Phenomenal Women: An Evening with Lady Carnarvon

Since 2018, series founder Theresa McDermott has invited extraordinary women, women who have achieved recognition and made a significant impact in their fields, to share their experiences, the challenges they've faced, and the lessons learned on their route to success.

These evenings are deliberately kept intimate, fostering the kind of open and honest conversation rarely found in larger settings. Guests leave not only inspired but genuinely connected to the speaker, to one another, and to the enduring spirit of phenomenal women everywhere.

Lady Carnarvon, Fiona, 8th Countess of Carnarvon. Known and loved by millions around the world as the setting for Downton Abbey, Lady Carnarvon brings with her a life as rich and layered as the castle she calls home.

A bestselling author, historian, international speaker, and tireless fundraiser, Lady Carnarvon has built a remarkable body of work that reaches far beyond the walls of one of England's most celebrated estates. Her latest book, A Year at Highclere, is an intimate and beautifully observed portrait of life through the passing months and seasons , revealing what it truly means to live, work, and steward an extraordinary home with history woven into every stone.

Her story is one of heritage and modernity, of duty and creativity, of a life lived with purpose and grace. It is, in every sense, a Phenomenal Women story.

📅 Date: Thursday 11th June 2026

🕠 Time: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM

📍 Location: The Gainsborough Bath Spa, Beau Street, Bath, BA1 1QY

🎟️ Tickets: £15 (includes prosecco and canapés)

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