HISTORY fans will have something to look out for as the box office opens for Winchester Heritage Open Days (HODs) 2023.

Organised by the Hampshire History Trust, the festival will feature a wide arrange of both free and paid events, with tickets available from August 8.

As part of the festival, 27-year-old historian and heritage campaigner Alice Loxton will give a ticketed talk at Winchester College.

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She will talk about her first book, Uproar! Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London, which tells stories of the political cartoons and commentators of the age, whose ‘victims’ ranged from Napoleon to Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire.

All proceeds from the talk will go to the Hampshire History Trust. Tickets are currently available from the Winchester Heritage Open Days website – with a limited number available including drinks and a chat with Alice beforehand.

Alice said: “I always love visiting Winchester because there is so much incredible history, everywhere! Sometimes I hardly know where to look. It's really exciting to be coming again in September, this time supporting Hampshire History Trust. What an amazing charity - they do so much hard work bringing so many amazing free events together for this year's Heritage Open Days programme. If you're a history fan living in the area, make sure you check out the events - you don't want to miss out!”

Trust chair Nicky Gottlieb said: “We are thrilled to be able to host Alice for such an exciting evening and are very grateful for her support”.

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The HODs festival runs from September 8 to September 17, with a nationwide theme of “Creativity Unwrapped”.

Tickets are not required for most of its talks, tours and workshops - but the most popular events often ‘sell out’, so fans are advised to book early.

Special events this year include a talk on Fabergé by the curator of last year’s sell-out V&A Exhibition, and artist Sophie Hacker speaking on her 2018 stained-glass window in Romsey Abbey commemorating. And the doors will be thrown open at venues as diverse as Romsey’s railway signal box, the Selborne house of pioneering naturalist, ecologist and ornithologist Gilbert White and bookshop PG Wells. Old favourites will also return, including medieval tile-making workshops hosted by Hyde900 and rallies of MG cars and the King Alfred buses.