

Max Adams – Keynote Speaker
Max Adams, author and archaeologist, will speak on the subject of Wilfrid and Ripon in the wider context of 7th century Northumbria.
Max will put our celebrations into their Northumbrian context – exploring the world St Wilfrid, and Ripon itself, inhabited in the 7th century.
Max Adams is a critically-acclaimed author and biographer, an archaeologist, traveller and writing coach. His journeys through the landscapes of the past and the present, of human geography, music, art and culture are a continuing source of inspiration in his writing.