FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival 2019

A staggering 160 events including authors, writers & historians, are set to make this year’s festival the best yet

Full details on this year’s exciting lineup

For nine days the worldfamous university city will play host to the Oxford Literary Festival, which along with its title partner FT Weekend will be presenting a wealth of speakers and events on every conceivable subject, from archaeology to wildlife, and everything in between.

History of War and sister title

All About History are proud to be supporting several speaker events across the festival, including renowned historians such as Adam Zamoyski, Dr Anna Beer, Dr Simon Targett and hosts of the Histories

Of The Unexpected podcast Dr

Sam Willis and Professor James Daybell. Journalist and author Tim Bouverie will be discussing his new book Appeasing Hitler on Friday 5 April. Elsewhere in their talk ‘The King’s War’ Peter Conradi and

Mark Logue will be discussing the later career of Mark’s grandfather and speech therapist to George VI, Lionel Logue.

Of course, there are more than just the shining stars of the history world over the packed lineup, which also includes philosophers, novelists, comedians and broadcasters. Cultural historian and broadcaster Dr Janina Ramirez will be discussing her first foray into children’s historical fiction, with her new book Riddle Of The

Runes. Chief curator of the Royal Historic Palaces Lucy Worsley will be revealing how she approached her third novel Lady Mary, which recounts Henry VIII’S traumatic first divorce through the eyes of his first daughter, the young princess Mary.

History of War and All About History readers can use an exclusive discount code to save 20 per cent on all non-catered events at the festival. To claim, simply visit www.oxfordliteraryfestival.org, select your event, and enter the discount code HISTORY19 when prompted at the checkout.