If you love the Winnie-The-Pooh books by A.A Milne, you will absolutely love Gyles Brandreth’s talk for children at the Dukes Festival of Stories on Saturday November 21 at Eaton House The Manor.
The author of Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear – the story of A.A Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh. It looks at a hundred years of ‘Pooh’ – his special philosophy and the reasons for his worldwide popularity. It is, in addition, an intimate biography of 3 generations of an unusual, fascinating and troubled family.
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster and former MP and Government Whip. His many books include the bestselling poetry anthology, Dancing By The Light of the Moon, and the international bestseller about spelling and punctuation, Have You Eaten Grandma? With Susie Dent, the lexicographer from Countdown, he co-hosts the award-winning podcast, Something Rhymes with Purple. Gyles presents Great Canal Journeys on Channel 4 with Dame Sheila Hancock and regularly appears on Celebrity Gogglebox with Dame Maureen Lipman.
