Henley Literary Festival

HENLEY celebrities Mary Berry, Irvine Welsh and Olivia Harrison are to speak at this year’s Henley Literary Festival. The 16th annual ...

HENLEY Literary Festival will return this autumn in-person and online, with the dates and venues now confirmed. The 16th annual event ...

TV PRESENTER Kate Humble has come up with an appealing way to help people eat their greens. Her recipe for spring in your step soup ...

JOANNA LUMLEY spoke about her admiration for the “gorgeous, fantastic” Queen during a talk in Henley. The actress was speaking at an ...

A FITNESS instructor who kept the nation active during the coronavirus pandemic took a shine to a dog during his appearance at the ...

Michael Joseph Proof Party, Henley town hall IT was a real treat to attend the proof party of Claire Alexander’s debut novel, Meredith,...

Robert Webb Baillie Gifford Marquee A JOVIAL Robert Webb took to the stage of the Baillie Gifford marquee to discuss his first novel, ...

Simon Thurley Christ Church AT the end of the English Civil War in 1649 the crown jewels were taken to the Tower of London. Precious ...

Laura Brand: Mum’s Night Out, town hall THE town hall was busy with a completely female audience and a lively atmosphere in the ...

Alan Johnson Baillie Gifford Marquee ALAN Johnson offered the audience a curious statistic when he was talking about his life and ...

THE festival’s green room at Hotel du Vin saw a most incongruous coupling when Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, arrived at the same ...

THE director of the Henley Literary Festival says this year’s event could not have gone any better. More than 15,000 people attended ...

Elizabeth Day Baillie Gifford Marquee SATURDAY’S programme of events concluded with Elizabeth Day, journalist, novelist, and host of ...

Peter Oborne Christ Church GIVEN that political correspondent Peter Oborne’s most recent book, titled The Assault on Truth, asserts ...

David Melling River & Rowing Museum RAIN didn’t keep parents or children away from one of the first events of the literary festival, ...

Ed Balls (and Rob Beckett) Baillie Gifford Marquee COMEDIAN Rob Beckett and former MP Ed Balls have something in common which I found ...

THE women behind the AstraZeneca vaccine were given a standing ovation at the Henley Literary Festival. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert ...

Iain MacGregor and Giles Milton, Baillie Gifford Marquee TODAY the city of Berlin is a cultural and tourist hotspot. But for almost ...

FORMER Labour leader Ed Miliband had just arrived at Phyllis Court Club when he saw children’s artist Rob Biddulph finishing off a ...

THE brother of Stephen Lawrence will be talking about his book for young people at this year’s Henley Literary Festival. Stuart ...