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IAN MORTIMER |
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Past Talks and Lectures (complete since 1999) |
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Monday 16 January 2012 (first broadcast) |
Illuminations: the Private Lives of Medieval Kings, BBC4In the summer of 2011 I was filmed talking to Dr Janina Ramirez about Edward III at Portchester Castle. The interview appears in the second episode of the three-part BBC4 Illuminations series. |
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Saturday 14 January 2012 |
Winchelsea Archaeological Society, SussexTalk in Winchelsea Church entitled 'Edward II and Edward III: the nadir and zenith of medieval royalty'. |
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Tuesday 6 December 2011 |
Library Lecture Theatre, University College Plymouth, MarjonTwo talks: one on using openings and endings to good effect in historical writing (a class to creative writing students) and another on the purposes of history, in fiction and creative non-fiction. See here for the poster. |
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Friday 18 November 2011 |
Institute of Historical Research, LondonPanel discussion on the differences of academic history and historical fiction as part of the 'Novel Approaches' conference. |
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Wednesday 9 November 2011 |
Portsmouth BookfestAppearance as James Forrester. A sensory ride through Elizabethan England. |
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Thursday 27 October 2011 |
U3A, TotnesTalk on 'Living Through History'. |
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Friday 14 October 2011 |
Friends of St Andrews Church, MoretonhampsteadTalk on the Church in Moreton. |
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Tuesday 11 October 2011 |
Cheltenham Literature FestivalAppearance as James Forrester. A sensory ride through Elizabethan England. |
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Monday 19 September 2011 |
The Queen's Palaces, BBC OneBack in the spring the BBC came down to Moretonhampstead and filmed me in the parish church saying a few things about Edward III for the Windsor Castle episode of this three-part series. The finished programme, presented by Fiona Bruce, is aired tonight on BBC One. |
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Thursday 15 September 2011 |
University of Exeter & WordquestAppearance as a guest writer as part of the Imagine there's a Future project. My theme will be 'A short history of the future of Dartmoor'. |
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Saturday 23 July 2011 |
Crime Writers Association, HarrogateAppearance as James Forrester. Talking about my first two novels at the CWA dinner. |
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Saturday 16 July 2011 |
Ways With Words, Dartington, Devon'Reliving the Past'. When would you have liked to have lived in the past? It is a question we all have considered. Ian reflects on some of the biggest surprises of historical experience, drawing from his bestselling The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England and also his work-in-progress, The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. |
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Friday 15 July 2011 |
Watermill Book Club, Newbury, BerkshireAppearance as James Forrester. Drawing partly on scenes in the novels and partly on my non-fiction work in progress, The Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England. |
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Wednesday 15 June 2011 |
Dartmoor National Park AuthorityTalk on historical literature and the landscape, explaining how Dartmoor is not just inspiring for its natural beauty but, as a historic landscape, acts as a real-world reference library for the historical writer. |
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Thursday 26 May 2011 |
Kingston Readers FestivalAppearance as James Forrester. |
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Saturday 21 May 2011 |
Mortimer History Society Conference, LudlowThe Mortimers and the Royal Family, 1200-1600. |
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Wednesday 27 April 2011 |
Ugborough History Society, Ugborough Church, Devon'Rewriting History' |
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Tuesday 5 April 2011 |
Filthy CitiesA couple of brief appearances on the medieval London episode of the BBC 2 series, fronted by Dan Snow and first broadcast today. |
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Wednesday 9 March 2011 |
University of Nottingham'Accessing the medieval' - a panel discussion and writing workshop |
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Tuesday 1 February 2011 |
Festival to celebrate the life and times of the surgeon Dr Richard Stucley (1730-1811), ChulmleighPanel discussion on life and medicine in the 18th century |
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Saturday 29 January 2011 |
BBC Radio DevonInformal chat on John Govier's Saturday morning radio programme |
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Tuesday 7 December 2010 |
Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds'Rewriting history: royal conspiracies in late medieval England' (Open Lecture Series). |
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Sat/Sun 6-7 November 2010 |
Writers at the Castle, TauntonA Friday afternoon to Sunday morning weekend, for Martin Randall Travel. I attended sessions on the Saturday and Sunday and gave a talk on 'The Fake Death of Edward II'. |
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Sunday 31 October 2010 |
Talking History, Newstalk, Ireland'Medieval Intrigue: decoding royal conspiracies'. |
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Friday 29 October 2010 |
Topping Bookshop, Bath'Medieval Intrigue: decoding royal conspiracies'. |
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Thursday 14 October 2010 |
Cheltenham Literary Festival'Rewriting History'. |
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Wednesday 29 September 2010 |
Appledore Book Festival'Interviewing Myself: history and historical fiction'. Probably the world's first stand-up historiography event. James Forrester, historical novelist, interviews Ian Mortimer, historian, about the limits of history - and Ian Mortimer interviews James Forrester about the limits of historical fiction. Confrontational, excoriatingly critical - and likely to end up in blows. Except that both Ian and James are one person. |
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Friday 24 Sept 2010 |
Budleigh Salterton Literature Festival'Rewriting History'. |
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Sunday 19 Sept 2010 |
Reading Festival of Crime Writing'Digging up the Past: Historical Crime'. Appearing as James Forrester in a panel event with several successful crime-fiction writers. |
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Thursday 16 Sept 2010 |
Waterstones Bookshop, Exeter High Street BranchA book signing and informal introduction to my non-fiction work (as ian Mortimer) and my fiction (as James Forrester). |
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Thursday 4 August 2010 |
Front Row (BBC Radio Four)Interview with Kirsty Lang about writing historical fiction (as James Forrester). |
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Sunday 18 July 2010 |
Ways with Words, Dartington, Devon'Rewriting History'. |
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Friday 16 July 2010 |
Ways with Words, Dartington, DevonA speaker was unable to turn up at Dartington due to ill-health, so I stepped in to speak about Medieval political murders. |
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Saturday 3 July 2010 |
The Early Music Show (BBC Radio Three)A recent edition of the Early Music Show on Radio Three was devoted to Edward III. I was interviewed about the king and his reign by the presenter, Lucy Skeaping. The Independent commented on it, calling it 'wonderfully atmospheric' - though I suspect that was directed more at the music than me. |
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Thursday 24 June 2010 |
The Late Show (Link 92.2FM)Interview with Jason McCrossan about 1415. |
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Sunday 6 June 2010 |
Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival'Rewriting HIstory' (not '1415' is in the programme). |
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Friday 5 March 2010 |
Words by the Water, Cumbria'Rewriting History'. |
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Weds 20 January 2010 |
Moretonhampstead History Society'Rewriting History'. |
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Sunday 1 November 2009 |
BBC Radio LincolnshireTalking about 1415: Henry V's Year of Glory. |
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Saturday 24 October 2009 |
Mortimer History SocietyInaugural presidential address for the newly formed society: 'What did the medieval Mortimers do for us?'. |
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Monday 12 October 2009 |
Exeter FM RadioTalking about my past books and new work, especially 1415. |
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Saturday 3 October 2009 |
Excess Baggage (BBC Radio Four)The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Wednesday 30 September 2009 |
Appledore Books Festival, Appledore, North DevonThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Saturday 19 September 2009 |
Richard III Society, Plymouth BranchThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Tuesday 15 September 2009 |
Lympstone History SocietyThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Saturday 11 July 2009 |
Ways with Words, DartingtonA talk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. A note appeared in a local paper - The Herald Express |
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Thursday 11 June 2009 |
St Andrews Church, Moretonhampstead, DevonCenturies of Change: a talk to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the establishment of the diocese of Exeter, formerly the diocese of Crediton, in 909 A.D. |
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Wednesday 6 May 2009 |
Widecombe History Society, Church House, Widecombe, DevonA talk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Tuesday 10 March 2009 |
University of Plymouth/Peninsula Arts in conjunction with the Historical AssociationPublic lecture entitled 'Sex and Death in the Fourteenth-Century Royal Family'. |
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Tuesday 17 February 2009 (broadcast date) |
The Book Show (ABC Radio National, Australia)An interview about visiting medieval England. You can download a version from the ABC website here. |
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Thursday 29 January 2009 |
Endecott House, The Square, ChagfordTalk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England for the Chagford Local History Society. |
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Friday 19 December 2008 (recording date) |
Sunday Sequence (BBC Radio Ulster)An interview about The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England with the presenter, William Crawley. Aired on a Sunday in January 2009, I seem to recall. |
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Monday 17 November 2008 |
The Church of the Holy Cross, CreditonPublic talk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Wednesday 22 October 2008 |
Toppings Bookshop, BathTalk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England. |
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Sunday 19 October 2008 |
Cheltenham Literary FestivalDiscussion on the battle of Agincourt with Professor Richard Holmes and the historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. |
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Saturday 27 September 2008 |
Lichfield Festival (Lichfield Literature Weekend)Talk on The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England |
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14 July 2008 |
Ways with Words, Dartington, Devon'The Fears of Henry IV'. (See blog entry by Oxford Reader on this talk.) |
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10 May 2008 |
The Richard III Society, Devon and Cornwall Branch'The Deaths of Kings' |
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25 February 2008 (broadcast date) |
A Time Team Special (Channel Four)'The Real Knights of the Round Table' |
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16 January 2008 |
Moretonhampstead History Society'The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England' (Chairman's Address) |
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13 October 2007 |
Ilkley Literary Festival'King Henry IV'. (See blog entry by daemonwolf on this talk.) |
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10 October 2007 |
Cheltenham Literary Festival'King Henry IV'. Referring back to this talk in 2008, the festival's Artistic Director Sarah Smyth said: 'Last year, the medieval historian Ian Mortimer talked about Henry IV at 10am on a Wednesday morning and had an audience of 400.' |
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18 August 2007 |
Tiverton Literary Festival'The Fears of Henry IV' |
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8 August 2007 |
Waterstones, Exeter'The Fears of Henry IV' |
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21 July 2007 |
Chagford Arts Festival'The Fears of Henry IV' |
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21 October 2006 |
Leintwardine History Group'Edward III, the Mortimers, and the Leintwardine Chantry' |
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18 September 2006 |
University of Exeter, Department of History'The Rural Medical Marketplace in Early Modern England' |
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19 April 2006 |
Moretonhampstead History Society'Edward III, the Perfect King' |
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17 April 2006 |
Start the Week (BBC Radio Four)'Edward III, the Perfect King' |
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17 March 2006 |
Sky News (live, half-hour discussion)'Why do we celebrate St Patrick's day more than St George's day?' |
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18 January 2006 |
Moretonhampstead History Society'Medieval Moretonhampstead' (Chairman's Address) |
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2 July 2005 |
Ludlow Literary Festival'Sir Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March' |
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25 April 2005 |
University of Oxford, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine'The Importance of Towns to the Seriously Ill and Dying in 17th-Century Kent' |
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16 October 2004 |
Friends of Devon's Archives'Census Records for 17th-Century Devon' |
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21 May 2004 |
The Royal Historical Society'The Triumph of the Doctors' (The Alexander Prize Essay) |
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9 March 2004 |
Oundle Literary Festival'The Age of Treason' |
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8 March 2004 |
The Devonshire Association'The Mystery of the Death of Edward II' |
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6 March 2004 |
Friends of Usk Castle'The Rise of the Mortimers, 1086-1360' |
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12 November 2003 |
University of Reading, Department of History'The Triumph of the Doctors' |
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14 October 2003 |
Cheltenham Literary Festival'The Death of Edward II' and 'A Historical Tour of Berkeley Castle' |
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March 2003 |
Today (BBC Radio Four)'Traitors' |
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19 November 2002 |
Friends of Devon Archives'Archives and the Internet' |
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5 October 2002 |
The Henry Williamson Society'The Henry Williamson Archive at Exeter University Library' |
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4 October 2002 |
The Devon and Exeter Institution, Exeter'The Poetry of History' |
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16 September 2002 |
Silverton History Society'Literary Papers at Exeter University Library' |
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2001 |
University of Exeter, School of English, and SW Arts'The Papers of Daphne DuMaurier' |
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2001 |
Friends of Devon Archives'The Literary Collections of Exeter University Library' |
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24 May 2001 |
University of Exeter, Postgraduate Conference'The diocesan licensing of medical practitioners in early modern England: a case study of the diocese of Exeter 1660-1760' |
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17 January 2001 |
Moretonhampstead History Society'Doctors, dirt and disease in early modern England' |
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8-10 September 2000 |
University of Exeter, Centre for Medical History'Anthrax and the State 1895-1945' |
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December 1999 |
Friends of Devon Archives'Devon Manors' |
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3 December 1999 |
University of Exeter, Centre for Medical History'When does health matter? New approaches to the study of early twentieth century occupational health' |
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1998 |
Berkshire Family History Society'Life and Death in Berkshire, 1590-1720: the evidence of the Berkshire Probate Accounts' |
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16 September 1997 |
The Society of Archivists, Annual Conference'Wide Area Networks Unlocked' |
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5 December 1994 |
Berkshire Record Society AGM'The Glebe Terriers of Berkshire, 1634' |
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