HistFest 2025 Tickets On Sale Now!

Join us at the British Library this April for a weekend of learning and laughter

HistFest is back! The dynamic history festival that celebrates the brightest and the best in the world of history returns to the British Library this April. Join us for an exciting weekend of talks, discussions, performance and music. Expect laughter and learning with an amazing line-up of historians, writers, performers and thinkers.

• Location: British Library, London | Online

• Dates: 26-27 April 2025

Tickets

Tickets to HistFest 2025 are sold through the British Library. There are a range of tickets options available:

• Weekend tickets (£30) - access to all eight festival talks

• Saturday tickets (£30) - access to all four Saturday talks

• Sunday tickets (£30) - access to all four Sunday talks

• Individual event tickets (£12) - single tickets for individual events

• Online tickets (£15-£30) - online access to festival events, with 48-hour catch up.

Festival Line-up

Saturday 26 April

• 11AM - Young Elizabeth: Prisoner. Princess. Queen. Speakers: Dr Nicola Tallis in conversation with Dr Wanda Wyporska

• 1PM - Motherland. Speakers: Luke Pepera in conversation with Dr Mai Musié.

• 3PM - Titanic: Ship of Dreams. Speakers: Stephen McGann and Stephanie Barczewski in conversation with Duncan Barrett.

• 5PM - Ancient Mesopotamia. Speakers: Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid and Dr Selena Wisnom in conversation with Shaparak Khorsandi.

Sunday 27 April

• 11AM - 250 Years of Jane Austen. Speakers: Amber Butchart and John Mullans.

• 1PM - The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz. Speakers: Anne Sebba in conversation with Prof. Kate Williams.

• 3PM - Humans: A Monstrous History. Speakers: Dr Surekha Davies in conversation with Dr Kate Lister.

• 5PM - Palaces, Queens and Scandal: An Evening with Kate Williams.