“I like science but I think it is a lot more accessible if humans are involved so telling the human stories is a way of telling the science stories.” The Times science editor, Tom Whipple chats to CVHF volunteer, Sedona Jamieson about his love of science and the under-told stories of the Battle of the Beams.

"Where the economy is today, is shaped by not just the last 5 years, not just the last 10, but 250 years of previous development have put us where we are." Economist, journalist and author, Duncan Weldon chats to CVHF volunteer, Will Bradley about how there's too much tendency by many economists and political scientists to ignore history.

“There is a shared zeal for the past and discovering things about the past and not in a kind prescribed way but in a way that allows for questions and mystery and its a very inspiring atmosphere.” Somerset-based author and artist, Amy Jeffs chats with Danièle Cybulskie about her love for the festival and in particular, the heritage crafts.

Archeologist, Alex Langlands chats to CVHF volunteer Ben Marvell about his project with Old Sarum, King Edgar and how Old Sarum was supplanted by Salisbury.

We asked specialist defence and security consultant, Dan Kaszeta about the impact of chemical warfare throughout history, whether he sees a future for it and discuss the importance of investing in Information warfare.

“Berlin is a city that stood at the centre of the 20th century and you can’t really understand the 20th century without understanding Berlin..” Sinclair McKay gives us a fascinating insight into the importance of Berlin.

“We are intricately connected with nature in ways that we don’t understand and that’s why it makes us feel better.” Ben Goldsmith talks about the importance restoring nature while giving people more access to it.

Bill Browder chats to us about how has the situation has changed in Russia since it invaded Ukraine, whether he thinks the Yevgeny Prigozhin mutiny was always destined to fail and if Ukrainians are going to be able to capitalise on the situation.

Author Keggie Carew chats to CVHF volunteer, Will Bradley about her new novel, Beastly: A New History of Animals And Us - the 40,000-year story of our changing kinship, reframing our understanding of what it is like to be an animal and what our role is as humans.

"Remember it's about the truth and about an interesting way of finding out the truth and telling a story. Stories are all about humans and human's lives are infinitely complex and interesting. If you try and present your stories in that way then you might people listening to them and that's what it's all about."

Natasha Lance Rogoff chats to us about her book, ‘Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story Of Making Sesame Street In Russia', one of the most unlikely stories of East-West relations of the last thirty years.

We chat to Marion Turner about her recent book, Wife of Bath, a Biography of ‘the first ordinary woman in English literature. As she says, ‘to tell her story is to tell the story of women in the 14th century’.

"We are on the brink, of one of the biggest and potentially most necessary building booms that we’ve ever had in human history and that all comes back to the material world. Getting more of them out of the ground, trying to do it in a better way and in order to do that we need to just think about where everything comes from."

Katja Hoyer chats to us about her new book, Beyond the Wall: East Germany In The Cold War 1949 - 1990.