Hold Your Breath ... and Restore a Medieval Treasure
Tuesday 1 October 
Guildhall
Lord Leycester Hospital
10.30am
‘No-one takes lightly the complexity of restoring one of the most important medieval buildings in Europe – unless you have no idea of what you’re embarking on!
As Master of the Lord Leycester, five years ago I visualised a quest to render the Lord Leycester fit for purpose – financially viable as a charity and as a heritage site. How little I understood the challenges that awaited me. Now my hair is grey, and joy means never seeing a skip again! But joy is also understanding we got there: now the Lord Leycester is positioned to offer visitors to our half-timbered treasure a visual and intellectual treat … and strong footfall means our survival into the future.’
Join Heidi Meyer as she shares with you the nightmare of a Grade I capital works project … and how she came out smiling!
Tickets £10.00
History Festival at a Glance
Thursday 26 September
Sunday 29 September
Monday 30 September
Tuesday 1 October
Wednesday 2 October
Thursday 3 October
Friday 4 October
Saturday 5 October
Sunday 6 October
Warwick University Talks
| Tom Simpson | Warwick University Talk: Horizons: Maps that Made Climate Change |
Saturday 5 October |
| Dave Steele | The Political Prisoners of Warwick Gaol | Saturday 12 October |
| Sharon Forman and Beat Kümin | Parish Records Workshop | Saturday 12 October |
| Stuart Middleton | A New History of the Welfare State: Welfare as Independence | Saturday 12 October |
Sunday 24 November
Thursday 5 December