Phenomenal Women: An Evening with Lady Carnarvon

Inspired by Maya Angelou’s celebrated poem ‘Phenomenal Woman’ Join us for an intimate and inspiring evening hosted at the Gainsborough Hotel.

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.