Previous events
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SEP 28
Henley Literary Festival: Andrew Pierce
Finding Margaret is the moving story of journalist and broadcaster Andrew Pierce’s search for his birth mother. As he was approaching his fifties, Pierce decided that it was finally time to track down his birth mother. He knew he had lived in a Roman Catholic orphanage in Cheltenham for more than two years and was adopted when he was three years old...
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SEP 28
Henley Literary Festival: Gyles Brandreth
As a former MP and government whip, Gyles knows how Westminster works. He had a ringside seat at the great political events of the 1990s, from the fall of Margaret Thatcher to the rise of Tony Blair. In an updated version of Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries 1992-7, he provides a fascinating - and funny - insight into the centre of government, with...
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SEP 19
The Write Festival: Andrew Pierce
Andrew Pierce is back to discuss seeking and discovering his birth mother, a hunt that led him to Ireland and an emotional meeting. Finding Margaret is the page-turning autobiographical tale of a man overcoming the guilt of betraying the mum and dad who adopted him to track down the woman he never knew who put him in a Catholic orphanage. Andrew will...
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SEP 11
Chiswick Book Festival: Andy Bell
Fresh from watching his daughter Georgia win a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, Channel 5 political editor Andy Bell will launch his first novel, Sovereign Territory, a fast-moving thriller set in the aftermath of the Brexit referendum.
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AUG 28
Henley Literary Festival: Liam Fox
If global concerns over the competition for oil and gas seem critical, Liam believes that there is an even greater challenge ahead: water. As a doctor, an MP who has dealt with both security and economic issues and a concerned citizen who has worked with WaterAid in The Coming Storm he warns that the fight for fossil fuels is nothing compared to what...
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AUG 08
Edinburgh Festival: Andrew Pierce
Andrew Pierce vs Kevin Maguire now in a live show on stage. You know them both from ITV’s Good Morning Britain, now see them going head to head, pulling no punches. Play your part in what promises to be fun and feisty debate on the big topics and put your questions to them about the burning issues of the day. Sixty minutes of exhilarating cut and thrust...
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JUL 26
Cuckfield Literary Festival: Alex Grant
11.30am – 12.30pm Upstairs at Bookfest In September 1962, John Vassall, a clerk at the Admiralty in London, was exposed as a Soviet spy, having been blackmailed into handing over British defence secrets. Sex, Spies and Scandal covers this dramatic story, featuring a honey trap, espionage, jailed journalists, and a tabloid witch-hunt that nearly toppled...
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JUL 19
The Write Festival: Andrew Pierce
Andrew Pierce is back to discuss seeking and discovering his birth mother, a hunt that led him to Ireland and an emotional meeting. Finding Margaret is the page-turning autobiographical tale of a man overcoming the guilt of betraying the mum and dad who adopted him to track down the woman he never knew who put him in a Catholic orphanage. Andrew will...
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JUL 18
Buxton Literary Festival: Geoffrey Robertson
The next Buxton International Festival will take place on 4-21 July 2024.
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JUN 11
The Oldie Literary Lunch: Linda McDougall
Charity Oldie Literary Lunch in aid of the Salisbury Samaritans on 11th June 2024 - Katie Hickman, Linda McDougall and Reverend Richard Coles
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