Highlights of the History Weekend in Winchester

A selection of Britain’s finest popular and academic historians will be descending on Winchester as we return to the city for the third time. Among the highlights of our 2018 weekend, we are delighted to be welcoming the historian, author and broadcaster Lucy Worsley (left) for her first appearance at one of our events. She’ll be exploring the life of Queen Victoria, the subject of her forthcoming biography, which she’ll be signing copies of after her talk. Another major new face for 2018 is Neil MacGregor (right), the former director of the British Museum, who presented the groundbreaking

History of the World in 100 Objects on BBC Radio 4. He will be discussing the subject of his most recent book and radio series: the history of religion. Ruth Good man will be making her History Weekend debut at Winchester too. The much-loved history author and broadcaster will be on hand to offer an entertaining perspective on early modern bad behaviour. And fans of historical fiction will be sure to want to catch the in-conversation session with Bernard

Cornwell (left), whose bestselling books include the Sharpe and Last Kingdom series. This year also sees the return of some past favourites, including Suzannah Lipscomb who will be delving into the dark history of witchcraft. Meanwhile, our monthly columnist and one of the greatest names in popular history, Michael Wood (right), will be appearing again to tackle one of his favourite topics, the Trojan War.

As these highlights indicate, this year’s weekend features a broad range of topics to suit every taste. From Marc Morris on British castles, to Alexandra Churchill (left) on George V and Max Hastings on the Vietnam War, there is a world of history to discover.