The war against Britain’s greatest cultural institution – and why you should care
Are the knives out for the BBC? Social commentator Peter York believes so strongly, and with just cause. His book, [...]
A rollicking plot from Lie of the Land author Amanda Craig
Imagine Strangers on a Train meets Beauty and the Beast in a time of Brexit, poverty and class distinctions and [...]
Get your Bridit tickets while you can…
Tickets are selling fast for Bridport Literary Festival after going on sale just three days ago, with the talk by [...]
Diplomat who became Trump Twitter target
One of the high points at this year’s BridLit has to be the appearance of Lord Darroch who, as the [...]
Richard Osman’s murder mystery hits the spot
I baulked when I read somewhere that Pointless presenter Richard Osman’s debut murder mystery novel was part of a two-book [...]
A song of hope for the countryside
Reading James Rebanks gives me hope that the farms of the present can in future be more like those of [...]
The show must go on (fingers crossed)
The last six months have been an anxious time for everyone. Without a cure or vaccine to rid the world [...]
Living in a dystopian novel
Well, who would have thought this time last year that, twelve months’ hence, we’d all be stuck at home in [...]
TANYA BRUCE-LOCKHART Festival Director
The Bridport Literary Festival is now in its 16th year and goes from strength to strength, hosting a programme of [...]
Bridport Literary Festival is bestseller
This year’s Bridport Literary Festival has been a bestseller, with events packed out and a line-up to appeal to all [...]