Mike’s Festival Blog
William Dalrymple – The Anarchy
William is speaking at our festival on 17th October at 3 PM Anna Edgar writes: We are indeed fortunate to have William Dalrymple as one the speakers at this year’s…
Read MoreVows of Silence: How to Read an R. S. Thomas Poem
George Cochrane on R. S. Thomas. Rt. Rev. Dr Barry Morgan appears at our festival on 16th October at 10 AM to discuss R. S. Thomas. Flicking through my shelf of…
Read MoreGORDON BROWN: Seven Ways to Change the World – How to Fix the Most Pressing Problems We Face
We are delighted that former Prime minister Gordon Brown will appear at our festival via Zoom at 2 PM on 16th October to discuss his latest book. This is a…
Read MoreAll in it Together – England in the early 21st Century
Alwyn Turner will be discussing his book All in it Together at 4 PM on 15 October at our 2021 Festival! This is a free Zoom event! Mike Fraser provides…
Read MoreThe Final Day: Bread-making, beating the IRA, Geordies buying a slave’s freedom and revisiting the 60s!
Timing is everything! There was a period early in lockdown when it seemed everybody was baking sourdough. Nobody knew that there was going to be a pandemic, however if some…
Read MoreA not so grumpy bookseller, a Wild Swimmer, a Royal Crisis, incredible Poetry and revolution in Russia – the second day of our virtual festival.
In his entertaining best-selling books Shaun Bythell portrays himself as the grumpiest bookseller in Britain, providing service with a scowl, but he seemed perfectly amiable at 10 AM this morning in…
Read MoreWriting about the Past! A Creative Workshop with Bea Davenport
Anna Edgar writes about Bea’s workshop. On Thursday afternoon Barbara Henderson – using her author’s name, Bea Davenport – presented an online creative writing workshop, “Writing about the Past”. In…
Read MoreThe First Day – Biography, History, Poetry and Maths
Ann Thwaite is one of Britain’s greatest biographers, so it was a privilege to hear her discuss her extraordinary literary life at our festival. She is however not only the…
Read MoreI ran away to a remote Scottish isle. It was perfect
Register for free for this event – Click here From The Observer 26th July 2020 Crowded out of the city by noise and stress, I embraced the wild solitude of a…
Read MoreA message from the Wonderful Dyad Theatre Company!
Dyad Theatre provided a highlight of our 2019 programme and we were looking forward to their return in 2020. Now we can only hope that they will be able to…
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