Evelyn Partners Announced as Lead Partner for Chalke History Festival

The Chalke History Festival is thrilled to announce award-winning wealth management group Evelyn Partners as its new lead festival partner. This multi-year partnership comes at a crucial time when the financial stability of cultural events across the UK is under scrutiny.

James Holland, Creative Director and Co-Founder of the festival, expressed his enthusiasm for the collaboration: “It’s wonderful that such a major player as Evelyn Partners is supporting an important UK festival at this time. We are extremely proud to be embarking on a multi-year partnership, one that will do much to ensure the Chalke History Festival can grow and develop.

“Our 2025 programme is already shaping up to be our best ever and while we all want everyone who comes to enjoy themselves and have a wonderful time, we also all very strongly believe that history is vitally important and that so too are cultural festivals such as ours. History is the surest way to unlock our futures, and the first step to securing our future is to understand our past.

“Making decisions about tomorrow is best done armed with the lessons of yesterday. It is extremely heartening to know Evelyn Partners will be helping us fulfil and expand our mission to bring the rich and enthralling story of our past to as many people as possible.”

Andrew Middleton, Group Chief Marketing and Commercial Officer at Evelyn Partners, added: “We are delighted to be lead partner to the Chalke History Festival. In its quest to understand and popularise history, Chalke History Festival provides the stories, lessons and insights that can be used to make sense of “what’s next for the world?” – a question we have front of mind when supporting our clients with what’s next for them and their money. We’re looking forward to a really successful event.”

Anthony Scaramucci: From the White House to the Chalke Stage

The exciting line-up for the festival programme this summer is already taking shape, with Anthony Scaramucci confirmed as one of the headline acts and billed to take part in a number of events. Nicknamed ‘The Mooch’, he served on President Donald Trump’s Presidential Transition Team Executive Committee in 2016 and briefly as White House Communications Director in July 2017.

He is currently the co-host of two hugely popular podcasts, The Rest Is Politics US and Open Book, and is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm. Scaramucci also founded and chairs SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio. An accomplished author, his six books include The Little Book of Bitcoin.

2025 Festival Line-up

Other VIPs confirmed for Chalke this June include SAS: Rogue Heroes author Ben Macintyre on the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege, and social media sensation Alice Loxton discussing A History of Britain in 18 Young Lives. Leading social philosopher Roman Krznaric will explore lessons from 1,000 years of history, while Tom Parker-Bowles will share royal culinary tales and recipes spanning Queen Victoria to King Charles III.

Also appearing are bestselling true crime writer Kate Summerscale with The Murders at 10 Rillington Place, renowned German historian Richard Evans on Hitler’s inner circle, medieval historian Helen Castor on the rivalry between Richard II and Henry IV, and acclaimed author Max Hastings recounting the D-Day landings on Sword Beach.

Festivalgoers can also look forward to entertainment from Britain’s Got Talent finalists, The D-Day Darlings, who will perform wartime classics on Saturday night.

With Evelyn Partners’ support, the Chalke History Festival continues its mission to bring history to life for audiences of all ages.

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