Helen Carr Inspires at Academic Scholars’ Dinner and Lecture

Rugby School was delighted to welcome renowned author and historian Helen Carr to the annual Academic Scholars’ Dinner and Lecture. After dinner with pupils, Helen delivered a very well attended public lecture in the Macready Theatre on ‘Looking Back: Why the Past Matters in the Present’. Helen’s talk was a rallying cry for the importance of the History and the humanities more broadly and revealed the historian’s craft in sifting the records from the past, and why such skills are invaluable in today’s world. The lecture was followed by a book-signing with our local independent booksellers, Hunt’s, which did a brisk trade.