5x15:History's Untold StoriesUnion Chapel · Music · N1
Five of today’s most compelling historians and storytellers come together for a special 5x15 evening at Union Chapel. William Dalrymple, Alice Loxton, Peter Frankopan, Gary Younge and Kate Williams will each take to the stage for 15 minutes to bring one extraordinary episode from history vividly to life, from the invention of zero to the fate of Anne Boleyn, from the Eleanor Crosses to the American Revolution, and from the medieval world to the Liberation of Paris. The 5x15 format is simple: five speakers, each with fifteen minutes to change the way we see the past. Bios William Dalrymple is one of Britain’s great historians and the bestselling author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals. He is the co-host of chart-topping podcast Empire with Anita Anand and his latest book is The Golden Road. Peter Frankopan is Professor of Global History at Oxford University. His bookThe Silk Roads: A New History of the World became a global bestseller, topping charts in the UK, China and India, selling over 1.5 million copies and appearing in more than thirty languages. His most recent book, The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, reinterprets global history through climate and environmental change. Alice Loxton is a history broadcaster and Sunday Times bestselling author with over three million followers on social media (@history_alice), where she educates on British history, heritage and art. Her latest book is Eleanor: A 200-Mile Walk in Search of England’s Lost Queen. Gary Younge is an award-winning author, broadcaster and a Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester. Formerly editor-at-large at The Guardian, he has written seven books, most recently Pigeonholed: Creative Freedom as an Act of Resistance (Faber, 2025). Professor Kate Williams is a historian and NYT bestselling author of eleven books. REGINA: A New History of Women and Power is her latest book. She is CNN's Historian and is Professor of History at the University of Reading. see the past. More Information: For Accessibility, please click here. The venue is seating only. All seats are unreserved and are taken on a first come first serve basis. Please arrive early before event door times if you have preferred seats. Due to the nature of our venue, please be prepared to queue for entry. The venue is fully accessible, with use of ramps and the upstairs bar is accessible with use of a platform lift. Please email [email protected] with your accessibility requirements as soon as you purchase your ticket as requests are dealt with on a first come, first serve basis. The bar is located on the first floor of the venue and will be open from the stated door time and remain open after the show. Alcohol consumption will be limited to the bar area only, it is not permitted to take alcohol to the main chapel space. An array of soft drinks and snacks will also be available and are permitted in the main space - please note the Union Chapel bar and kiosk accept card payment only. Strictly no food or drink may be brought from outside into the venue. Water bottles must be emptied before entering the venue, with refilling stations available inside.
