article_snippet.sent: Visitors to Festival, sponsored by the Daily Mail, will also be able to hear first-hand accounts from the last surviving British
article_snippet.sent: The event The event boasts more than 140 speakers, a stunning air show and ‘living history’ re-enactments over seven days – a rapid rise from The event humble beginnings when 12 events were held in one tent just five years ago.
article_snippet.sent: Festival co-chairman James Holland said:
article_snippet.sent: Festival is the only one of Festival kind in the UK.
article_snippet.sent: There’s so much to see and do.
article_snippet.sent: The event there will even be a medieval tournament.
article_snippet.sent: Those shortlisted in each age group will be invited to the Penguin Chalke Valley History Prize Final on June 28.
article_snippet.sent: Tickets for this and all talks go on sale today.
article_snippet.sent: In a year of many poignant anniversaries, there will be a 1940s themed Victory Party recognising the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
article_snippet.sent: The Chalke Valley History Festival, in Ebbesbourne Wake near Salisbury, Wiltshire, runs from June 22 to 28.
article_snippet.sent: To buy tickets, go to www.cvhf.org.uk or phone 01722 781133.
article_snippet.sent: The Chalke Valley History Festival will also feature explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, above .
highlights_snippet.sent: Festival also includes novelist Kate Mosse and explorer Ranulph Fiennes .
  