Upcoming events
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OCT 10
Iain Dale at Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Award-winning broadcaster Iain Dale has led a life full of incident and success but also some very public failures. With the same raw candour that earns him 750,000 weekly listeners, he recounts his journey from driving a combine harvester at age eight to driving the national conversation on LBC, taking in his encounters with household names such as...
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OCT 10
Penny Mordaunt at Cheltenham Literature Festival
What does it mean to be British? In conversation with the broadcaster and author Hashi Mohamed, the Former Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt and historian Helene von Bismarck come together for a timely and revealing conversation about identity, ceremony and national self-image. From pageantry and parliament to empire, monarchy, immigration and Brexit...
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OCT 11
Geoffrey Robertson at Isle of Wight Literary Festival
Every day we are exposed to evidence of thousands of war crimes. The evidence proves guilt beyond reasonable doubt, but few, if any, prosecutions, Distinguished human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson exposes the ‘fraud’ that is international humanitarian law: poleaxed by the veto of the world’s most powerful aggressors and ill-equipped to deal with the methods...
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OCT 15
Anneka Rice at Cheltenham Literature Festival
TV legend Anneka Rice joins Jane Garvey and Fi Glover for a live broadcast of their Times Radio show. Best known for racing against the clock in Challenge Anneka, coordinating ambitious community projects and leaping from helicopters in her trademark jumpsuits, Anneka will be revealing how childhood loneliness, family responsibility and a life-changing journey...
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OCT 18
Julian Lloyd Webber at Cheltenham Literature Festival
Julian Lloyd Webber reflects with Gavin Plumley, on an extraordinary life in music, drawing on his revelatory memoir Bows and Arrows. With warmth, humour and striking honesty, he shares stories from a career that brought him into contact with some of the world’s greatest musicians, while exposing the hidden realities of the classical music profession....
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OCT 22
Anneka Rice at Yeovil Literary Festival
National treasure and television pioneer Anneka Rice has had an action-packed career jumping out of helicopters, rising to fame in Channel 4's Treasure Hunt, racing against the clock on Challenge Anneka and inspiring millions with her boundless energy and much-loved jumpsuits. But the daring spirit on screen was forged in a very different kind of challenge...
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NOV 01
Iain Dale at Stratford Literary Festival
The veteran LBC broadcaster and political commentator has led a life full of incident and success, but also had some very public failures. From nearly throwing up on Margaret Thatcher to accidentally calling the Archbishop of Canterbury something less than pious on live radio, he will discuss his unfiltered new memoir. Packed with the raw candour that...
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NOV 06
Julian Lloyd Webber at Petworth Literary Festival
Julian Lloyd Webber Bows and Arrows: In conversation with Stewart Collins The younger brother of the great Andrew Lloyd Webber may seem to be the mild-mannered sibling of the pair, but cellist Julian hasn’t held back in his recently published memoir. In Bows and Arrows, the globally renowned classical musician lifts the lid on a profession often...
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NOV 25
Julian Lloyd Webber at Arts Richmond Literature Festival
The world-renowned cellist, Julian Lloyd Webber, recounts his family and artistic life in his fascinating autobiography, Bows and Arrows.
There will be a chance after each talk to be part of a Q&A, and authors will be more than happy to sign their books for you after the presentation
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