NAZI FUGITIVE Philippe Sands |
| 50. DOMINION: THE MAKING OF THE WESTERN MIND Tom Holland | 5.30-6.30 |
