Tented Talks Programme
Monday 20th – Sunday 26th June 2022 | Various Prices
Over 150 fascinating talks for 2022 including Antarctica: Finding the Endurance; The life of Queen Elizabeth II; The Wartime Diaries of Churchill’s Youngest Daughter; Tutankhamun’s Trumpet; and a History of Football – there really is something for everyone.
The full lineup of talks and speakers will be released soon.
Monday 20th June
Preview (subject to change)
| 3.45-4.45 | 1. The Duchess of Cornwall’s Reading Room REDISCOVERING WOMEN IN HISTORY Philippa Gregory & Alison Weir | 2. FOSSIL HUNTING ON THE JURASSIC COAST Steve Etches | 3. EMPIRES OF THE NORMANS: CONQUERORS OF EUROPE Levi Roach | 4.RE-ENACTMENT OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JULIUS CAESAR Tristan Hughes & History Hit |
| 5.30-6.30 | 5. BRITAIN AND THE WORLD OF DIPLOMACY Peter Westmacott | 6. THE TUDORS IN LOVE: THE COURTLY CODE BEHIND THE LAST MEDIEVAL DYNASTY Sarah Gristwood | 7. WOLFBANE Michelle Paver | 8. POWER AND PRIVILEGE: A RECENT HISTORY Richard Beard & Simon Kuper |
| 7.30-8.30 | 9. THE HAPPY TRAITOR: SPIES, LIES & EXILE IN RUSSIA EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GEORGE BLAKE Simon Kuper | 10. LIFE AFTER GRAVITY: ISAAC NEWTON’S LONDON CAREER Patricia Fara | 11. HOW TENNIS INVENTED EVERYTHING Christian Howgill | 12. TUTANKHAMUN’S TRUMPET: THE STORY OF ANCIENT EGYPT IN 100 OBJECTS Toby Wilkinson with Tristan Hughes |
| 9.00-10.00 | 13. THE FAIRY TELLERS: A JOURNEY INTO THE SECRET HISTORY OF FAIRY TALES Nick Jubber |
Tuesday 21st June
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| 14. CROWN AND SCEPTRE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE BRITISH MONARCHY FROM WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR TO ELIZABETH II Tracy Borman | 3.45-4.45 | 15. SHACKLETON’S ENDURANCE: AN ANTARCTIC SURVIVAL STORY Joanna Grochowicz |
| 18. GEORGE III: THE LIFE AND REIGN OF BRITAIN’S MOST MISUNDERSTOOD MONARCH Andrew Roberts | 5.30-6.30 | 19. THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF GREECE James Heneage |
| 22. BROTHERS IN ARMS: ONE LEGENDARY TANK REGIMENT’S BLOODY WAR D-DAY TO VE DAY James Holland | 7.30-8.30 | 23. FREE: COMING OF AGE AT THE END OF HISTORY – GROWING UP IN COMMUNIST ALBANIA Lea Ypi |
Wednesday 22nd June
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| 27. SAS VETERAN JACK MANN Jack Mann with Paul Beaver |
10.30-11.30 | 28. THE RISE OF EMPIRE Saul David |
| 29. SOLDIERS: GREAT STORIES OF WAR & PEACE Max Hastings | 12.00-1.00 | 30. THE HABSBURGS: THE RISE AND FALL OF A WORLD POWER Martyn Rady |
| 33. THE PATHFINDERS: THE ELITE RAF FORCE THAT TURNED THE TIDE OF WWII Will Iredale & Paul Beaver | 2.00-3.00 | 34. GEORGE V: NEVER A DULL MOMENT Jane Ridley |
| 37. JANE AUSTEN AND HER WORLD Gill Hornby & Robert Morrison | 3.45-4.45 | 38. HORDE: HOW THE MONGOLS CHANGED THE WORLD Marie Favereau |
| 41. IN SEARCH OF THE DARK AGES: A HISTORY OF THE ORIGINS OF BRITAIN Michael Wood | 5.30-6.30 | 42. NOT FAR FROM BRIDESHEAD: OXFORD BETWEEN THE WARS Daisy Dunn |
| 45. PRETORIA BOY: THE STORY OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ‘PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE’ Peter Hain | 7.30-8.30 | 46. SBS: SILENT WARRIORS – THE WARTIME HISTORY OF THE SPECIAL BOAT SERVICE Saul David |
Thursday 23rd June
Preview (subject to change)
| 50. SECOND WORLD WAR DAY | < 9.30-4.45 > 10.30-11.30 | 51. TBC |
| SECOND WORLD WAR DAY (contd) | 12.00-1.00 | 52. ARMY GIRLS: FORMER WWII FANY Joyce Wilding with Tessa Dunlop |
| 55. A WAR OF EMPIRES: JAPAN, INDIA, BURMA AND BRITAIN, 1941 – 45 Rob Lyman | 2.00-3.00 | 56. THE MAKING OF OLIVER CROMWELL Ron Hutton |
| 59. 1945: VICTORY IN THE WEST Peter Caddick-Adams | 3.45-4.45 | 60. TBC |
| 63. ARE WE ALL MAD? THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN MIND, ITS BRILLIANCE, AND ITS FRAILTIES Sebastian Faulks & Brett Kahr | 5.30-6.30 | 64. RESISTANCE: THE UNDERGROUND WAR IN EUROPE 1939 – 1945 Halik Kochanski |
| 67. RIDDLE, MYSTERY, AND ENIGMA: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF BRITSH-RUSSIAN RELATIONS David Owen with Peter Caddick-Adams | 7.30-8.30 | CONSTABLE: A PORTRAIT James Hamilton |
Friday 24th June
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| 72. THE WAR OF NERVES: INSIDE THE COLD WAR MIND Martin Sixsmith | 10.30-11.30 | 73. THE TICKET COLLECTOR OF BELARUS Mike Anderson & Neil Hanson |
| 76. THIS BOY & THE GIFT OF A RADIO: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES Alan Johnson & Justin Webb | 12.00-1.00 | 77. THE LAST EMPEROR OF MEXICO: A DISASTER IN THE NEW WORLD Edward Shawcross |
| 80. THE AMERICAS: THE COLONIES, THE REVOLUTION -ARY WAR & INDEPENDENCE, 1749-1783 David Reynolds | 2.00-3.00 | 81. NATIONAL TREASURES: SAVING THE NATION’S ART IN WORLD WAR II Caroline Shenton |
| 84. WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA Piers Brendon | 3.45-4.45 | 85. WATERLOO AND THE TREATY OF VIENNA Adam Zamoyski |
| 88. THE HONG KONG DIARIES Chris Patten | 5.30-6.30 | 89. ART OF THE EXTREME 1905-1914 Philip Hook |
| 92. HISTRIONICS QUIZ SHOW Ian Hislop, Dan Snow, Charlie Higson | 7.30-8.30 | 93. EUROPE’S 100 BEST CATHEDRALS Simon Jenkins |
Saturday 25th June
Preview (subject to change)
| 72. THE WAR OF NERVES: INSIDE THE COLD WAR MIND Martin Sixsmith | 10.30-11.30 | 73. THE TICKET COLLECTOR OF BELARUS Mike Anderson & Neil Hanson |
| 76. THIS BOY & THE GIFT OF A RADIO: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES Alan Johnson & Justin Webb | 12.00-1.00 | 77. THE LAST EMPEROR OF MEXICO: A DISASTER IN THE NEW WORLD Edward Shawcross |
| 80. THE AMERICAS: THE COLONIES, THE REVOLUTION -ARY WAR & INDEPENDENCE, 1749-1783 David Reynolds | 2.00-3.00 | 81. NATIONAL TREASURES: SAVING THE NATION’S ART IN WORLD WAR II Caroline Shenton |
| 84. WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA Piers Brendon | 3.45-4.45 | 85. WATERLOO AND THE TREATY OF VIENNA Adam Zamoyski |
| 88. THE HONG KONG DIARIES Chris Patten | 5.30-6.30 | 89. ART OF THE EXTREME 1905-1914 Philip Hook |
| 92. HISTRIONICS QUIZ SHOW Ian Hislop, Dan Snow, Charlie Higson | 7.30-8.30 | 93. EUROPE’S 100 BEST CATHEDRALS Simon Jenkins |
Sunday 26th June
Preview (subject to change)
| 72. THE WAR OF NERVES: INSIDE THE COLD WAR MIND Martin Sixsmith | 10.30-11.30 | 73. THE TICKET COLLECTOR OF BELARUS Mike Anderson & Neil Hanson |
| 76. THIS BOY & THE GIFT OF A RADIO: GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES Alan Johnson & Justin Webb | 12.00-1.00 | 77. THE LAST EMPEROR OF MEXICO: A DISASTER IN THE NEW WORLD Edward Shawcross |
| 80. THE AMERICAS: THE COLONIES, THE REVOLUTION -ARY WAR & INDEPENDENCE, 1749-1783 David Reynolds | 2.00-3.00 | 81. NATIONAL TREASURES: SAVING THE NATION’S ART IN WORLD WAR II Caroline Shenton |
| 84. WINSTON CHURCHILL IN THE POST-TRUTH ERA Piers Brendon | 3.45-4.45 | 85. WATERLOO AND THE TREATY OF VIENNA Adam Zamoyski |
| 88. THE HONG KONG DIARIES Chris Patten | 5.30-6.30 | 89. ART OF THE EXTREME 1905-1914 Philip Hook |
| 92. HISTRIONICS QUIZ SHOW Ian Hislop, Dan Snow, Charlie Higson | 7.30-8.30 | 93. EUROPE’S 100 BEST CATHEDRALS Simon Jenkins |
