The Saxon Festival talks and events are brought to you by a number of experts from the different organisations involved.
Festival Speakers
Professor Martin Carver
Amongst other things, Martin has been an Army officer between 1959 and 1972, a freelance archaeologist between 1972 and 1975, the creator and director of the Birmingham University Field Archaeology…
Professor Christopher Scull
Chris is representing the Rendlesham Revealed project that is being managed by Suffolk County Council. Chris Scull is the academic lead for Rendlesham Revealed, a community archaeology project funded by…
Helen Geake
Helen is a British archaeologist and small finds specialist. She was one of the key members of the long-running archaeology series Time Team. Helen’s interest in archaeology was sparked partly by attending lectures by Time Team’s Mick Worthington.…
Angela Care Evans
Angela Evans is the ‘Grande Dame’ of research on the Sutton Hoo Ship, assembling the definitive report in 1975 (Chapter V in The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial). A member of the British Museum’s Sutton Hoo…
Tim Kirk, Master Shipwright
Tim Kirk is the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company, Master Shipwright. Since 2019 Tim has been interpreting the ship’s plans and archaeological evidence to build a replica of the Sutton Hoo Ship…
John Gallas
John is a St Magnus Festival Orkney Poet and Fellow of the English Association and has had many poetry books published, examples include Star City, 52 Euros, The Song Atlas,…
The National Historic Costume Volunteers
Sue, Helena and Carole are National Trust volunteers at Sutton Hoo. Sue is a retired school teacher with a love and talent for sewing. Helena has a degree in Textiles…
The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Volunteers
The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company has 90 volunteers all working in different crews to either build, record, research, promote or administrate the ship build. The volunteers come from all walks…