Yeovil

Yeovil

One of the best things about attending the Yeovil Festival is the opportunity it provides to visit one of our favourite Italian restaurants. Tamburino has an ambience that few restaurants can match and an owner whose energy is only matched by his passion for the...
Off the Shelf – Sheffield

Off the Shelf – Sheffield

It took us two hours to drive 45 miles to Sheffield Hallam University for my appearance at the ‘Off the Shelf’ book festival. Serves us right for not realising that Sheffield United had a home match that night (while Wednesday were being spanked 3-0 by a resurgent QPR...
Bewdley

Bewdley

Bewdley has a place in the political history of this country as the birthplace of Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister three times (under three different monarchs). It also has a great book festival.   It was here that I launched my ‘Evening With..’ series of events which...
Knutsford Literature Festival

Knutsford Literature Festival

Sunday afternoon at the Cottons Hotel in Knutsford. It’s wet and windy but over 200 people turn up in the magnificent ballroom of the hotel by the 2.30 start.   Audrey Young, the Chair of the Organising Committee is on stage to get me going with a few well honed...
Manchester Literature Festival

Manchester Literature Festival

After brilliant weather all week it begins to rain as we enter Manchester in the early evening. Stereotypical it may be but Manchester should never be approached without an umbrella close at hand.   Nothing detracts from the dynamism of this City or the success of...