Dr David Nott: stories of courage and compassion
One of the most popular events at this year’s BridLit is on Friday 8 November at the Electric Palace at [...]
The trademark humour and pathos of Deborah Moggach
Bestselling author Deborah Moggach comes to BridLit with a new novel, The Carer, a deliciously waspish, witty and poignant novel [...]
We Need To Talk About Putin
Tickets for Mark Galeotti’s talk, We Need to Talk About Putin, on Thursday 7 November have sold so well that, [...]
Henry Blofeld’s favourite anecdotes
Sports fans will be delighted to welcome legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld to BridLit at the Electric Palace on Tuesday [...]
A voyage of the imagination
The beautiful, lyrical writing of Philip Marsden shines in The Summer Isles: A Voyage Of The Imagination. This small group [...]
An epic story of Europe
The publication of Nick Jubber’s book, Epic Continent, couldn’t be more timely. As Great Britain slides towards Brexit on 31 [...]
The Mountbattens: a fitting tribute to two complex people
Andrew Lownie’s talk about The Mountbattens has proved so popular that it’s been moved from The Bull Ballroom to the [...]
A festive bonus: The Twelve Birds of Christmas
There’s a great big festive bonus for those of you going along to the Kenneth Allsop Memorial Talk on Thursday [...]
Further Adventures in Words and Music – and a spot of lunch
If you love music and you love words and you love food, then you’ll love the event at Sladers Yard, [...]
Lanny by Max Porter, an extraordinary novel best read in splendid isolation
I’m on the Isles of Scilly with friends, the weather’s been glorious and there’s been lots of walking, paddling in [...]