🎧 CNUT THE GREAT: KING OF THE ENGLISH

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This is a recording of Ryan Lavelle’s talk at Chalke Valley History Festival on Thursday 28th June 2018.

Cnut, or Canute, was King of England for nearly 20 years, dying in Dorset in 1035. A formidable figure, Cnut is one of the great ‘what ifs’ in English history. Ryan Lavelle, one of this country’s leading experts on Viking England, gives a fascinating account of a powerful nation builder whose Viking Empire could have permanently shifted 11th century England’s orbit to Scandinavia.

🎧 CAUGHT IN THE REVOLUTION: PETROGRAD 1917

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Speaking at CVHF in 2017, Helen Rappaport looks at the Russian Revolution from an entirely new perspective – that of a wide range of foreign nationals living in Petrograd in 1917 who witnessed history being made on the streets. Through their eyes we see Russian history in the making, revealing the unravelling of the revolution over the course of one single year in the heart of the war-torn capital.

🎧 Battle of Britain Spitfire Hero

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Audio from Geoff Wellum’s talk with James Holland at Chalk Valley History Festival on Saturday, 28th June 2014.

Geoff Wellum was a spitfire pilot throughout the Battle of Britain, flying and fighting in some of the fiercest aerial battles of that summer of 1940. More recently, he became the celebrated author of First Light, an astonishing memoir of those days. This was a rare public appearance and a very special event.

🎬 5 Minutes With…Tracy Borman

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Tudor historian, Tracy Borman talks to CVHF volunteer and history student, Eleonor Watson about her latest novel,. The Kings Witch, why she decided to start writing historical fiction and what her job entails as chief curator at the Royal Palaces.

5 Minutes with… Tracy Borman from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

🎬 Al Murray and James Holland Discuss Sherman Tanks

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Here’s James Holland chatting to Al Murray at #CVHF 2018

Al Murray and James Holland – Sherman Tank from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

🎬 5 Minutes with… Ali Ansari

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Ali Ansari is a Professor in the School of History and the Director of the Institute of Iranian Studies at the University of St Andrews. Here he is talking to CVHF Volunteer and history student, Ellie House about politics in Iran, how Iranians view their own history and the importance of nationalism in the preservation of the current government.

5 Minutes with… Ali Ansari from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

🎬 #VotesForWomen Montage

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In this centenary year of the first women getting the vote in Britain, some of our wonderful 2018 speakers tell us why they think it was such an important moment in history.

#VotesForWomen Montage from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

VIDEO: 5 Minutes With…Rob Wilkins

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Rob Wilkins talks to us about his friend Terry Pratchett, his love of the Chalke Valley and the amazing Shed of Doom!

5 Minutes with… Rob Wilkins from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

A Day in the Life… WWI Trench

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A behind the scenes look at the people behind our wonderful WW1 Trench experience.

A Day in the Life… WWI Trench from Chalke Valley History Trust on Vimeo.

Claire Mulley in conversation with James Holland

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Clare Mulley talks to James Holland about the Women Who Flew For Hitler, the only 2 female test pilots in Nazi Germany.