HISTFEST 2023
*THIS EVENT HAS NOW ENDED*
Hollywood actor Rupert Everett, BBC broadcaster Clive Myrie, and popular historian Lucy Worsley among star-studded line-up.
HistFest is back! The dynamic history festival that celebrates the brightest and the best in the world of history returns to the British Library this Spring.
Join us, this April, as a star-studded line-up of speakers take to the stage to share new research, delve into fascinating histories, and explore trailblazing life stories – from ancient goddesses and early modern travel to the life of Oscar Wilde and the Russian Revolution.
HistFest 2023 speakers: Rupert Everett, Lucy Worsley, Clive Myrie, Sir Antony Beevor, Sunny Singh, Nandini Das, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Bettany Hughes, Gus Casely-Hayford, Pragya Agarwal, Elinor Cleghorn, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Adam Rutherford and Dan Vo. Plus, a variety of stalls, performers, and mini workshops.
Weekend, day and individual event tickets available.
*Accessibility: All events will be live captioned, with BSL interpreters live onstage for the in-person and online audience.*
FULL FESTIVAL LINE-UP
SAT 29 APRIL
11.00: Rupert Everett – Travels with Oscar Wilde
13.00: Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917–1921
15.00: Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
17.00: The World: A Family History
SUN 30 APRIL
11.00: Hysterical! Exploding the Myths and History of Gendered Emotions
13.00: Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
15.00: Venus and Aphrodite: History of a Goddess
17.00: Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley on the trail of the Queen of Crime
“Beneath every history, there is another history – there is, at least, the life of the historian” — Hilary Mantel
