Holiday details - A Panorama of History
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A weekend break to hear some of Britain's best historians and broadcasters.
A winter weekend bringing together a unique collection of the very best historians, broadcasters and
authors to entertain you in bringing history alive.
Stay in a beautiful country house hotel near
Stratford upon Avon and be hosted by Peter Furtado, former Editor of History Today magazine and
history publisher Tony Morris, who together will chair the event.
- 2 nights' accommodation on bed and full
- Breakfast basis at the 3-star Charlecote Pheasant Hotel, near Stratford
- Welcome reception drink
- 2 private dinners with wine
- Full lecture programme as detailed
- Private visit to Broughton Castle with escorted transfers
- Tour manager throughout
Not included
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Holiday insurance (from £15.00 per person)
- Single room supplement (£50.00)
- Extra night Sun £40 twin / £65 single inc. breakfast
- Meals other than those stated
- Items of a personal nature such as drinks,
laundry, telephone calls etc
- Porterage and gratuities
Day 1
Arrive at the hotel by own arrangement.
The hotel has ample free parking or
Stratford Station is about 5 miles away
(taxis cost about £10-12).
Friday night - an evening with Sir Barry Cunliffe
Welcome reception and private dinner with wine.
Your after-dinner speaker is Sir Barry Cunliffe who
is the world’s leading archaeologist of Celtic and
Roman Britain. Sir Barry recently retired as
Professor of European Archaeology at Oxford, and
is Chair of English Heritage. His latest book is
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000 BC-AD 1000.
Day 2
After a full breakfast, sit back and enjoy your first
speaker Marc Morris. His series on Castles was
shown on Channel 4. His talk is on A Great and
Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain
which is the title for his book. Talk by Suzannah
Lipscomb, research curator at Hampton Court. Her
recent book 1536: The Year that Changed Henry
VIII has been widely praised as offering new
insights into the King’s dramatic mood-shift that
occurred at that time. After a coffee break your
next talk is by Roy Adkins, an archaeologist and
historian whose Trafalgar: The Biography of a
Battle and Jack Tar: Life in Nelson’s Navy has been
praised as gripping and full of vivid accounts and
engaging detail.
After lunch there is a private visit and guided tour
of Broughton Castle, a beautiful Elizabethan
masterpiece with medieval origins complete with
moat and still inhabited by the founding family,
Lord and Lady Saye and Sele.
Saturday Night - An evening with David Reynolds.
David Reynolds' ninety-part BBC Radio 4 series
America, Empire of Liberty was highly acclaimed.
He is Professor of International History at
Cambridge, was visiting professor at Harvard and is
a former winner of the Wolfson Prize for History.
Day 3
After breakfast your first speaker of the day is
Tracy Borman, (English Heritage and Historic
Royal Palaces), whose books include: King’s
Mistress, Elizabeth’s Women: and many more.
Tracy is followed by Helen Rappaport on The Last
Days of the Romanovs. Helen has written on
many aspects of Russian history and the Crimean
War. After lunch David Hendy from the
University of Westminster presents his
prizewinning Life on Air: : A History of Radio
Four, a cultural history of this unique
broadcasting institution. After a tea break Bettany
Hughes rounds off your weekend with a
panoramic assessment of the ancient world.
Bettany has presented many TV series and her
book Helen of Troy widely acclaimed.
Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
The 3-star Charlecote Pheasant Hotel enjoys a
delightful setting in lovely countryside about 5
miles from Stratford in the village of Charlecote.
Facilities here include a cosy bar, atmospheric
restaurant and very comfortable rooms set in a
complex of buildings within the hotel grounds. All
rooms have TV, telephone, private bath/shower
room, and tea/coffee-making facilities.