Deb
5 min readMar 3, 2023

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The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival — 26th June to 2nd July 2023

One of the UK’s most exciting and successful summer events returns!

Image by Martin Cook

With so much uncertainty in the world, history has never been more relevant.

The Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival, one of the UK’s most successful and popular summer events, returns this year from 26th June to 2nd July. This unique festival, which takes place in Wiltshire, looks set to attract huge crowds of all ages, with every visitor keen to soak up the sights, sounds and smells of the past, and eager to learn more about the history of years gone by, whilst improving their understanding of what is happening in the world today.

For the first time this year, the entire programme will be themed, enabling visitors to find the talks and events they are interested in more easily, and to also encourage a little curiosity too. The six distinct themes are: Environment, Conflict, Politics, Science and Exploration, Sport and Society and Culture.

Over the course of a week, the festival will host over 200 talks and panel discussions on leading issues of the past, present and future. These will take place across five fabulous venues: the 750-seater main tent…

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Deb

USA Today Bestselling Author/Historian/Podcaster. Agent: Past Producers Casting. Follow me for culture news, history & an occasional tall tale. Atlanta GA