Tom Nancollas
The Ship Asunder: A Maritime History in Eleven Vessels
This best-selling author weaves together stories of great naval architects and unsung shipwrights, to tell the story of Britain at sea.
Festival Walk: Vera Brittain & Buxton in the First World War
Thu 15 - Tue 20 July 2021
Join Netta Christie to hear more about Vera and the town she referred to as full of ‘censorious small-mindedness’. This walk will take you to Vera’s childhood home, St John’s church and to the Devonshire Dome to understand more about the town during the war years.
Strictly limited to 15 people.
You'll also love...
David Kynaston
On The Cusp: Days of ‘62
David continues his ground-breaking history of post-war Britain, evoking a world of seaside holidays and church fetes – a world of seemingly settled social certainties, but in fact on the edge of change.
Tristram Hunt
The Radical Potter
Josiah Wedgwood was arguably the greatest potter who ever lived and was considered radical in his mind and politics. The director of the V&A charts his life.
Anna Keay
A Restless Republic: Britain Without a Crown
Writer, historian and curator Anna Keay brings to life the most experimental decade in Britain’s history. It's the story of how these tempestuous years set the British Isles on a new course, and of what happened when a conservative people tried revolution.
