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Bringing Harold Wilson home to Yorkshire

October 20, 2024

The Ilkley Literature Festival is the first Harold Wilson event I’ve done in the great man’s home county.

My wife drove me there on a wet Sunday morning to speak to a packed out audience of five-hundred in the magnificent King’s Hall opposite the station. Ilkley is one of the biggest book festivals in the country with over 90 events. It’s also one of the best.

 

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