THE BBC History Magazine’s History Weekend festival will return to York this year.

The event will take place in the city between Friday, November 18 and Sunday, November 20, and see more than 20 leading historians and authors give talks about their passion for the past.

Venues for this year's event include the Yorkshire Museum and the 14th Century Hospitium, and speakers will include Juliet Barker, who will discuss the real Charlotte Brontë.

Also on the bill are Paul Cartledge discussing ancient versus modern democracy, Andrew Lownie’s exploration into the lives of Guy Burgess, and James Sharpe asking Why did We Stop Punishing Criminals in Public?

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Dave Musgrove, BBC History Magazine publisher, said: "It’s great to be returning to York for a second year. We had such an amazing response to our festival last year that we couldn’t fail to come back.

"Of course, this year will be bigger and better than before, with new venues in a beautiful and historic setting, and a mouth-watering programme of talks from some world-class historians and authors."

A second event will take place in Winchester, with some speakers appearing at both, including author and historian Tracy Borman on the private lives of the Tudors, English historian and broadcaster Michael Wood on Shakespeare, Fern Riddell discussing a Victorian guide to love, sex, and marriage, and historian, broadcaster and academic Suzannah Lipscomb on what made the Tudors great leaders.

Tickets and full details of the line-up for both History Weekends are on sale at historyweekend.com or on 0871 6204021.