Monday, 06 October 2025

Folk duo in concert

FOLK musicians Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman will perform at Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead on Wednesday (8pm). Cara, an ...

 

Caffeine boost

A FUNDRAISER will take place at The Old Stables in Whitchurch tomorrow (Saturday). Tea, cakes and coffee will be sold in aid of Save ...

 

Bumping into old friends at festival

THE festival Green Room in the pavilion at Phyllis Court in Henley proved to be the setting for some wonderful meetings. After Rupert ...

 

Women on journey to find voice

BOTH Fearne Cotton and Sara Cox are incredible broadcasters who are continuing to grow and explore new creative ways of expressing ...

 

Cafes report big surge in trade during festival week

HOSPITALITY businesses in Henley reported an uptake in trade during the Henley Literary Festival. While some business owners reported ...

 

Finding beauty in buildings

“Can we dim the lights so the audience can see the screens?” “No,” came the response. Matthew turned to the audience. “Good — that ...

 

Politician proud of country

THE Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi’s phone rang one evening. “Your country needs you. You will be my Beaverbrook. You will lead the vaccine ...

 

Authors pay tribute to ‘witty’ acting legend

TRIBUTES were paid to Dame Maggie Smith on the opening weekend of this year’s Henley Literary Festival. The actress, who passed away ...

 

Panel show favourite vows deviation without hesitation

FANS of Gyles Brandreth will be spoilt for choice when he comes to Henley Literary Festival later this month. The prolific writer, ...

 

Deli to close after almost four years to move online

A DELICATESSEN is to close next Friday as it owner moves the business online. Zoë Ferreira, 42, first opened the Henley Larder in Bell ...

 

Traveller back at festival

MICHAEL Palin, Zeinab Badawi and Dawn O’Porter are among the latest names to be announced as speakers at this year’s Henley Literary ...

 

Scintillating and informative talk about having healthier, happier life

INTRIGUINGLY for a woman who looked two-thirds of her biological age, Liz Earle MBE told a packed town hall, populated by quite a ...

 

Presenter turned novelist

TELEVISION presenter, broadcaster, agony uncle and one half of Richard and Judy, Richard Madeley has written a revenge thriller called ...

 

Pop-up talk by beauty author

LIZ Earle is to give a talk in Henley next month. The beauty entrepreneur will be promoting her latest book, A Better Second Half: ...

 

Reviewer reduced me to tears of happiness

LORRAINE Kelly was so happy about her debut novel being compared to the work of the late author Maeve Binchy that it reduced her to ...

 

Debut novel from television presenter

TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has written her first novel and will be talking about it at a Henley Literary Festival pop-up event. The ...

 

Drawn in

ACTRESS Caroline Quentin is to appear at a Henley Literary Festival pop-up event. The Men Behaving Badly and Jonathan Creek star will ...

 

Happiness is accepting I don’t have to be ‘happy’

BRYONY Gordon has mixed emotions about perimenopause. The 43-year-old journalist and mental health campaigner says it gave her ...

 

How I remain positive after lifetime of trauma

DESPITE having experienced more traumas and tragedies than most people, Michael Rosen says he always takes a positive approach. The ...

 

Twins talk

BILLIONAIRE identical twins David and Frederick Barclay gained, lost and regained several fortunes between them, leading to a ...