A VOYAGE TO THE PA ST HISTORY FESTIVAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
This year marks a double celebration for Gloucester History Festival – the 10th year of the Festival itself and the 25th year of Heritage Open Days in the city and organisers are doing everything it can to deliver some elements of a live programme.
The festival runs from September 5 to September 20, but inevitably, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event will be much changed with significant online and digital contributions for the first time with a new website –
www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk which people are encouraged to check it regularly as content will be added on a rolling basis.
The theme of this year’s festival will be Voyagers and Visionaries to mark the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage to America in September 1620. Telling stories of discovery, migration, identity and discovery it reveals how journeys near and far have shaped our past. These ideas will be touched on at the Blackfriars Talks (Saturday September 12 to Tuesday September 15, which will be digital only).
Talks are planned to take place at Blackfriars Priory and will be filmed, with broadcast-quality films available to view on the festival website the following day.
Speakers will include leading historian and broadcaster Michael Wood who will explore the Story of China, Michael Scott, star of BBC’s Ancient Invisible Cities, and Festival President Janina Ramirez, leading historian, broadcaster and author, who will present an item on medieval women.
“During these historic times an enlightening, insightful and informative History Festival has never been more important. In its 10th year now, we're very proud of how Gloucester History Festival has grown and changed, adapting to new issues and giving a range of voices a chance to be heard. We're looking forward to welcoming back old friends and embracing new speakers and audiences this year - albeit in a safe, socially distanced way!” says Janina Ramirez.
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As part of the City Voices element of the festival, Historic England has made a grant to the city to inspire a citywide heritage response to COVID-19. Entitled ‘Gloucester Looking Up’ it will encourage communities to look up at the buildings, look up online, look up their heritage and ensure that Gloucester’s built and lived heritage is part of a shared recovery.
As usual all Heritage Open Day events will be free of charge, and although the range of activities will be curtailed this year, the organiser Paul Drinkwater said: ‘‘At present we are planning guided walks limited to five guests per walk and access to venues, talks and music events in limited numbers with social distancing.”
Tickets for events within Gloucester History Festival 2020 can be booked at
www.gloucesterhistory
festival.co.uk. All on- line and on-demand content will also be made available free of charge from the same address.
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