The best festival yet
It’s been a fantastic week of events here in Bridport for the annual literary festival – the best in its [...]
Get ready for lift off
Excitement is mounting with Bridport Literary Festival firing up on all cylinders this Sunday. Expect a packed week full of [...]
Through adversity can come hope
As I sit here feeling sorry for myself while self-isolating at home with Covid 19, I can’t tell you how [...]
Cider making and country life
Cider apples have been a part of my life since I can remember. As a child I could reel off [...]
Fuelling the ecological interest of future generations
Patrick Barkham’s latest book couldn’t be more timely. Wild Child: Coming Home to Nature is that perfect reminder – as [...]
Wainwright Prize winner is surprise guest at BridLit 2021
Award-winning nature writer James Rebanks will be the final speaker at Bridport Literary Festival in November. In an addition to [...]
The painful history of rape and war
With the international lens on Afghanistan, journalist Christina Lamb’s talk on Saturday 13 November about Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What [...]
Just what the doctor ordered
You usually see him on the telly or hear his urbane tones on the radio. His voice has that calm, [...]
A history of building Britain
The brilliant Andrew Ziminski is one of three writers at a special event at the arts centre this month in [...]