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09:30AM, Monday 30 June 2025

A MONTY Python star and cook will return to the Henley Literary Festival line-up this year.

Michael Palin and Dame Mary Berry have been announced alongside Michael Heseltine, Oti Mabuse, Hugh Bonneville and Graham Norton as the final names to feature in the October event.

They join Dame Joanna Lumley, chef Raymond Blanc, How to Fail podcaster Elizabeth Day and booker-prize winner Ben Okri, among others.

This year’s festival will take place from October 3 to 12. Tickets will be available from July. Call (01491) 575948 or visit www.henleyliterary

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Her Majesty the Queen

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Football

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Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

CONCERNS have been raised about the future of a shop and post office in Shiplake after it was put up for sale. The property in Station Road has been listed for sale with a leasehold for almost £150,000. Owners, father and son Andrew and Archie...

Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, from Harpsden

WHEN I was 13, I worked at Bix Manor and met Katie, who worked in the kitchen. Our friendship blossomed and I used every excuse to go to the kitchen. We even used to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend to get each other out of sticky situations. I...

SAVED BY THE BELL

AN actress from Henley has returned to the stage having credited her GP for saving her life. Lottie Bell, who lives in New Street, was rushed to the Royal Berkshire Hospital last month with severe gynaecological pain. The 26-year-old was found to have...