Saturday 20 October

UPDATE (Thursday 18 October): Please note that tickets are no longer available to buy online, but you can purchase last-minute tickets from our History Hub in King’s Manor over the course of the weekend.

Yorkshire Museum

The Untold Story of Thomas and George Boleyn

Lauren Mackay

10.00-11.00

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Blood, Betrayal and Mary, Queen of Scots

Kate Williams

11.40–12.40

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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him

Tracy Borman

14.00–15.00

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Elizabeth I: A Study in Insecurity

Helen Castor

15.40–16.40

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Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen

Alison Weir

17.20–18.20

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Elizabeth’s Rival: The Tumultuous Tale of Lettice Knollys

Nicola Tallis

18.50–19.50

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Witchcraft

Suzannah Lipscomb

20.30–21.30

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King’s Manor

 

Nerfertiti’s Face: The Creation of an Icon

Joyce Tyldesley

10.00–11.00

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Activist. Arsonist. Suffragette: The Life of Kitty Marion

Fern Riddell

11.40–12.40

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Unready for rule? King Æthelred and the Vikings Revisited

Levi Roach

14.00–15.00

SOLD OUT

The Real ‘M’

Henry Hemming

15.40–16.40

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King Alfred’s Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age

Max Adams

17.20–18.20

SOLD OUT

The Significance of the Bayeux Tapestry

Gale Owen-Crocker 

18.50–19.50

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Histories of the Unexpected

Sam Willis and James Daybell

20.30–21.30

SOLD OUT

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Locations correct at time of publication. Please double-check the location printed on your ticket for final locations to make sure there haven’t been any changes since this programme was first published.