2024 Festival Event

Renaissance Women: Roxanna Panufnik, Rachel Morris and Daisy Dunn

Roxanna Panufnik is a renowned composer; her work Coronation Sanctus was commissioned by HM King Charles and her exceptional pieces are regularly performed for the BBC Proms.

Rachel Morris is a British Paralympic sportswoman. She is a double gold medal winner, first as a handcyclist in 2008 and then as a rower in the women’s single sculls in 2016.

Dr Daisy Dunn is an award-winning classicist and author. She recently published The Missing Thread: A New History of the Ancient World through the Women Who Shaped It, a radical review of the stories we thought we knew of the ancient world.

Daisy Dunn - The Missing Thread
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2024 Festival Schedule

4pm

4.30pm

6pm

8pm

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

MIRIAM MARGOLYES

LAURA CUMMING

10am

12n

2pm

4pm

6pm

8pm

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