Well, it seems that Gloucester is now the centre of the world. In a manner of speaking, of course, because the “Gloucester History Festival goes from the mythical Middle Ages to the modern Middle East”—see here.
The 3-day festival , which ended on 14 April 2024, was a huge success and according to organisers it has grown to become one of the biggest and ‘most prestigious’ in the UK “….with about 30 authors, academics and broadcasters….talking on a range of historic subjects in the city’s Blackfriars Priory….”
If you go to this site you will find that among the guests were our own Philippa Langley, speaking about her amazing new discoveries concerning the “Princes in the Tower”. Also Dr Estelle Paranque, Jeremy Bowen, Dr Janina Ramirez, Stephen McGann, Dan Jones, Sathnam Sanghera and Kavita Puri, and others, of course. The BBC site tells you about the subjects of the talks.
I do hope the festival goes from strength to strength, because Gloucester has been my home city since 1963.
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