Charles Spencer on the disaster that changed English history
Historian Charles Spencer makes a welcome return to Electric Palace next month as part of Bridport Literary Festival. His talk last year on his book about King Charles II’s six weeks [...]
Alastair Campbell on Living Better
And as if BridLit20 couldn’t get more exciting, in comes Alastair Campbell at the eleventh hour, talking about his new book, Living Better, on Thursday 5 November. It’s yet another feather [...]
A story of tension and contradiction: Barney White-Spunner’s Berlin
Sir Barney White-Spunner kicks off BridLit Wednesday 4 November at the Electric Palace at 11am with a talk about his latest book, Berlin: The Story of a City. Seen by many [...]
Raynor Winn | The Wild Silence
A Conversation with Raynor Winn about her new book A Wild Silence. We spent a misty morning with Raynor at her home in Cornwall talking about her latest work and what it means [...]
Andrew Ziminski | The Stonemason
A Conversation with Andrew Ziminski about his book The Stone Mason: a History of Building Britain. We caught up with Andrew at his beach hut on Portland for a Dorset-centric view of [...]
Dan Pearson: reconnecting with the land and wildlife that surrounds us
Garden lovers are in a for a treat when Dan Pearson comes to town on Saturday 7 November on the last day of BridLit. The world-class garden and landscape designer, journalist [...]
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, The War Against The BBC, published by Penguin on 26 November, [...]
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 you have the bare bones of Amanda Craig’s ninth novel, The [...]
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 award-winning nature writer Raynor Winn already sold out. Her book, The Salt [...]