Event Date: Sunday 10 May 2015 Town: Woking County: Surrey Website: www.surreycc.gov.uk The study day will provide interactive materials and interesting information, to extend your knowledge on the Magna Carta. The History Centre welcomes Professor Nigel Saul (Professor of Medieval History at Royal Holloway University) and other various speakers, to share their expertise on the […]
Event Date: Early January to January 16th 2015 Venue: Surrey History Centre Town: Woking County: Surrey Website: www.surreycc.gov.uk/ An exhibition of the Lincoln Magna Carta facsimile will tour across the Surrey History Centre and Surrey Libraries from early January – March 2015. Get a close up look of the replica document that King John sealed […]
Event Date: Friday, 22nd May 2015 Town: Faversham County: Kent Website: www.faversham.org On the eve of the opening of ‘Magna Carta Rediscovered’ Faversham will host the popular BBC Radio 4 Show ‘Any Questions’ The broadcast will take place from The Alexander Centre which will be hosting ‘Magna Carta Rediscovered’ the major exhibition showcasing the Faversham […]
Event Date: Saturday 23rd May to Sunday 28th June 2015 Town: Faversham County: Kent Website: www.faversham.org The historic market town of Faversham in Kent mentioned in The Domesday Book will be part of the commemorative events with the staging of this major exhibition. The centrepiece for visitors will be the display of the Magna Carta […]
Event Date: September Tuesday 15th – Sunday 20th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org The Salisbury Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2015 is inspired by the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta. Come and see the spectacular work of over 500 flower arrangers in a feast for the senses with the smell and sight of many thousands […]
Event Date: July Wednesday 15th – Sunday 19th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.southerncathedralsfestival.org.uk/ The Choirs of Salisbury Cathedral, Winchester Cathedral and Chichester Cathedral come together to perform in the magnificent surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral. Cathedral music is truly one of this country’s national treasures – this festival offers sacred choral and organ music […]
Event Date: June Saturday 13th – Monday 15th 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org To celebrate the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta,Salisbury Cathedral will be holding a Gala Weekend. Saturday June 13: A Gala concert with a brand new, Magna Carta based, musical commission by Tarik O’Regan, http://www.tarikoregan.com/. Sunday June 14: […]
Event Date: July 7 – 10 July 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org For four nights, four groups of 200 school children from Wiltshire and Dorset will come together in the magnificent surroundings of Salisbury Cathedral to perform an especially commissioned piece of music inspired by Magna Carta. This piece charts the story of […]
Event Date: June 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org A trail of statues, sponsored by local businesses and created and painted by a wide range of artists and community groups, placed throughout the streets of Salisbury. The statues will be auctioned off to raise money for the Trussell Trust. Produced by Wild in Art, […]
Event Date: June-September 2015 Town: Salisbury County: Wiltshire Website: www.salisburycathedral.org Enlightenment: an interactive lighting projection in the Cathedral’s North Porch and an interactive word and light based projection in the Morning Chapel, produced by Squid Soup. Also: inscribed clay tiles with thoughts inspired by Magna Carta produced by prisoners from Erlestoke Prison displayed in the […]