Cheltenham Literature Festival 2015

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Welcome A warm welcome to The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2015, where this year we celebrate the world’s best writing and explore defining moments of the past, present and future. A world-class experience in the heart of Cheltenham, the Festival attracts the most exciting names in literature, the arts, politics, science, journalism and entertainment, sharing the joys of reading, learning and debating.

Contents Page 4-19 Behind the Programme Find out what’s new and discover our event collections Page 20-23 Festival Guide Your guide to the Festival sites and how to find your venue Page 26-103 Festival Programme Your day-by-day guide to what’s on Page 110-112 Index A full speaker list Back cover Booking Information How to book your tickets

A broad and inclusive programme has been created for you, packed full of bestselling authors and emerging talent. We are passionate about curating unique events featuring imaginative and surprising pairings; unusual meetings between thinkers and writers that can only be found during the ten extraordinary days at Cheltenham. We are not shy about tackling controversial topics, prompting fresh and lively discussion. Our hope is that you will arrive curious and leave inspired.

Fiction is at the core of the Festival with a particular emphasis on celebrating literary greats, revisiting classic fiction, exploring undiscovered gems and revealing the very best in new writing.

This year we have also reinvigorated our poetry collection with a celebration of the spoken word and performance poetry and have created even more events for younger audiences.

Throughout the year we work with an exceptional advisory committee of top literary agents, critics, writers and journalists, alongside external programmers and guest directors to bring you world-class authors and speakers. I would like to thank our partners for their continuing dedication and support, in particular The Times, The Sunday Times and Waterstones. Thank you of course to our speakers, their publishers and also our volunteers who give up their valuable time.

In my two years as Chair I have been increasingly struck by the breadth and quality of the Cheltenham Literature Festival. We are enormously grateful for the support of our dedicated audiences; it is fantastic to see so many people returning year after year to attend and participate in events and meet their favourite authors at book signings.

2015 is set to be the Literature Festival’s best year yet and we look forward to welcoming you to Cheltenham in October.

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Baroness Gail Rebuck Chair, The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival

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Every year, the Literature Festival team and our advisory group of leading literary voices choose a theme to guide the creation of a fresh and engaging programme for our audience. For 2015 we take elements of two previous themes (Memory and Brave New Worlds) and consider Defining Moments: the pivotal occurrences that conclusively alter life as we know it, be they global, cultural, social or personal. We examine not only historic turning points but also consider the Defining Moments the future might bring and the challenges ahead.

Our list is proudly both subjective and, of course, noncomprehensive but we hope that it is above all interesting. We consider global terrorism and the profoundly traumatic events of 9/11, asking what the future holds for Western democracies as they scramble to respond to the march of fundamentalism.

We explore the arts and celebrate astonishing moments such as the controversial yet beautiful all-male swans in Swan Lake, the rise of pop art and the profoundly emotional effect of protest songs. We ask how reunification has changed Germany and whether Angela Merkel will preside over the end of the European integration dream. Closer to home, we examine the Votes for Women campaign and also ask where the new battle lines are drawn in the fight for equality.

Our culture and lifestyle is shaped by Defining Moments. The Internet has impacted modern life to an almost unimaginable degree and we explore, in a series of debates, the as-yet-untapped potential of connectedness. Books can of course change the way we look at the world and we consider four notable examples: Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, Åsne Seierstad’s The Bookseller of Kabul, The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas and The Tin Drum by Günter Grass. Defining Moments punctuate our own lives too.

How can you find solace after the loss of a child? What is it like to hear for the first time after a life of silence? How does facing death unlock a flowering of creativity? And how important is it for us all to maintain the right of free speech?

In the run-up to and during this year’s Festival, there will be lots of opportunities for you to share with us your own past, present and future Defining Moments. Keep an eye on our website and at the Festival for ways to get involved.

As ever our programme is unique, broad, entertaining and inclusive so do join us for our ten-day celebration of great writing and ideas.

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Nicola Tuxworth Head of Programming

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Every year we invite our Guest Directors not only to join us on the Festival stage, but to work with us to bring unusual and innovative events to the programme. Throwing open their contact books and giving generously of their time and ideas, our Guest Directors are a defining feature of what makes Cheltenham special.

Look out for our Guest Directors within our varied Collections of events at this year's Festival.

CHRISTOS TSIOLKAS

JANE SMILEY

Australian novelist and author of The Slap.

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and author of A Thousand Acres.

“In many ways, Australia strikes me as a work in progress, and possibly the Manichean extremes of the myths we tell ourselves and the myths that are told about us are indicative of how much unfinished business there remains in the Australian project. I am looking forward to a weekend of conversation, questioning, argument, reading and laughter about our history, our writing, our culture, our past and our future.”

“For me, Cheltenham is a kind of heaven-on-Earth. I love the landscape, the variety of the events and the wonderful company. I am thrilled to interview David Lodge and to talk about Anthony Trollope and it is, of course, a great privilege to talk about my own work in such a terrific place.”

Jane Smiley's Guest Directorship is supported by

Baillie Gifford ‘Global Thinkers’ We have worked in partnership with Baillie Gifford to programme five events to explore this theme.

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Founder, publisher and editorin-chief of The European.

A socially motivated poet and the hottest name in spoken word.

“We are living in an increasingly interdependent world and Germany especially is looking for its new role of responsibility. New global and local answers must be discovered, formulated and discussed. I'm firmly convinced that debate is the vehicle that propels us into the future.

Cheltenham Literature Festival is the place of defining a better tomorrow. Let's discuss.”

“I am thrilled to be guest directing at Cheltenham this year. This will be my opportunity to discuss some pressing social issues, all in the context of our education system. To explore these ideas creatively at such a legendary literature festival is the stuff of dreams – wish me luck!”

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INTRODUCING GEORGE THE POET A SOCIALLY MOTIVATED POET AND THE HOTTEST NAME IN SPOKEN WORD

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aving attracted the attention of musicians, politicians and the literary industry alike with his socio-political, street-savvy verse, George The Poet is set to not only emerge as a unique UK talent but also as the compelling voice of a generation.

Born George Mpanga in Harlesden to Ugandan parents, the 24-year-old wordsmith began performing rap and grime at 15 and broke into the poetry scene while studying at university.

Blending spoken word and rap, an inner city upbringing with a Cambridge education and a social consciousness with a satirical wit and infectious rhythm, George takes poetry into new territories and to new audiences. He offers a different way of talking about the things that matter, to explore his own experience and ideas and encourage others to explore theirs.

During his studies he won the social enterprise competition The Stake, using his winnings to fund a series of poetry workshops for underprivileged children across London.

Since then he has gone from strength to strength: named as the face of BBC Radio 1's Hackney Weekend, shortlisted for the 2015 BRIT awards and listed in the

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BBC Sound of 2015’s top five. He has featured on Labrinth, Emeli Sande, Paolo Nutini and Naughty Boy records, collaborated with Idris Elba and has supported Nas, Maverick Sabre and Common on tour.

After breaking startling new ground on the poetry circuit with his first collection Search Party, and performing a string of sold out headline gigs in spring 2015, this autumn sees George embarking on a second nationwide tour.

We are thrilled to welcome George to Cheltenham this October as a Guest Director to head our Poetry strand and support our Education and Outreach initiatives. In an exclusive performance piece created for the Festival, on Friday 9th October George presents his radical manifesto. Turning our current thinking of the education system on its head, he performs new material plus excerpts from his first poetry collection.

To coincide with this, George will also spearhead our schools’ poetry competition, inviting pupils to pen and perform their response poems to pieces from Search Party. The winners will have the chance to meet George and win tickets to this special performance.

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“I am thrilled to be guest directing at Cheltenham this year. This will be my opportunity to discuss some pressing social issues, all in the context of our education system. To explore these ideas creatively at such a legendary literature festival is the stuff of dreams – wish me luck!”

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The Times and The Sunday Times are delighted to sponsor Cheltenham Literature Festival

Clockwise from top: Caitlin Moran Christina Lamb A.A. Gill Robert Crampton

This is the tenth year that The Times is sponsoring the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the second for its sister paper, The Sunday Times. As ever, writers from both titles will take part in a host of exciting events over the 10 days of the Festival.

Cartoonist Peter Brookes and columnist David Aaronovitch will round up what has been a momentous year in politics. AP McCoy will celebrate his incredible 20 year career with Alan Lee. Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake will dig into the FIFA files and choreographer Matthew Bourne will be in conversation with David Jays. Robert Crampton will host his ever popular quiz night and this year’s Times Debate will thrash out the European referendum.

Caitlin Moran will reveal the secrets behind her hilarious Celebrity Watch column while The Times leader writers will bring the newspapers to life at The Times Leader Conference Live. Steve Bleach will chat about the Travel Team Bucket List and foreign correspondent Christina Lamb will be discussing her definitive account of the Afghan war.

Highlights from the Festival will appear in both papers with additional videos and reviews on our various digital platforms.

Members of The Times and The Sunday Times can join us in our Members Lounge on Montpellier Gardens to experience exclusive screenings, events and offers – bringing you closer to our writers and authors.

We look forward to welcoming you to The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

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WHEN THE SPIEGELTENT ARRIVES, YOU KNOW THE LITERATURE FESTIVAL IS IN TOWN...

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magical Festival venue, the Spiegeltent lies at the heart of the beautiful Montpellier Gardens.

Wooden floors, velvet curtains, stained glass windows and mirrored walls will steal you away into a rustic and unforgettable entertainment experience at Cheltenham.

In this year's programme, eat yourself happy with British chef and presenter Gizzi Erskine, slice, dunk and munch your way through the perfect tea break with Lisa Faulkner, find out how to get the most out of your garden with The Sunday Times, explore the evolution of winemaking with Oz Clarke or enjoy the splendid company of Britain’s favourite presenter Ben Fogle over Sunday lunch.

Savour the flavours of Italy with the larger than life Gino D’Acampo, get the hottest style, food and fitness tips from Made in Chelsea’s Millie Mackintosh, take a personal glimpse into John Torode’s own kitchen, have your treasures valued live by Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum and be transported to the core of the Big Apple, as POLPO restaurateur Russell Norman hosts an evening in old New York.

Festival favourites, Robert Crampton’s ever-popular quiz night and Marcus Brigstocke’s Big Sunday Brunch, also return this year.

So whatever you’re passionate about, there’s something for you within the walls of the Spiegeltent at the 2015 Festival. See you there...

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A REAL FEAST OF FICTION Last year was an amazing year for fiction at The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

So amazing, in fact, with seven Booker winners and excellence everywhere, that the idea of repeating the trick this year seemed a tall task.

But looking at the list and sheer variety of novelists appearing over the ten days, it’s clear that the fiction at this year’s Festival is, if anything, even better than in 2014.

There is, of course, a battery of Booker winners. Five of them this year – John Banville, Pat Barker (in conversation with Antony Beevor), Anne Enright, Salman Rushdie and double winner Peter Carey, who is making a special trip from New York to the Festival to accept this year’s Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. This plus 2014 shortlistee Ali Smith. You may notice fellow Man Booker winner Julian Barnes among the events too, here to talk about his book of essays, Keeping an Eye Open.

We’re also delighted to welcome several significant figures from overseas. Pulitzer winner Jonathan Franzen, author of The Corrections, is joining us in one of the Festival highlights to discuss his new novel Purity.

Fellow Pulitzer winner Jane Smiley is not only talking at the Festival but also taking part as one of the Guest Directors. And they’re joined by bestselling author Audrey Niffenegger, the wonderfully cultish debut novelist Nell Zink, whose Wallcreeper has been one of the literary sensations of 2015, the very popular Anita Shreve and Australian Guest Director Christos Tsiolkas, who will be looking back on the extraordinary effect his controversial novel The Slap had when it was published in 2008.

There are many other celebrated authors coming to Cheltenham this year. Jeanette Winterson will be here to introduce the first in a major new series of fictional retellings of Shakespeare plays, her version of The Winter’s Tale; the much feted Kate Atkinson will be talking about A God in Ruins, her follow up to Life after Life, and we have a host of other popular novelists taking the stage, from Jilly Cooper, Victoria Hislop, Gill Hornby and Meera Syal to Melvyn Bragg, Louis de Bernières, Alexander McCall Smith and S J Watson.

Most important of all, perhaps, is the Festival’s commitment to showcasing the best new writers and our personal recommendations of the best new novels. Paula Hawkins, whose debut novel The Girl on the Train has sold millions globally, will be joining us. The Fiction at 7 events, one every weekday evening, highlight some excellent new writers we think you’ll love (my own recommendations would include Julia Rochester and Claire Fuller).

We also have three special Sunday Times Must Reads events sprinkled through the programme; my personal picks of some of the year’s best fiction, Man Booker winner Anne Enright, author of the superb The Green Road, Nell Zink and the wonderful Patrick Gale, author of A Place Called Winter.

All in all, I hope, something for everyone. Enjoy your Festival!

Andrew Holgate Literary Editor The Sunday Times

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ALL HUMAN LIFE IS HERE: THE BEST OF HISTORY, ARTS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS Blood will be shed at Cheltenham. Lots of it. And mark my words, there will be thunder too. Those who think that The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival is a genteel affair need to seriously refresh their prejudices. This corner of Gloucestershire will feel like a battlefield in October.

The great military historian Antony Beevor will march you through Hitler’s last desperate gamble in the forests of the Ardennes in 1944 and Max Hastings will unmask the Second World War’s secret war of spies and skulduggery. Dan and Peter Snow will show you how close run was Waterloo, that moment two centuries ago when we saw off Boney’s imperial ambitions.

There’s moral turpitude on offer too.

Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius and Nero. Bywords for depravity and madness. The classicist Tom Holland will bring to life the emperors who misruled the Roman Empire.

Fast forward to recent history. The great war photographer Don McCullin who caught conflict on camera in Vietnam, Biafra and Northern Ireland will be talking about what he has seen. Yeonmi Park is an eyewitness too. Listen to her extraordinary testimony of what life is like in the totalitarian madhouse of North Korea. And the chess grandmaster and political freethinker Garry Kasparov will be joining us to sound a warning about the authoritarian instincts of Putin’s Russia.

The Festival won’t just quicken the blood, but the mind too. There will be plenty to make your synapses spark.

The intellectual provocateur Niall Ferguson will make the case for why it’s cartoonish to see Henry Kissinger as a mere amoral calculator. There is a chance to sharpen your thinking on the greatest issue of the day, The European Union, by listening to euro-sceptics and euroenthusiasts clash in The Times debate on Europe – In or Out. Or maybe you want to hear Owen Jones, enfant terrible of the Left, and Matthew Parris, a not-so-enfant terrible of the Right, in an unlikely pairing.

Politics is not enough; you need art too. Let Simon Schama tell you the story of England through portraiture; listen to Edmund de Waal explain his love of the white stuff, porcelain; or maybe Will Gompertz, the arts editor of the BBC, will show you the life lessons to be learnt from the great artists.

And if you’re tired of all that arts, politics and history, you’re tired of life. But don’t despair, Cheltenham even has something for you. You could listen to the Harvard surgeon Atul Gawande discuss medicine, mortality, the end of life and the inevitability of the big D. That’s one of the great strengths of the Cheltenham Literature Festival. It takes the world of non-fiction as seriously as it does the world of novels. All human life is there, and even a bit of death, too.

Robbie Millen Literary Editor The Times

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aking in history, arts, politics, food... our country collections are a fantastic way to celebrate and examine the countries which fascinate, intrigue and inspire us. Equally fascinating are the contrasts and comparisons they raise.

Alexander Görlach is the founder, publisher and editorin-chief of The European. He holds two doctorate titles in theology and linguistics, served as a John F. Kennedy Policy Fellow at Harvard University and gave a series of lectures at the Center for European Studies. His recent book is on the origin of German malice (Häme).

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Home to some of the world’s greatest writers, composers and philosophers, we were spoilt for choice when it came to exploring German intellectual heavyweights. We enter the strange world of Franz Kafka, Salman Rushdie and others pay tribute to Günter Grass, and legendary theatre partnership Deborah Warner and Fiona Shaw discuss their interpretations of Bertolt Brecht. From Goethe, Marlowe and beyond, we look at the enduring allure of the Faustian bargain and also showcase Germany’s brightest contemporary literary stars, Daniel Kehlmann and Sasa Stanisic´. ^

“We are living in an increasingly interdependent world and especially Germany is looking for its new role of responsibility. Global and local new answers must be discovered, formulated and discussed.”

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Alexander Görlach Guest Director, Germany

Germany is one of our closest neighbours and yet still something of an enigma. We attempt to unravel the mystery in an event dedicated to the elusive Angela Merkel, examining her first ten years as Chancellor and looking to Germany’s next decade, with or without ‘Mutti’ at the helm.

Of course, there is no ignoring Germany’s troubled past.

Peter Schneider explores the challenges of reunification and we reflect on the Holocaust, discovering how generations of Germans have handled memories of their country’s darkest hour.

Next stop: Berlin. We explore the glamour and grit of Europe’s coolest capital and transport you back to the city’s seductive cabaret scene of the 1920s and 30s, before rounding off with a light-hearted look at the German culture with comedian Christian Schulte-Loh. We look forward to journeying across and exploring this beautiful and captivating European gem with you in October.

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Australia, a nation on the other side of the world, feels so familiar to us – inextricably bound to the UK through shared history, language and values – yet with a physical and cultural landscape more complex than many realise.

We celebrate the best of Australian writing with some of Australia’s literary greats including Peter Carey, ‘Bard of Bunyah’ Les Murray and Festival Guest Director Christos Tsiolkas; and mark the contribution of the Australian diaspora to our cultural lives, including national treasure Clive James, celebrated novelist Kathy Lette and eminent QC Geoffrey Robertson.

We ask a panel of true blue Aussies to unpick the stereotype of the legendary Australian male, and focus on environmental and social issues that shape modern Australia, with speakers including Natalie Bennett and Margaret Humphreys of the Child Migrants Trust, immortalised by Emily Watson in Jim Loach’s Oranges and Sunshine.

We also turn an eye to the past, examining key narratives and defining moments that have shaped the nation’s character, exploring the outrage of the Stolen Generations and marking the 100th anniversary of Gallipoli and ANZAC Day with a panel including novelist Rachel Billington.

Celebrating some of the things we love most, we stir wanderlust with our guide to the best of Australia off the beaten track, and showcase Australian food and wine with chef Bill Granger’s special Spiegeltent lunch. Over ten days, we invite you to join us in immersing yourself in one of the most vibrant and surprising nations in the world.

Christos Tsiolkas Guest Director, Australia “Are we God’s Own Country or the “arse-end of the world”?

Is Australia a multicultural success story or a deeply racist nation? Are we hardy people of bush and ocean or overweight consumers of a vast suburbia? How has Australia’s Aboriginal history shaped the rich tapestry of its identity? Was our nation birthed at Gallipoli, or in the Frontier Wars between the Europeans and the First Australians? At Cheltenham, I look forward to conversation and questioning about our history, writing and culture, our past and our future.”

Australian novelist Christos Tsiolkas burst on to the literary scene twenty years ago, a writer with his finger on the pulse of the shifting social and political landscape of this complex nation. The Slap, his uncompromising examination of family life and the pieties of multiculturalism, shocked the middle-classes and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2010. Critically acclaimed and hugely respected, we’re honoured that Christos is guest directing our Australia collection.

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A WORLD APART

Bill Bryson, Antony Beevor, Chris Riddell

Unquestionably, The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival provides readers of all tastes, young and old, with the unmissable live literature experience of the autumn.

We are proud to be a part of that, and with three book tents, including our Hideaway at Imperial Square dedicated to children’s books, you can expect to find an impressive selection of guest speakers’ books, classics and the titles you’ll have been hearing about throughout 2015. Whether you are looking for a present for a grandchild, a beautiful coffee table volume, or simply a compelling novel to see you on your journey, one of our booksellers will be pleased to assist.

This year we are proud to sponsor events with two of the biggest names in contemporary nonfiction: Antony Beevor and Bill Bryson, both of whom in their very different styles have created some of the most memorable books of the past two decades. In June 2015, a new Waterstones Children’s Laureate was announced: illustrator and author Chris Riddell. Chris looks set to make drawing and doodling an essential part of a child’s literary experience, and we are very proud to be supporting his event at the Festival.

If you wish to reserve your signed books for one of these events – or the countless others – before the Festival, email the details to cheltenham@waterstones.com, or call our shop on The Promenade on 01242 571779.

The University of Warwick is proud to be a Principal Partner of The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival during our 50th anniversary.

We’re pleased to support Jane Smiley’s Guest Directorship of the Festival. Warwick has a long history of supporting talented authors with a distinctive literary voice. By backing Jane’s much-anticipated Directorship, we’re delighted to continue that tradition.

We’ll celebrate some more gifted authors as part of our £25,000 Warwick Prize for Writing. We’ll announce this year’s shortlist, all themed around ‘instinct’, during the opening weekend of the Festival.

Our collaboration will also play a major part of our Festival of the Imagination on the 16th and 17th October. We’ll bring the best of Cheltenham Literature Festival to our campus in Coventry for ‘Cheltenham @ Warwick’. It’s a programme of events that’s sure to be a highlight of a weekend guaranteed to entertain and surprise. To find out more about how our Festival will ‘imagine the future’, visit warwick.ac.uk/imagination

We’re consistently making an impact – the kind that changes lives, whether close to home or on a global scale.

Jane Smiley

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The Wilde New for 2015! Relax at the heart of the festival in our buzzing bar; a place for you to escape, catch up with friends and of course enjoy a glass or two of your favourite tipple. Open throughout the Festival - this is the place to be!

FREE, 5-9 October, 11am Feast Café Bar Very Short Introductions Top speakers, authors and specialists take to their soapboxes for Very Short Introductions to diverse and fascinating topics, in association with Oxford University Press. Enjoy free intellectual stimulation with your midmorning cappuccino!

Crosswords with The Times Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Viking Cruises is proud to sponsor The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival. Just like our state-of-the-art ships, our series of events at this year’s Festival offer some innovative and culturally immersive experiences in the fabulous Spiegelent: from Berlin Cabaret, to the evolution of winemaking with Oz Clarke; and from the Middle Eastern cuisine of Honey & Co to the culinary delights of Sicily and Sardinia with Gino D’Acampo.

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Baillie Gifford is proud to sponsor The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival and, as long-term investors, has been supporting the Festival for the past six years. The Baillie Gifford series of events brings you some of the most influential thinkers from across the globe, offering a mix of high-profile, thought-provoking talks and debates with big names including Atul Gawande, Niall Ferguson, Martha Lane Fox, Alistair Darling, David Halpern and more.

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Baillie Gifford is an independent global investment manager and one of the UK’s largest investment trust managers. You can pick up a copy of Baillie Gifford’s free award-winning Trust magazine at the stand in the Feast Café Bar or subscribe to Trust by entering the prize draw to win a luxury London theatre break. Trust magazine is a tri-annual publication that is full of topical articles, author interviews, book reviews and details of our sponsorship of exciting literary events taking place through the UK. For more information visit www.bgtrustonline.com/cheltenham Baillie Gifford – long-term investment partners

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The Times Defining Moments: Charge Of The Light Brigade L007, 2-3pm “They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendour of war. We could hardly believe the evidence of our senses”. Ben Macintyre of The Times recalls how the reporter Billy Russell brought home the realities of war, inspiring Tennyson’s famous poem. One of a series of events delving into the newspaper’s extraordinary archive.

Jonathan Franzen L018, 6.30-7.30pm It is so exciting to be welcoming one of the great American novelists to Cheltenham.

In a rare visit to the UK, the author of The Corrections will tell us about his new novel, Purity. In a twist of fate, also with us that day are two authors Jonathan Franzen has championed: Daniel Kehlmann and Nell Zink.

Average Man To Iron Man L017, 6-7pm For Sir Ranulph Fiennes to complete the gruelling Marathon des Sables aged 71, amid fears it could trigger his third heart attack, was extraordinary. Greg Whyte has pushed the likes of Eddie Izzard, James Cracknell and David Walliams to the limit, and Sean Conway endured icy temperatures and jellyfish stings to swim the length of Britain. We’re asking them: why?!

Hollie McNish, Jemima Foxtrot and Erin Fornoff L026, 8.30-10.30pm The Spoken Word scene has never been hotter and we’re thrilled to have three of its most distinctive voices helping us kick off the Festival. Between them, these ladies have recorded at Abbey Road studios, performed at Glastonbury and Latitude, clocked up millions of YouTube hits and won countless slams.

Tonight, they add Cheltenham to their already packed poetry CVs.

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MORNING

EARLY AFTERNOON

NATURE

Robert Macfarlane The celebrated nature writer talks to The Sunday Times Literary Editor Andrew Holgate about the relationship between words and landscape and how language shapes our sense of place, as explored in his new book Landmarks.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 1.30-2.30pm £8 L005 In association with the University of Warwick Prize for Writing

HISTORY

Antony Beevor Bestselling historian Antony Beevor introduces his compelling, profound and revealing account of Hitler’s ill-fated final stand: Ardennes 1944: Hitler’s Last Gamble, recounting the battle that finally broke the back of the Wehrmacht.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 11.30am-12.30pm £8 L001

JOURNALISM

The Times Live Deputy Editor Emma Tucker and the rest of The Times leader writing team debate topical issues and decide the subjects of the famous leading articles for the following day.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 11.45am-12.45pm £8

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ANCIENT WORLD

Celtic Legacy The Celts were an advanced culture of feared warriors with exquisite jewellery, swirling tattoos and strange rituals. They helped shape British identity, yet the scale of their achievements is largely forgotten.

Alice Roberts (The Celts) and British Museum curator Julia Farley (Celts: Art and Identity) chart how they lived, thrived and expressed themselves through intricate art. Chaired by Natalie Haynes.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12noon-1pm £8 L003

CLASSIC LITERATURE

Shakespeare Lecture: 1606, The Year Of Lear Against a backdrop of plague and political turmoil, 1606 was an exceptional year for Shakespeare – the year of King Lear, Macbeth and Antony and Cleopatra.

Leading US Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explores this prolific period.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 12noon-1pm £8

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GERMANY

Daniel Kehlmann and Saša Staniši´c Two of the German literary scene’s brightest stars discuss their latest novels with journalist Rosie Goldsmith. Author of the bestselling Measuring the World, Daniel Kehlmann’s F has been described as ‘a bona fide, inimitable masterpiece’ by John Burnside while Saša Stanišić’s Before the Feast has already won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and been hailed as a work of art.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 1.45-2.45pm £7

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DEFINING MOMENTS

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JOURNALISM

The Times Defining Moments: The Charge Of The Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson composed his iconic evocation of nobility, brutality and glory minutes after reading reporter Billy Russell’s account of the battle in The Times.

Historian and columnist Ben Macintyre discusses the life of the reporter who inspired one of Britain’s best-known poems (read for us by spoken word artist Hollie McNish), reflecting on the role of reportage in conflict.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2-3pm £8

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FICTION

ART & DESIGN

Frederick Forsyth

Edmund de Waal

For over forty years, Forsyth has written real-world tales of intrigue, from The Day of the Jackal to The Kill List. The Outsider tells his most captivating story yet: his own.

Chaired by Georgina Godwin.

In The White Road, the artist and bestselling author of The Hare With Amber Eyes details the history of porcelain and discusses his life as a potter. Chaired by Andrew Holgate of The Sunday Times.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 2.15-3.15pm £8

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L011

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LATE AFTERNOON POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Times Explainers: The Economy

PSYCHOLOGY

How To Win At Life From sports stars to global business and nation leaders, a winning mindset is key.

But is the ability to win innate or something we can all develop? Writer and strategist Alastair Campbell (Winners) and The Times journalist and former Olympian Matthew Syed (Black Box Thinking) reveal how to get ahead in life, with neuroscientist Vincent Walsh.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2-3pm £8 L008

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What would you like to know about the economy? Phil Aldrick of The Times cuts through the jargon, explains the UK economy’s key characteristics, and takes questions on a topic that affects old and young alike.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 3.45-4.45pm £7

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FICTION

Pat Barker With Antony Beevor The Booker Prize-winner and author of The Regeneration Trilogy talks to historian Antony Beevor. She presents her new novel Noonday, delving into the complex relationships forged, tested and sustained during war.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4-5pm £10 L012

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POETRY

What Do We Mean By ‘Poetry’?

Are the use of the voice and the body an integral part of poetry? Can we re-position the role and the importance of performance within poetry? Leading poets Malika Booker and Mark Mace Smith perform their work before joining poet, playwright and researcher Hannah Silva to discuss what we mean by ‘poetry’.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 5.30-6.30pm £7

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Free Speech: No Limits?

David Aaronovitch of The Times delivers a powerful provocation on the importance of free speech and the right to personal expression. Anshuman Mondal of Brunel University London and Mick Hume (Trigger Warning) discuss with David what restrictions, if any, should be placed upon the individual. Chaired by Shami Chakrabarti.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4-5pm £8

EVENING

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Dealing With The Devil: The Faustian Pact

PSYCHOLOGY

Literature Of Loss Two writers explore the intimate process of depicting grief. Author and editor Max Porter presents his extraordinary debut, Grief is the Thing With Feathers: part novella, part polyphonic fable. He joins The Bookseller’s Cathy Rentzenbrink, who tells the moving tale of the life and death of her brother in The Last Act of Love. Chaired by journalist Rosie Goldsmith.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4.15-5.15pm £7

Popularised by Marlowe and Goethe, Faust’s legendary contract with the devil can be traced through works by Bulgakov, Mann and Wilde, as well as film, music and even The Simpsons. Osman Durrani (Faust: Icon of Modern Culture) and broadcaster Natalie Haynes join Quentin Cooper to explore why the idea of a ‘deal with the devil’ still exerts so much power.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6-7pm £8

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PSYCHOLOGY

Average Man To Iron Man Some call them athletes... others just mad!

Endurance swimmer Sean Conway (Hell and High Water), record-breaking explorer (and oldest Briton ever to run the gruelling Marathon des Sables) Ranulph Fiennes (Heat) and Greg Whyte (Achieve the Impossible), trainer of numerous celebrities for Comic Relief challenges, discuss the appeal of pushing themselves to the limit.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6-7pm £8

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

To Kill A Mockingbird: Big Read Book Group In this special Festival book group, delve into Harper Lee’s phenomenal novel that has become one of the most famous classics of modern American Literature and has inspired generations. Chaired by Jane Bailey.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7.15-8.15pm £5

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Jonathan Franzen

DEFINING MOMENTS

DEFININgMOMENTS

The bestselling American author of Freedom and The Corrections discusses his latest work, Purity: a deeply troubling and moving tale of hidden identities, neurotic fidelity, sociopathy and murder. Chaired by Robert Collins.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.30-7.30pm £10 L018

FICTION

World War One Novels Can contemporary World War One fiction ever serve as a substitute for history?

Chaired by The Bookseller’s Books Editor Cathy Rentzenbrink, authors Kate Williams (The Storms of War) and Clare Clark (We That Are Left) examine the purpose of modern WWI novels and whether they can offer a fresh perspective on the 100-yearold conflict.

TRAVEL

Steve Backshall The BAFTA-winning presenter discusses Mountain: A Life on the Rocks – detailing his long-lasting love affair with climbing and the extraordinary places that he has visited in pursuit of his passion.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.30-7.30pm £10 L020

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Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6.30-7.30pm £7

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JOURNALISM

FIFA, The Ugly Game The investigation undertaken by The Sunday Times into the dubious dealings at FIFA brought about explosive claims of bribery and vote-rigging, culminating in an FBI investigation and the resignation of football’s most powerful individual.

Jonathan Calvert of The Sunday Times and Heidi Blake of Buzzfeed examine the scandal and the challenges of implementing a more honest sporting culture.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8.30-9.30pm £8

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ENTERTAINMENT

POETRY

Rebel Heroes: The Renegades Of Music and Why We Still Need Them

Hollie McNish, Jemima Foxtrot and Erin Fornoff Reciting words of love, politics, race, breasts and everything in between, expect an entertaining and rousing evening from some of spoken word’s leading ladies.

Internationally acclaimed poet and UK Slam champion Hollie McNish is joined by Jemima Foxtrot whose blend of soul riffs and stories of 20-something life have marked her as one to watch. Hosted by poet Erin Fornoff.

From Robert Johnson to Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and beyond, Fun Lovin’ Criminals frontman Huey Morgan talks to Edith Bowman about his favourite revolutionary artists and discusses why music needs more rule-breakers than ever before.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.30-9.30pm £10

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JOURNALISM

Caitlin Moran’s Celebrity Watch From outlandish baby names to the phenomenon of the Kardashians, the bizarre and often hilarious minutiae of celebrity culture is wittily captured by Caitlin Moran in her weekly column for The Times. She and her friend Hugo Rifkind discuss the antics of the A-listers.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.30-10.30pm £10 L026

There will be an interval of 20 minutes.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.30-9.30pm £16 L024 FICTION

The Sunday Times Must Read: Nell Zink Nell Zink has burst onto the literary scene in the last twelve months with her outstanding novels The Wallcreeper and Mislaid. Championed by Jonathan Franzen, she discusses her fascinating path to success with Robert Collins.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8.30-9.30pm £7

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The Right Kind Of History?

Harper Lee: A Celebration

L030, 10.45-11.45am For some, Michael Gove’s three R’s stand for rigour, right-wing history and rote learning, and he stands accused of clinging to a patriotic vision of the past.

Yet others despair that young people have no sense of the chronology of British history. But what is meant by ‘British’ history in today’s multicultural society? What should we teach in our schools?

L031, 11am-12noon Touching, profound and compassionate, To Kill a Mockingbird was a defining moment in literature, and the re-discovery this year of Go Set a Watchman, a long lost work by Harper Lee, caused a sensation. We celebrate these remarkable books throughout the Festival in a series of book groups, lively discussions and pop-up literary happenings.

Martha Lane Fox

Come To The Cabaret!

L032, 11am-12noon Are politicians holding us back by failing to recognise the power of the Internet?

Martha Lane Fox thinks so. The Internet has changed how we live, but we could revolutionise our economy, culture, health and happiness if we became a more digitally literate nation. In the words of activist Aaron Swartz, “it’s not OK not to understand the Internet anymore”.

L057, 8-10.30pm After the devastation of WWI and before the Nazis seized power, for a brief moment Berlin was a place of possibility and excitement: teeming with Europe’s brightest and boldest creatives and home to the searing satire and hedonism of ‘Kabarett’. For one night only, the Spiegeltent will be transformed into Berlin’s seductive underground – don’t miss it.

Saturday 3 October

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MORNING LIFESTYLE

The Vintage Years Brunch Join The Guardian’s Vintage Years columnist and author of The Invisible Woman Helen Walmsley-Johnson and friends as they embrace the notion of ‘being of a certain age’. Over a brunch of smoked salmon and scrambled eggs, they take an irreverent look at everything from family and finances to cosmetics, fashion and sex.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 10-11.30am £20 Ticket includes brunch.

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Celebrate…

With Pat Barker

FICTION

The Sunday Times Must Read: Anne Enright The Sunday Times Literary Editor Andrew Holgate presents one of his 2015 Must Reads, The Green Road, by the first Laureate for Irish Fiction. They discuss her story of fracture and family, selfishness and compassion.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 10.30-11.30am £8

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The Regeneration Trilogy by Pat Barker is one of the defining stories of our time. Join The Bookseller’s Cathy Rentzenbrink as she talks to the Booker winning author about how she blended fact and fiction to create this absorbing and outstanding series. Raise a toast to her success in this intimate and exclusive event.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 10.30-11.45am £20 Ticket includes a glass of Buck’s Fizz.

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The Right Kind Of History?

How should history be taught in multi-racial Britain? Michael Gove’s proposed reforms provoked protest but many view the current model as inadequate. Historians Antony Beevor (Ardennes 1944), Suzannah Lipscomb (The King is Dead) and David Olusoga (The World’s War), Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt and retiring Eton College Headmaster Tony Little (An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Education) debate this hot topic.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 10.45-11.45am £10 L030

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Martha Lane Fox The digital pioneer considers the greatest game-changer of our age, and calls on Britain’s leaders to wake up to the untapped potential of the Internet to improve lives. Chaired by Sky News presenter Dharshini David.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11am-12noon £8

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David Almond and Patrick Ness

CLASSIC LITERATURE

Harper Lee: A Celebration The Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill A Mockingbird is an American classic, with inspirational lessons of compassion, courage and conviction. Featuring readings from the novel and the recently published Go Set a Watchman, Nicolette Jones chairs a discussion with Director of Liberty Shami Chakrabarti, novelist Anita Shreve and Harper Lee’s UK Editor Jason Arthur, to examine the book’s enduring appeal and the author’s mystique.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 11am-12noon £8 L031

DEFININgMOMENTS JOURNALISM

The Times Defining Moments: Guernica The Times journalist George Steer’s 1937 account of the bombardment of Guernica inspired Picasso’s masterwork, one of the most powerful anti-war paintings in history.

The Times Chief Art Critic Rachel CampbellJohnston, Steer’s biographer Nicholas Rankin (Telegram from Guernica) and Picasso expert Gijs van Hensbergen discuss war reportage, art and the cultural and political impact when these two worlds collide.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 11am-12noon £7

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AGE 12+

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Two multi-prizewinning giants of youngadult fiction discuss their inspirations, passions and experiences and present their new novels A Song for Ella Grey (Almond) and The Rest of Us Just Live Here (Ness).

Interviewed by Daniel Hahn, compiler of The Oxford Companion to Children’s Literature.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 11.30am-12.30pm £6

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EARLY AFTERNOON

DEFININgMOMENTS

DEFININgMOMENTS

FICTION

Gill Hornby

HISTORY

Dan Snow and Peter Snow’s Waterloo

The author of The Sunday Times bestseller The Hive talks to Pamela Armstrong about her latest novel: All Together Now, a funny and moving story about the joys of singing, and living, in harmony.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12.30-1.30pm £8

Like many of the greatest battles, Waterloo is steeped in controversy; a decisive victory that so easily might have turned out differently. Accompanied by rare and previously unpublished documents held by the National Army Museum, the father and son historians, journalists and broadcasters depict the landmark conflict as you’ve never seen it before in The Battle of Waterloo Experience.

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

More Human: Designing A World Where People Come First

JOURNALISM

Farewell Kabul: Christina Lamb The Sunday Times Foreign Correspondent reflects on her love affair with the fierce, beautiful country of Afghanistan and gives a searing account of the war that has left the Taliban undefeated. Chaired by Eleanor Mills.

Government, business and the lives we lead have all arguably become too big, distant and industrialised. It is time to make the world more human. In a stirring call to action Steve Hilton, former adviser to David Cameron, talks to Alice Thomson of The Times.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 12.45-1.45pm £10

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Times Explainers: Europe What would you like to know about Europe?

As the UK anticipates a referendum, Oliver Kamm of The Times examines the vision of Europe’s founding fathers, and takes questions on key moments in EU history.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 12.45-1.45pm £7

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 12.45-1.45pm £8 L035

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AGE 12+

Secrets Of The Deep Meet two young-adult fiction writers Jennifer Donnelly and Laura Dockrill, whose intriguing new novels feature mermaids that are not for the faint-hearted. Six mermaids battle evil to save their hidden world in Jennifer’s Waterfire Saga: Dark Tide, while in Laura’s Lorali a mermaid washes up under Hastings Pier and abandons her life in the sea to become human.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 1-2pm £5

TRAVEL

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The Sunday Times Travel Bucket List In an age when there are few blanks on the map, the real discoveries we make are more subtle, social and personal. Join The Sunday Times Travel Editor Stephen Bleach, luxury travel guru Susan d’Arcy, and travel writer and comedian Jon Holmes for an insight into their best-kept secrets – and tips for the destinations worth seeking out in 2016.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2.30-3.30pm £7

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AGE 9+

Gino D’Acampo

Words and Pictures With Lauren Child and Brian Selznick

In Islands in the Sun, TV chef Gino takes you on a trip to Sicily and Sardinia in search of signature dishes and secret recipes. Join him in our Spiegeltent alongside Paul Blezard, as he introduces a lunch inspired by his Mediterranean adventure, delving into the gastronomic history of dishes that encapsulate the islands of Sicily, Sardinia and their people.

Brian Selznick, award-winning author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, and Lauren Child, multiaward-winning author and artist and creator of Charlie and Lola, Clarice Bean and Ruby Redfort, talk to The Times journalist Alex O’Connell and reveal their new books, The Marvels (Selznick) and Charlie and Lola: One Thing (Child).

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 1-3pm £30 Ticket includes two course lunch and drink on arrival.

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Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 1.15-2.15pm £6

LIFESTYLE

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AGE 7 TO ADULT

100 Family Adventures With The Meek Family The Meek Family have been out and about, going on an adventure or two (make that 100!) – and now they want you to join them.

Learn all about the fun to be had in the amazing outdoors, from swimming in rivers to swinging from trees. Take away some family adventure skills, ideas for outdoor learning opportunities and inspiration for midweek adventures.

Imperial Square, Little Big Top * 2.30-3.30pm £6

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

JOURNALISM

Reimagining Shakespeare: Jeanette Winterson

The Times Debate: Europe – In Or Out?

How do you ‘cover’ Shakespeare? The award-winning author of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit reveals the process behind The Gap of Time, her VINTAGE Hogarth prose retelling of The Winter’s Tale.

Should we stay or should we go? In anticipation of the in/out referendum, former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, eurosceptic MEP Dan Hannan, Deputy President of the NFU Minette Batters and The Times columnist Tim Montgomerie debate the UK’s membership of the EU. Chaired by Justin Webb, our hand-picked and knowledgeable panel tackle the key economic and social issues.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2.45-3.45pm £10

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2.45-4pm £12 L043

The Gender Battles Worth Fighting Four bright and distinctive voices, representing different generations of modern feminism, redraw the battlelines in the fight for equality. Performance poet Megan Beech (When I Grow Up I Want To Be Mary Beard) and journalists Caroline Criado-Perez (Do It Like A Woman), Katie Glass and Polly Vernon (Hot Feminist) decide on their priorities with Eleanor Mills of The Sunday Times.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2.45-3.45pm £10 L041

AGE 7+

The Bolds With Julian Clary and David Roberts Comedian, entertainer and writer Julian Clary and award-winning illustrator David Roberts introduce you to their fabulous new children’s book, The Bolds. The event includes readings in Julian’s unique style, livedrawing from David and lots of laughter.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 2.45-3.45pm £7

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LATE AFTERNOON

DEFININgMOMENTS

FICTION

Celebrate…

The Pilot’s Wife From the moment Kathryn Lyons answers the late-night knock at her door, the secrets unfold and her life starts to unravel. In this exclusive and very special event, Georgina Godwin meets acclaimed author Anita Shreve to look back at and raise a toast to her much-loved novel, The Pilot’s Wife.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 3-4.15pm £20 Ticket includes a glass of sparkling wine.

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ENTERTAINMENT

JOURNALISM

Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Don McCullin

Based on nothing more than a title from the audience, be it Mansfield Shark, Darcy & Hutch or Tents and Tent Stability, no two shows are alike with this entirely improvised comedy play in the style of the wondrous and witty Jane Austen. Straight from the 2015 Edinburgh Fringe and a sellout national tour, Austentatious will be uproarious and unmissable.

“You have to bear witness. You cannot just look away.” One of the greatest photographers of conflict and author of Unreasonable Behaviour reflects on a life shaped by war, with Anthony Loyd of The Times.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4.45-5.45pm £10 L048

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4.30-6pm £15 L046 POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS HISTORY

Allan Mallinson: The Great War The ex-Army officer chronicles WWI in a monthly series for The Times. He examines why October 1915 in particular caused events to take a grim turn, bringing reality home.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.30-5.30pm £8

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The Election Generals: Peter Hennessy, Paddy O’Connell and John Sergeant Fans of BBC Radio 4’s Broadcasting House will recall the trio’s witty discussions in the run up to May 5th. Reunited especially for Cheltenham, they recount the unexpected twists and turns of the 2015 General Election, highlighting the key moments that marked this unpredictable campaign and outlining the main issues and challenges faced by the newly appointed Conservative government.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.45-5.45pm £10

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FICTION

Kate Atkinson The Bookseller’s Books Editor Cathy Rentzenbrink interviews the awardwinning author about A God In Ruins, companion to her bestselling Life After Life.

Her focus shifts to war and navigating the perils of 20th century progress.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 5-6pm £10 L049

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AGE 8+

DEFININgMOMENTS

Swimming With An Elephant and Other Wildlife Stories Steve Bloom’s photographs of animal life are a feast for the eyes in this fun event for all the family. What’s it like to swim with an elephant? How do you photograph a grizzly bear? Come and be amazed by stunning pictures and entertaining animal facts and stories.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 6.15-7pm £7

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EVENING

AGE 14+

Rhythm and Rap With Steven Camden and Alex Wheatle Two of the most original voices in youngadult fiction come to Cheltenham. Steven aka Polarbear is a top spoken word artist and Alex, also known as the Brixton Bard, is a successful journalist, playwright and broadcaster. They discuss Liccle Bit, Alex’s first young-adult novel, and Steven’s new novel It’s About Love.

Imperial Square, Little Big Top * 5.45-6.45pm £6

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PSYCHOLOGY

Reasons To Stay Alive ART & DESIGN

Sir Portrait: 30 Portraits Of Roy Strong How does the former Director of the nation’s greatest collection of portraits celebrate his 80th birthday? The sitter Roy Strong and the distinguished photographer John Swannell discuss their collaboration on a unique photographic project – a series of portraits that transport Roy through time, inventing and reinventing him as an array of historical characters. Chaired by Paul Blezard.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6.30-7.30pm £8

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Aged 24, writer Matt Haig’s world caved in.

He tells health psychologist Rory O’Connor how he came through the dark days of his depression, eventually triumphed over this devastating illness and learned to live again.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.30-7.30pm £8

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ENTERTAINMENT

Ronnie Wood In How Can It Be? the legendary guitarist revisits his lost diary from 1965. Sharing memories of the Birds, the Jeff Beck Group, the Faces and the Rolling Stones, he charts his journey to superstardom. Chaired by Mark Ellen.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 7-8pm £16 L053 POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS FICTION

Audrey Niffenegger The bestselling author of The Time Traveler’s Wife presents Ghostly, her edited and illustrated selection of creepy and witty ghost stories: from M. R. James and Neil Gaiman to tales of her own. Chaired by Georgina Godwin.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £10 L052

From Wolf Hall To Whitehall Why are we so fascinated with Tudor despot Henry VIII? Is Thomas Cromwell’s efficiency and brutality still the hallmark of any truly successful politician? We explore the endless allure of this murky world of intrigue, danger and betrayal with broadcaster Clive Anderson, author Tracy Borman (Thomas Cromwell), Sky News anchor Adam Boulton and BBC TV’s Wolf Hall director Peter Kosminsky.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.45-7.45pm £10

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HISTORY

Dictators’ Dinners: The Bad Taste Guide To Entertaining Tyrants Food can affect your mood, your bowels and your world view. Authors Victoria Clark and Melissa Scott investigate what some of the world’s most notorious 20th century despots enjoyed at dinnertime, exploring their foibles, eccentricities and frequent terror of poisoning – something no number of food tasters was ever able to assuage.

Chaired by Peter Guttridge.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8pm £8

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GERMANY

FICTION

JOURNALISM

Come To The Cabaret!

Ali Smith With Shami Chakrabarti

Hatchet Job 2: The Critics Return

Winner of four literary awards and shortlisted for many others, including the Man Booker Prize, How to Be Both is one of the most talked about novels of the last year. Ali Smith shares her story.

Definitely not for the fainthearted… the outspoken and hilarious trio of fearless critics from The Sunday Times are back, following their sell-out event last year. Lynn Barber, Camilla Long and A.A. Gill look back on a year of the best and worst in film, food, TV and MUCH more…

Since Christopher Isherwood’s experiences in Berlin’s sexual underground during the Weimar Republic years, the city has been considered the capital of cabaret. Featuring songs by Kurt Weill, Brecht, Gershwin and Kander and Ebb, for one night only we recreate the seductive decadence and biting satire of 1920s and 30s cabaret and beyond with singer Mary Carewe and pianist Philip Mayers.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8.30-9.30pm £10

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Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 8-10.30pm £50 Ticket includes canapés, two course German supper and drink on arrival.

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Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.30-9.30pm £10 L062

ENTERTAINMENT

Letters Of Note

ENTERTAINMENT

Reel History: The World According To Movies Movie-makers repeatedly raid the history books to film some of the greatest stories.

But which get it right and which get it completely wrong? Alex von Tunzelmann discusses prising fact from fiction with Quentin Cooper.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8.30-9.30pm £8

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Shaun Usher’s remarkable Letters of Note has been an international publishing sensation, and More Letters of Note is another rich and inspiring volume of unforgettable letters, delivering the same mix of the heartfelt, the historically significant, the tragic, the comic and the unexpected. Canongate's Jamie Byng and Shaun Usher discuss the power of the letter and present readings from a number of surprise guests (to be announced – see cheltenhamfestivals.com).

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.45-9.45pm £10

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SUN 4 HIGHLIGHTS

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Celebrating Clive James

James Rhodes

L067, 10.45-11.45am Meeting Clive at his home in Cambridge and filming an interview for the Festival was a huge honour. Brilliant and funny, he reads aloud, discusses his favourite books, the father he never knew and much more. We show the interview and explore Clive’s work with the broadcaster Clive Anderson, Philip Collins of The Times, and Clive’s great friend, the poet Les Murray.

L077, 2.45-3.45pm The renowned concert pianist’s passion for music has been a lifeline through pain, conflict and turmoil. James joins his publisher and friend Jamie Byng to discuss his memoir Instrumental: candid and surprisingly funny even in its darkest moments. We will be tuning up our Steinway too, so that James can play some of the pieces that have shaped his life.

Celebrate…

The Time Traveler’s Wife

The Sunday Times Culture Interview: Matthew Bourne

L080, 4.15-5.30pm Audrey Niffenegger is the third in our line-up of ‘Celebrate…’ events including Kate Atkinson, Pat Barker, Anita Shreve and Alexander McCall Smith. These exclusive events in our intimate salonstyle venue offer an exciting opportunity to hear bestselling novelists talk about their most acclaimed works and to raise a glass to their success.

L085, 4.45-5.45pm The all-male chorus Swan Lake has to go down as one of the most iconic dance performances in history, now the longest running ballet in London’s West End and on Broadway. We are thrilled that choreographer Matthew Bourne will be joining us to talk about his awardwinning work and why he chose to ignore tradition in his interpretation of the famous Russian ballet.

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POETRY POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Simon Armitage The restless poet, with customary wit and poetic reflection, tells Peter Guttridge about his journey busking through Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, recounted in Walking Away – and reads poems that he performed along the way.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 10.30-11.30am £8

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Mark Ellen and Friends: Sex, Drugs & Bacon Rolls There’s only one thing more indiscreet than a journalist – and that’s a rock journalist.

Four of the genre’s finest writers and broadcasters – Mark Ellen, Paul Du Noyer, David Hepworth and Kate Mossman – share their outrageous tales of rock’s biggest egos. Strong coffee advised. Or something stronger.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 10-11.30am £20 Ticket includes cooked breakfast.

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ART & DESIGN

Goya: The Portraits The National Gallery’s upcoming Goya exhibition – the first to focus solely on Goya’s portraits – is set to be this autumn’s highlight.

Curator Xavier Bray provides a special early look at this landmark exhibition.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 10.45-11.45am £8 L065

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The Art Of The Political Interview How do you pin down a politician? Peter Hennessy explores this vexed question with political interviewer for The Times Rachel Sylvester, Wilfred Frost (That Was the Life That Was), who illustrates his father’s mastery of the form with accompanying TV clips, and Justin Webb of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, who regularly spars live on-air with political A-listers.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 10.45-11.45am £8

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EARLY AFTERNOON

DEFININgMOMENTS

DEFININgMOMENTS JOURNALISM

The Times Defining Moments: William ReesMogg and The Rolling Stones In 1967, The Times Editor William Rees-Mogg composed his famous leader column Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel?, criticising the trial of Mick Jagger for drugs possession. Rock critics Will Hodgkinson and David Hepworth recount this landmark case and how the Rolling Stones joined the establishment.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 12noon-1pm £7

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AGE 10+ AUSTRALIA

Celebrating Clive James Honouring the work of the much-loved Australian man of letters, including his new volume Latest Readings, we present extracts from a wide-ranging interview filmed exclusively for the Festival at his Cambridge home. Celebrating Clive and his works on stage will be broadcaster Clive Anderson, Philip Collins of The Times and Clive’s great friend, poet Les Murray.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 10.45-11.45am £12 L067

Sandi Toksvig The presenter, broadcaster, writer and actor has written many books for children and her latest novel A Slice of the Moon is an action–packed story of one family’s journey across the world. She joins Nicolette Jones of The Sunday Times for an entertaining and fascinating discussion.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 11.30am-12.15pm £6

AGE 16 TO ADULT

Removing The Barriers To Reading LB29

Mairi Kidd is the MD of Barrington Stoke, an award-winning children’s publisher exclusively for dyslexic, less able and disengaged readers. With author Frank Cottrell Boyce and Helen Donovan from Dyslexia Action, she examines the theories of how we read and some of the challenges for struggling and reluctant readers, and offers tips and advice.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, Drawing Room * 12.15-1.15pm £6

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The Times Live Join columnist Philip Collins and the rest of the The Times leader writing team as they debate topical issues and decide the subjects of the famous leading articles for the following day.

BUSINESS

Taming The Beast: Controlling Financial Markets Have the post financial crisis reforms gone far enough? Chaired by Will Hutton, former FSA chairmen Adair Turner (Between Debt and the Devil) and Howard Davies (Can Financial Markets be Controlled?) and Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum chairman Meghnad Desai (Hubris) examine why economists failed to predict the 2008 crash and debate what can be done to avoid another.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 12.45-1.45pm £10

JOURNALISM

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 1-2pm £8 L072

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JOURNALISM

Peter Brookes and David Aaronovitch Should you draw the Prophet Muhammad?

How rude can you be about politicians?

Should anything be unsayable? The Times cartoonist Peter Brookes (Testing Times) and columnist David Aaronovitch explore the uses and abuses of satire, as Peter draws live on stage.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12.30-1.30pm £8

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LIFESTYLE

Sophie Thompson

FICTION

The Times My Hero: Rachel Johnson and Jilly Cooper With its uproarious stories of fetlocks and fornication, Jilly Cooper’s 1985 novel Riders won her legions of fans and invented the socalled ‘bonkbuster’. Jilly joins her friend and great admirer Rachel Johnson (Fresh Hell) to celebrate 30 years of Rupert CampbellBlack and all things Rutshire-related.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12.45-1.45pm £12 L071

The Olivier Award-winning actor and 2014 Celebrity Masterchef winner shares the joys of eating and cooking, revealing the personal inspiration behind her first cookbook, My Family Kitchen, which includes Penelope Keith’s very own chocolate truffle recipe! Chaired by Fiona Lindsay.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 1-3pm £30 Ticket includes two course lunch and drink on arrival.

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DEFININgMOMENTS

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FICTION

Celebrate… Twenty Years Of Behind the Scenes At The Museum

FAITH

The Progressive Pope

Twenty years ago, Kate Atkinson burst on to the literary scene with her debut novel. It went on to win the Whitbread Book of the Year and set her on the path to becoming one of the UK’s bestselling authors. In this exclusive event, raise a glass with Kate to celebrate this special anniversary. Chaired

by Alex Clark.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 2-3.15pm £20 Ticket includes a glass of sparkling wine.

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AGE 12+

Jenny Valentine, Annabel Pitcher and Jenny Downham Three of today’s best authors writing for teens discuss their writing. Fire Colour One (Valentine) tackles deception, love and redemption, Unbecoming (Downham) examines three family generations and different perspectives of the same story, and Silence is Goldfish (Pitcher) deals with one girl’s heartbreaking discovery of what she finds on her father’s blog.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 2.45-3.45pm £6

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Pope Francis has spoken of his desire to revolutionise the Catholic Church. How far can one man go and how willing is the Church to follow him? Cormac MurphyO’Connor (An English Spring) author Paul Vallely (Pope Francis) and The Tablet Editor Catherine Pepinster explore the potential impact of this radical Pope. Chaired by Peter Guttridge.

BUSINESS

Changing The World From Your Bedroom Many young entrepreneurs today are creating sustainable social enterprise.

Inspirational philanthropists Rob Forkan (Tsunami Kids) who helps build orphanages with Gandys Flip Flops, and Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow (whose Mary’s Meals project is detailed in The Shed That Fed a Million Children) describe how you can have a great business idea and do good at the same time. Chaired by Dharshini David.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2.30-3.30pm £8

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Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2.45-3.45pm £8 L076

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PSYCHOLOGY

James Rhodes Join concert pianist James Rhodes and his publisher Jamie Byng for an evening of conversation and live recital, as he discusses his memoir Instrumental and the therapeutic power of music in its ability to transform and restore.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2.45-3.45pm £10

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DEFININgMOMENTS

FICTION

Celebrate... The Time Traveler’s Wife

JOURNALISM

The Sunday Times Debate: A New Cold War?

AUSTRALIA

Is the Russian bear sharpening its claws once more? Or is talk of a second Cold War simplistic? The Editor of The Sunday Times Martin Ivens, former Assistant Secretary of State James Rubin, Cold War and security expert Tara McCormack and Chatham House’s Russia and Eurasia specialist Andrew Monaghan debate the issues as the rhetoric between old enemies heats up.

The leading Australian poet of his generation, Les Murray talks to Nicolette Jones about his latest collection Waiting for the Past, exploring objects and places that the modern world has left behind.

Les Murray

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4-5pm £8

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2.45-4pm £10 L078

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Audrey Niffenegger shot to fame with the 2003 publication of the beautifully heartbreaking love story of Henry and Clare. The book sold millions globally, going on to become a major Hollywood film. Enjoy a glass of sparkling wine while Audrey discusses her inspiration for the novel with Alex Clark in this unique and sure-to-bepopular event.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 4.15-5.30pm £20 Includes a glass of sparkling wine.

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AUSTRALIA

JOURNALISM

The Ultimate Gap Year Guide

The House Of Commons: A User’s Guide

Planning your travels can be a headache so let our experts tell you where to find the best deals and who to trust. With guidance on seeking authentic experiences off the beaten track in Australia and beyond, Monica Stott of The Travel Hack and Will Jones, editor at Gapyear.com, offer practical advice for realistic budgets.

Our panel of politicos come together to run their eye over the new cast of characters in the lower chamber post-election. Justin Webb of the Today programme, The Times political sketch writer Ann Treneman (All in This Together), Red Box editor Philip Webster and broadcaster Michael Cockerell take a light-hearted look at protocol, lobbying, and parliamentary dark arts.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.30-5.30pm £7

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.45-5.45pm £8

DEFININgMOMENTS

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The Sunday Times Culture Interview: Matthew Bourne For twenty years Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, first staged in London, has been performed globally. The choreographer, famous for his interpretation of the Russian ballet, joins David Jays to discuss his groundbreaking, controversial work.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4.45-5.45pm £12 L085 LIFESTYLE

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Garden With The Sunday Times How does your garden grow? Find out how to pimp your plot, flaunt your flowers and get the most out of your garden over afternoon tea. Ask our expert panel: Chelsea Flower Show gold medal winners Andy Sturgeon and Jo Thompson and Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time regular Matthew Wilson. Chaired by The Sunday Times Gardening Editor Caroline Donald.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4.30-6pm £20 Ticket includes afternoon tea with finger sandwiches.

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PSYCHOLOGY

AGE 11+

Navigating Our 24/7 Culture

Fantastic Worlds

We live in a world of rolling news and 24hour email. Co-founder of entertainment company Mind Candy Michael Acton Smith, (Calm) government adviser on well-being Cary Cooper and children’s cognitive development specialist Annette KarmiloffSmith explore how to get the most out of our online lives, and not be overwhelmed.

Chaired by social entrepreneur and tech evangelist, Sue Black.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4.45-5.45pm £8 L084

Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell co-created the hugely successful Edge Chronicles and the Scavenger series. They join Philip Reeve, award-winning author of the Mortal Engines series and new novel Railhead, and talented newcomer Lucy Saxon, who wrote fantasy novels Take Back the Skies and The Almost King before she was 20. Explore their amazing worlds and wonderful cast of characters.

Imperial Square, Little Big Top * 5.30-6.30pm £6

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EVENING

AGE 12+

Zom-B With Darren Shan Join Master of Horror Darren Shan as he presents the penultimate book in his gory, epic twelve-book Zom-B series. He shares his inspiration and ideas behind the series in this edge-of-your seat event.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 6.15-7pm £6

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FICTION

Rachel Johnson and Hannah Rothschild

FICTION

A. D. Miller and Tom Rob Smith With previous novels set in Russia and highly comparable in both subject matter and critical acclaim, A. D. Miller (The Faithful Couple) and Tom Rob Smith (The Farm) are two of the UK’s best selling contemporary authors. They present their new novels which take them on completely different literary journeys: one a pageturning thriller, the other an elegant morality tale.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6-7pm £8

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Join these two popular authors as they interview each other and celebrate their latest novels: Rachel’s Fresh Hell, the last in her wickedly funny Notting Hell trilogy, and Hannah’s irreverent, witty and sharply sweet London life satire The Improbability of Love.

POETRY

Frieda Hughes The poet, painter and daughter of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath has long demonstrated a close connection between her poems and artwork. She reads from her new collection Alternative Values and showcases her related paintings.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.30-7.30pm £8

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 6.30-7.45pm £12 Ticket includes a glass of sparkling wine.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Downton Abbey: A Celebration As the doors of Downton close for the last time, Jessica Fellowes, author of Downton Abbey: A Celebration, is joined by Executive Producer Gareth Neame and Costume Designer Anna Robbins. They discuss the show’s success, present an exclusive clip from the new series and will be joined by much-loved actors from the cast (to be announced – see cheltenhamfestivals.com).

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.45-7.45pm £10 L089

FAITH

ENTERTAINMENT

Cormac MurphyO’Connor

Robert Crampton’s Quiz Night

In his memoir An English Spring, the Cardinal takes us behind the scenes in Rome, reflecting frankly on his work during times of unprecedented turbulence and change within the Catholic Church.

He’s back again... Robert Crampton, ‘Beta Male’ columnist at The Times presents his ever-popular evening of drink, frivolity and general knowledge. This is a quiz like no other!

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £10 L091

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 8-10.30pm £60 for team of four.

Ticket includes fish and chip supper.

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FICTION

Anita Shreve In this celebratory interview we welcome one of America’s most successful novelists to Cheltenham. She reflects on her life and career, sharing insights into her writing style and influences. Chaired by Alex Clark.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.45-7.45pm £10

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FAITH

Truly Saintly Join BBC Radio 4 presenter Richard Coles, screenwriter and novelist Frank Cottrell Boyce and Oxford University historian Janina Ramirez (The Private Lives of the Saints) as they reveal the saints as the power players, king makers and politicians of their time.

Exploring their relevance to the present day, they decide what we really mean by the term ‘saintly’. Chaired by Peter Guttridge.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8-9pm £10

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ENTERTAINMENT

Tracey Thorn In Naked at the Albert Hall, the Everything But The Girl singer writes about both the joy and heartache of singing. She joins Mark Ellen to share tracks by the singers that have inspired her.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8.30-9.30pm £8

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ENTERTAINMENT

Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner

Woody Allen: Film By Film

‘Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality but a hammer with which to shape it.’ Bertolt Brecht’s radical vision for the theatre continues to touch audiences and spark political criticism around the world.

Fiona Shaw and Deborah Warner – one of British theatre’s most illustrious partnerships – discuss their interpretations of his work. Chaired by Fiona Lindsay.

With 2015 marking the 50th anniversary of his first feature film, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the work of one of the greatest living movie makers. Critic Jason Solomons presents favourite clips (including moments from the iconic Annie Hall), discussing this complex, neurotic and funny auteur with actor and writer Tracy Ann Oberman and acclaimed film critic Barry Norman.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.45-9.45pm £10 L095

In association with the University of Warwick Prize for Writing

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.45-9.45pm £10

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Supported by the McWilliam family in loving memory of Ruth McWilliam

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SPORT

The World’s Greatest Cricketers 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of W. G. Grace’s death. His biographer Richard Tomlinson (Amazing Grace: The Man who was W.G.), former England captain David Gower (50 Greatest Cricketers of All Time), commentator David Lloyd (Last in the Tin Bath) and The Times Chief Cricket Correspondent Mike Atherton celebrate Grace and other cricket greats. Chaired by The Times Richard Whitehead.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.45-9.45 £12 L097

MON 5 HIGHLIGHTS

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The Bletchley Girls

The Museum Of The Missing: Searching For Stolen Works

L104, 1.30-2.30pm Breaking Enigma was a defining moment of WWI. We loved last year’s biopic of Alan Turing, but what about the women without whom there would have been no codes to crack? There were 7,000 of them and their contribution was inestimable. We’ll be joined by veterans from Bletchley Park – a remarkable opportunity to hear from women who made history.

L112, 4-5pm We’ve all held our breath as a masked robber misses a museum’s security laser by a hair’s breadth in one of Hollywood’s depictions of daring art heists.

Responsible for recovering over £250 million of stolen art, we welcome real-life art detective Chris Marinello and art industry insiders to hear how you track down a Turner or reclaim a Rembrandt.

Rick Stein

A Night Out For Knackered Mums

L120, 7-8pm As one of television’s most watched celebrity chefs and with a restaurant empire quickly expanding in the UK, Rick Stein is a legend in the culinary world and his enthusiasm is completely infectious. In this rare Cheltenham appearance, we’re looking forward to hearing about his new book and adventures first-hand.

L123, 7.30-10pm Calling Mums everywhere! Book a babysitter and head down to our lovely Spiegeltent, as we celebrate the truth about family life in all its magnificent chaos with our feisty panel. Bracingly honest, they share tips and outrageous anecdotes from The Things I Wish I’d Known, steamroller the perfect parent myth and remind you that you’re not alone.

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MORNING

EARLY AFTERNOON

Crosswords With The Times Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am-12noon FREE L098 NATURE

In Pursuit Of Butterflies OUP’s Very Short Introductions: Animal Kingdom Join Peter Holland for a tour of the animal kingdom. He discusses the modern understanding of the animal world and its evolution, examining how DNA studies have revolutionised the classification process.

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am FREE L099

CLASSIC LITERATURE

Six: The Lives Of The Mitford Sisters The Mitford sisters were the ‘bright young things’ of interwar London high society but, as shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark and very public differences in their outlooks came to symbolise the political polarities of a dangerous decade.

Biographer Laura Thompson and authors India Knight and Rachel Johnson explore the sisters’ stylish and scandalous lives.

Chaired by Paul Blezard.

With fifty years of experience, ‘Butterfly Man’ and the National Trust’s National Specialist for Nature Matthew Oates hosts a butterfly-spotting masterclass, showing how to attract species into your own gardens. Chaired by journalist Andy Rea. Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12noon-1pm £8

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Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 11.30am-12.30pm £10 L101

LIFESTYLE

The Edible Atlas PSYCHOLOGY

A.C. Grayling With The Challenge of Things, the philosopher offers a hopeful reflection on the world in a time of war, exploring ways out of the prejudices of mind that trap us in a cycle of conflict.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11.30am-12.30pm £8

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“When we eat, we travel.” Allow Mina Holland, editor of Guardian Cook, to take you on a global culinary journey, demystifying the flavours, ingredients and techniques of thirty-nine cuisines from around the world.

Enjoy a delicious Spiegeltent lunch of dishes inspired by the book. Chaired by Tim Hubbard.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 12.30-2.30pm £25 L103 Ticket includes two course lunch.

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

9/11 and The Rise Of ISIS Critics would argue that post-9/11 foreign policy has ushered in more instability. With polished digital propaganda, the emergence of ISIS has marked a new era of Islamic extremism. Patrick Cockburn (The Rise of Islamic State) and Abdel Bari Atwan (Islamic State: The Digital Caliphate) discuss the rise of this ruthless new movement with Eleanor Mills of The Sunday Times.

CLASSIC LITERATURE

Arthur Miller At 100

HISTORY

The Bletchley Girls For the women of Bletchley Park, hunched over meaningless pieces of paper listening to transmissions for hours on end, war work was confusing, monotonous, meticulous – and highly confidential. Presenter and historian Tessa Dunlop, and two Bletchley veterans, share their extraordinary journeys into an adult world of secrecy, love and loss. They talk to the BBC’s Kirsty Lang.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 1.30-2.30pm £8

Penning some of the 20th century’s most renowned plays, Arthur Miller changed the course of American theatre. Friend and biographer Christopher Bigsby discusses his life and work in his centenary year.

Chaired by Sarah Churchwell.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2-3pm £8

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2-3pm £8 L108

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LIFESTYLE

Secret Gardens Of The Cotswolds The award-winning garden journalist Victoria Summerley offers a stunningly illustrated insider’s view of twenty of the Cotswolds’ most beautiful private gardens, created by some of the world’s leading contemporary designers.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 1.45-2.45pm £8 L105

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS HISTORY

The King’s Bed: Sex, Power and The Court Of Charles II Investigative journalists Don Jordan and Michael Walsh turn their eye to the thrilling history of Charles II’s debauched life.

Introducing key figures from his inner circle – court favourites and confidantes, ‘pimpmasters’ and pox doctors – they tell the compelling story of a king ruled by his passion.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 2-3pm £7

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The Times Explainers: The Middle East What would you like to know about the Middle East? With full-scale wars raging, issues affecting the Arab world can be complex. Newly returned from Beirut, Catherine Philp of The Times shares insights and answers your questions.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 3.30-4.30pm £7

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ART & DESIGN

HISTORY

The Doctor Won’t See You Now

The Museum Of The Missing: Searching For Stolen Works

Alison Weir: The Lost Tudor Princess

Amid mounting pressures, traditional family relationships with GPs are being eroded. Psychotherapist Jane Haynes and GP Martin Scurr – authors of Doctors Dissected – and neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan (It’s All In Your Head) examine the profession’s intimate nature and what society might lose as the GP’s role evolves.

Chaired by Peter Beresford, Professor of Social Policy at Brunel University London.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L110

Third only to drugs and guns as the world’s biggest criminal enterprise, art thefts cost billions each year. With little paper trail, how do you go about recovering lost works? Leading art detective Chris Marinello, journalist Catherine Hickley (The Munich Art Hoard) and Sotheby’s Director Philip Hook (Breakfast at Sotheby’s) delve into the art world’s shady underground with Will Gompertz.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4-5pm £8

Alison Weir reveals the story of the extraordinary life of the beautiful and tempestuous Margaret Douglas: a life spanning five Tudor reigns and packed with intrigue, drama and tragedy. Chaired by Caroline Sanderson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4-5pm £8 L114

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LIFESTYLE

The Book Of Spice Every kitchen contains a tin of cloves or a stick of cinnamon, every dish a pinch of something. From anise to zedoary, spices evoke the mystery of far-flung, exotic lands. Spice up your life with John O’Connell, as he reveals the hidden secrets of spices, from the medical to the magical.

CLASSIC LITERATURE

LOCALLY SOURCED

Spitfire: The Plane That Won The Battle Of Britain Without the tenacity and courage of key figures – from politicians to test pilots – there would have been no Spitfire, no Battle of Britain and no ultimate victory in 1945.

Historian and broadcaster Paul Beaver (Spitfire People) and Gloucestershire-born Air Transport Auxiliary veteran, 92 year-old Joy Lofthouse, join Allan Mallinson to explore the incredible human stories behind the iconic plane.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4-5pm £8

A Curious Friendship: The Story Of a Bluestocking and a Bright Young Thing Anna Thomasson recounts the intimate and unlikely friendship between the young Rex Whistler and Edith Olivier, whose home became a sanctuary for Siegfried Sassoon, Stephen Tennant, John Betjeman and Cecil Beaton. Chaired by Anita Sethi.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4-5pm £7

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4-5.30pm £15 L115 Ticket includes tea or coffee and spiced cake.

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

The Life Of Saul Bellow: To Fame And Fortune, 1915-1964 2015 marks the centenary of the birth of Nobel Prize-winner Saul Bellow, an author described by Philip Roth as ‘the backbone’ of American literature along with William Faulkner. Zachary Leader discusses the first volume of his ground-breaking biography with Sarah Churchwell.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 5.45-6.45pm £8

BUSINESS

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Annabel Karmel and Michelle Mone BBC News Business Editor Kamal Ahmed talks to top children’s nutritionist Annabel Karmel (Mumpreneur), and leading lingerie brand Ultimo founder Michelle Mone (My Fight to the Top). Having grown their business empires from scratch, the inspirational and globally successful duo reveal the stories behind their success and share essential advice for aspiring entrepreneurs on turning dreams into thriving enterprises.

EVENING

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.30-7.30pm £10

LIFESTYLE

Rick Stein Accompanying a major TV series, the muchloved chef traverses the Eastern Mediterranean in his new BBC book, From Venice to Istanbul, sharing experiences and recipes from this vibrant culinary melting pot. Chaired by Tim Hubbard.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 7-8pm £12 L120

L118 FICTION AT 7

Going The Distance What happens when life gets in the way of love? Anita Sethi talks to authors Kevin Maher (Last Night on Earth) and Sarah Moss (Signs for Lost Children) about their latest novels. They chart the journeys of two couples affected by physical and emotional separation, isolation and determination, the impacts threatening to irrevocably alter each relationship.

LOCALLY SOURCED

From Ice Floes To Battlefields: Scott’s ‘Antarctics’ In The First World War Historian Anne Strathie follows Scott’s men from their ill-fated South Pole expedition through to Antwerp, Ypres, Gallipoli, the Somme and Arctic Russia. As on the ice, not all survive, as she discusses with Allan Mallinson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6-7pm £7

ART & DESIGN

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Will Gompertz In his latest book Think Like an Artist, the BBC Arts Editor offers ten inspiring lessons we can learn from history’s greatest artists and gives you the tools to unlock your personal and professional creativity.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £8 L119

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8.15pm £10 Ticket includes a glass of wine.

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

ENTERTAINMENT

FICTION

Nemesis: One Man and The Battle For Rio

Dom Joly

Meera Syal

When Trigger Happy TV aired in 2000, Dom Joly became a celebrity overnight. He talks to Peter Guttridge about his rollercoaster ride through showbiz and presents his memoir Here Comes The Clown.

The actor and writer talks to Sathnam Sanghera about her long-awaited third novel, The House of Hidden Mothers: a tragicomic story of friendship, love and the lengths some women will go to have a child.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.30-9.30pm £10

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.45-9.45pm £12 L126

Investigative reporter Misha Glenny tells the story of a man who became head of a drug cartel, the king of the largest slum in Rio, and yet fought for welfare and justice in the favelas.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 7.30-8.30pm £8

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LIFESTYLE LOCALLY SOURCED

A Night Out For Knackered Mums From labour to the Breastapo, weaning to post-birth sex, nothing is off-limits for our panel of mothers who tell it like it is.

Journalist Tiffanie Darke, novelist Adele Parks and comedian Lucy Porter explore the truth about motherhood, sharing anecdotes and advice with editor Victoria Young. Put your darlings to bed, then come and unwind.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 7.30-10pm £20 L123 Ticket includes nibbles and drink on arrival.

You Heard It Here First SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Stargazing With Maggie Aderin-Pocock In an extraordinary year for space exploration, the renowned space scientist takes us on a guided tour of the universe, from what to see with the naked eye to setting up your own telescope.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.45-9.45pm £8 L125

Our popular open-mic session returns to the Festival, hosted by Caroline Sanderson.

Poetry, prose or fiction – bring along a five minute excerpt of your work to perform live on stage.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 9-11pm FREE L127 Submissions from 9pm with readings from 9.30-11pm.

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Inside Putin’s Russia

A Miracle Pill?

L137, 2-3pm We remain fascinated by Russia: the excess of its oligarchs; tales of corruption and propaganda; its swagger on the international stage and unnerving influence in Europe and its defiant, barechested leader who plays by his own rules.

Which way will Putin take Russia now?

What sort of country does it want to be – and what do Russians themselves want?

L148, 6.45-7.45pm The arrival of the contraceptive pill has been one of the great scientific gamechangers of the 20th century. We were interested in its ripple effects: in particular, how it has altered the shape of our economy and workforce, with women now climbing the professional ladder on their own terms and how it changed the balance and conduct of our relationships.

Daphne Selfe

A History Of Wine With Oz Clarke

L151, 7.30-8.30pm Now in her mid-eighties, Daphne Selfe is still as sought-after as she was in the 1950s. With recent campaigns for Vans and & Other Stories, she has proved that she still exudes a glamour and radiance that completely overshadows her younger counterparts. Daphne also appears in our Barbara Hepworth event on Tuesday, telling of her experiences posing nude for Hepworth.

L152, 7.30-10pm Oz Clarke is Britain’s best-loved wine writer. So what could be better than a scrumptious three course meal, with wines to match each course chosen by Oz himself? After dinner he’ll be discussing The History of Wine in 100 Bottles, so whether the wine sparkles or not, the conversation certainly will!

Tuesday 6 October

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MORNING Crosswords With The Times

DEFINING MOMENTS

DEFININgMOMENTS

Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am-12noon FREE L128 HISTORY

To Hell And Back: Europe, 1914-1949

ART & DESIGN

Tate Modern’s landmark exhibition explodes the traditional story of pop art.

Curator Flavia Frigeri reveals how pop was never just a celebration of western consumer culture but a subversive international language of protest.

In conversation with the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell, historian Ian Kershaw gives an account of Europe’s darkest days throughout the two World Wars. He examines what the horrifying events meant for the Europeans that lived through such fearful times and what they mean for us today.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11.30am-12.30pm £8

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 12noon-1pm £8 L132

The World Goes Pop

OUP’s Very Short Introductions: Dante David Robey examines the main themes and issues that run through all of Dante’s work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God and the order of the universe.

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am FREE L129

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EARLY AFTERNOON GERMANY

Franz Kafka: An Introduction Dickensian, Orwellian, Kafkaesque… few writers enter our language in such a powerful way. Kafka expert Carolin Duttlinger explores the life and work of one of the 20th century’s most influential authors. Introduced by Misha Glenny.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12noon-1pm £7

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NATURE

Bill Oddie Unplucked The face of birding broadcasting for over three decades muses on the wildlife he has encountered over the years – from noisy squadrons of parakeets over London gardens to Orcas in Argentina and Iceland.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12noon-1pm £8 L133

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Tuesday 6 October

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DEFINING MOMENTS

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LIFESTYLE

Honey & Co: Food From The Middle East Sumptuously spiced meats, big bunches of herbs and bread straight from the oven: let chef-patrons of London-based restaurant Honey & Co. Itamar Srulovich and Sarit Packer transport your taste buds to the Middle East, as you tuck into a fullflavoured lunch inspired by recipes from their new book Honey & Co: The Baking Book. Chaired by Anita Sethi.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 12.30-2.30pm £25 L134 Ticket includes a two course lunch.

ART & DESIGN

The Age Of Empire: Britain’s Imperial Architecture Accompanied by stunning images from his book, Country Life’s Editor at Large Clive Aslet celebrates the British Empire’s architectural legacy and the buildings that remain as awe-inspiring today as when they were first built.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2-3pm £8 L135

FAITH

Modern Muslim Britain Do those who purport to speak for all Muslims reflect the true voice of the faith, particularly among young people? What is the authentic voice of Muslim Britain and how can we understand it better? Join Abdul-Rehman Malik as he tackles these big issues with Sayeeda Warsi, journalist Navid Akhtar and artist Sarah Maple.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2-3pm £8

L136

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POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Inside Putin’s Russia As the Kremlin flexes muscles across Europe, we explore a country erupting with money and power, and embracing a new era of Soviet-style rule. Former chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov (Winter is Coming), The Economist’s Moscow Correspondent Arkady Ostrovsky (The Invention of Russia) and Peter Pomerantsev (Nothing is True and Everything is Possible) delve inside Russia with the BBC’s Kirsty Lang.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2-3pm £10 L137

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DEFINING MOMENTS

GERMANY

DEFININgMOMENTS

Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis Kafka’s 1915 novella of unexplained horror and nightmarish transformation became a worldwide classic. A century on, it continues to unsettle new generations and its influence can be traced through works

by Borges, Orwell, Cronenberg and Lynch.

Playwright and life-long fan Jeff Young and translators Joyce Crick and Ritchie Robertson explore the text’s power and numerous ‘mutations’ with Misha Glenny.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2.15-3.15pm £7

L138

LATE AFTERNOON

ART & DESIGN

Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture For A Modern World Chris Stephens, co-curator of Tate Britain’s current major retrospective of Hepworth’s work, Eleanor Clayton of The Hepworth Wakefield, contemporary artist Clare Woods and Daphne Selfe, who modelled for Hepworth, discuss the life and legacy of a very British artist who became a leading figure in the international modern art world. Chaired by the BBC’s Kirsty Lang.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4-5pm £8 L140

FICTION

Prue Leith The food writer and restaurateur-turned novelist presents the first in her new trilogy: The Food of Love: Laura’s Story, a tale of prejudice and passion, from Cotswolds farmland to society ballrooms.

Chaired by Bill Bingham.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 3.30-4.30pm £8

L139

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FAITH

The Aesthetics Of Religion Religious images and themes continue to permeate the work of artists across the globe. Author, critic and columnist Stephen Bayley and Lecturer in Sacred Traditions and the Arts at King’s College London Aaron Rosen (Art and Religion in the 21st Century) examine how religion in art has shaped society and why it is relevant today. Chaired

by Abdul-Rehman Malik.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L141

Tuesday 6 October

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ANCIENT WORLD

DEFININgMOMENTS

Sophocles: Live and Loud Discover the plays of Sophocles as they were meant to be heard. Oliver Taplin’s original and distinctive translation (Sophocles: Four Tragedies) conveys the poetry’s vitality and encourages us to relish the sound of the spoken verse. He and theatre critic Michael Billington (The 101 Greatest Plays: From Antiquity to the Present) discuss the works as showpieces, with dramatised readings.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.15-5.15pm £8

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HISTORY

The Mistresses Of Cliveden Cliveden has long been an intriguing emblem of elite misbehaviour and scandalous affairs. Relax over a delicious afternoon tea in our Spiegeltent, as Vogue writer and current mistress of Cliveden, Natalie Livingstone, traces the history of the house and its dynasty of remarkable women. Chaired by The Bookseller’s Caroline Sanderson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4-5.30pm £20 L142 Ticket includes afternoon tea with finger sandwiches.

FAITH

Grexit, Brexit and Beyond?

As Greece lurches from one bailout to the next and Britain contemplates life outside the EU, we discuss the stresses and strains at the heart of the European economy with our expert panel: Vicky Pryce (Greekonomics) Paul Wallace (The Euro Experiment) and The Sunday Times Economics Editor David Smith (Something Will Turn Up). Chaired by the BBC’s Paddy O’Connell.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.30-5.30pm £8

*These events have unreserved seating

Judas: The Troubling History Of The Renegade Apostle

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

L144

The name Judas has come to represent betrayal and human evil. Author Peter Stanford deconstructs the most vilified of Biblical characters. Was he the ultimate traitor, or ultimate scapegoat? He talks to Peter Guttridge.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 5.30-6.30pm £8

L145

Tuesday 6 October

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EVENING

DEFININgMOMENTS

HISTORY

The English and Their History

POETRY

Andrew Marr

Historian Robert Tombs presents a narrative of our ancient island nation and the formation of our identity, shaped as much by what we have chosen to remember as by what we have chosen to forget.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.15-7.15pm £8

The celebrated political commentator tells Britain’s epic history through its poetry in We British: The Poetry of a People. From our greatest poems to lesser known gems, he reveals what it is to be British.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.45-7.45pm £10

L146

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A Miracle Pill?

SPORT

Nigel Mansell One of Britain’s greatest F1 drivers looks back on his stellar career in Staying On Track. He reminisces on racing against Formula One legends, from Lauda to Schumacher, at a time of extreme risk to drivers.

The contraceptive pill is one of the great scientific game-changers of our time, with a societal impact as significant as its physical effect. Broadcaster Vivienne Parry, economist Vicky Pryce (It’s the Economy, Stupid), journalist Rowan Pelling, surgeon and Trust Me, I'm a Doctor presenter Gabriel Weston (Dirty Work) and author and journalist Bel Mooney (Lifelines) discuss how it has affected our lives and if society has really come to terms with it.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £8 L148

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.30-7.30pm £12 L147

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L149

Tuesday 6 October

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FICTION AT 7

LIFESTYLE

LIFESTYLE

First On The Scene

Daphne Selfe

Gripping, tense and terrifying, we take a look at two of this year’s hottest crime debuts. Join Radio 2’s Book Club producer Joe Haddow as he discusses plot twists and revelations with Clare Mackintosh (I Let You Go) and Ruth Ware (In A Dark, Dark Wood) in an event guaranteed to set pulses racing.

Daphne Selfe has been snapped by the world’s top fashion photographers and, even in her eighties, is still one of Britain’s most in-demand supermodels. She discusses her memoir, The Way We Wore, with Caroline Sanderson.

The History Of Wine With Oz Clarke

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8.15pm £10 Ticket includes a glass of wine.

L150

*These events have unreserved seating

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 7.30-8.30pm £8

L151

Robert Louis Stevenson said that wine is “bottled poetry”. As old as civilisation itself, its history is directly related to major social, cultural, religious and economic changes. Over a three-course dinner, Britain’s most popular wine writer Oz Clarke (The History of Wine in 100 Bottles) celebrates bottles that mark the evolution of winemaking. Chaired by Bill Bingham.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 7.30-10pm £50 L152 Ticket includes three course dinner with matched wines.

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SPORT

AP McCoy The world’s greatest jump jockey talks to The Times racing correspondent Alan Lee about his record-breaking career, revealing his darkest moments and most memorable triumphs, as recounted in his memoir Winner: A Racing Life.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.30-9.30pm £12 L153

FICTION

FICTION

Jesse Armstrong and Helen Lederer

An Evening With Mark Billingham and Chris Brookmyre

Peep Show and The Thick of It screenwriter Jesse Armstrong and actress and comedian Helen Lederer present their new novels Love, Sex and Other Foreign Policy Goals and Losing It. They share stories and anecdotes from their careers in comedy and reflect on the delights and challenges of shifting from screenwriting to comic fiction. Chaired by Alex Clark.

SPORT

Ben Cohen’s 2015 Rugby World Cup Review

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.45-9.45pm £8 L154

Two best-selling thriller writers turn their talents to cheap laughs and dirty stories; the angry letters from readers and the filthy backstage shenanigans. Expect very strong language and an extremely disturbing story about a chicken.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 9-10pm £8

The England rugby star discusses his memoir, Carry Me Home, with The Sunday Times rugby correspondent Stephen Jones. Drawing on his legendary 2003 performance, he gives his expert assessment of the World Cup action so far.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.45-9.45pm £10

L155

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L156

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A Feast Of Conversation

Breaking The Stained Glass Ceiling

L162, 12.30-2.30pm Welcome to a different sort of feast: The Feast of Conversation, with your host the pioneering thinker Theodore Zeldin.

Draw up a chair next to a perfect stranger, choose from a menu of conversational topics and set off on a dialogue of discovery. With a delicious menu of sharing platters to encourage conviviality, this unique experience may change you for ever!

L165, 2-3pm We’re delighted that one of the first female bishops to be appointed is the Bishop of Gloucester, Rachel Treweek, who makes history once again when she takes her seat in the House of Lords.

Marking this defining moment, she joins two other pioneering women in the Church to discuss the advances they’ve made and their long and patient campaign for change.

The Girl On The Train

60 Years Of Howl

L178, 6.45-7.45pm Paula Hawkins’ novel is the publishing phenomenon of 2015. It has sold millions of copies globally and holds the UK record of the first book since records began to score twenty number ones, overtaking Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. With a film on the horizon, the profile of book and author is only set to rise. Don’t miss!

L182, 7.30-10pm “I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked...”. Ginsberg’s poem of anguished protest, quite literally a howl against the conformism of the era, landed like a bombshell in 1950s America. 60 years on from that reading – hailed as the birth of the beat generation – we unleash the power of Howl in Cheltenham.

Wednesday 7 October

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MORNING Crosswords With The Times

DEFININgMOMENTS

Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am-12noon FREE L157

GERMANY

Angela Merkel and The Future Of Germany 2015 marks Angela Merkel’s 10th anniversary as Chancellor yet she remains an enigma to many. With Festival Guest Director Alexander Görlach, Head of the Alfred Herrhausen Foundation Thomas Matussek, MP Gisela Stuart, former BBC Europe Editor Mark Mardell and journalist Imke Henkel discuss Merkel’s first ten years in the position and examine what the next decade holds for Germany.

OUP’s Very Short Introductions: Water The stuff that pours from our taps, falls from the sky and dominates the planet’s surface has much more to it than you might think. John Finney introduces water’s surprising physical and chemical properties.

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am FREE L158

*These events have unreserved seating

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11.30am-12.30pm £8

TRAVEL

Michael Portillo’s Great Continental Railway Journeys L159

Armed with Bradshaw’s 1913 guide, and with his beautifully illustrated tie-in to the BBC2 series, Michael Portillo shares the excitement of journeying across Europe and arriving at magical cities by train.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 11.30am-12.30pm £10 L160

Wednesday 7 October

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EARLY AFTERNOON

LIFESTYLE

ANCIENT WORLD

A Feast Of Conversation

Dynasty: The Rise and Fall Of The House Of Caesar

Talking can bring us together more than it tears us apart. A conversation over lunch with a stranger can be more energising and inspiring than you might think. Theodore Zeldin (The Hidden Pleasures of Life) helps you find a new art of living. Chaired by Bill Bingham.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 12.30-2.30pm £25 Ticket includes sharing platter lunch and drink on arrival. Be prepared to sit with a stranger!

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Author and historian Tom Holland joins Andrew Holgate of The Sunday Times to explore the reign of the first five Roman emperors, whose deeds of murder, treachery, lust and greed still cast a mesmerising spell.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 1.45-2.45pm £8 L164 FICTION

FICTION

Whose Crime Is It Anyway?

Rosamund Lupton and Virginia Baily

A hot air balloon carrying authors Chris Brookmyre (Dead Girl Walking), Charles Cumming (A Colder War) and Tammy Cohen (First One Missing) is rapidly losing height: two face being hurled overboard to save it.

Arguing for survival, each present their case for their own beloved crime genre to avoid being voted out by the audience.

Chaired by James Long.

Two stories, two epic journeys, both set against extraordinary, atmospheric landscapes. Rosamund Lupton (The Quality of Silence) and Virginia Baily (Early One Morning) discuss their powerful narratives of emotional and physical displacement and the road to reconciliation in an event that will leave you awed and inspired.

Chaired by Alex Clark.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12noon-1pm £8

ART & DESIGN

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Simon Schama With an accompanying BBC series, The Face of Britain, and special displays at the National Portrait gallery, the art historian and prize-winning author explores Britain’s history through its portraits; from the Tudors to present day.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 1.30-2.30pm £8 L163

*These events have unreserved seating

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 1.45-2.45pm £8

Supported by Dead Good Books

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FICTION

JOURNALISM

The Times Defining Moments: Rotherham The award-winning journalist Andrew Norfolk of The Times spent three years investigating the Rotherham and Oxford child abuse scandals, exposing a devastating tangle of negligence and injustice. He gives a frank and compelling account of the process and the obstacles he faced along the way, in conversation with the lawyer and campaigner Nazir Afzal. Chaired by Peter Guttridge.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2-3pm £7

FAITH

Breaking The Stained Glass Ceiling In the year that the Church of England welcomes its first female Bishop, Steven Gale talks to three trailblazing women: new Bishop of Gloucester and first female bishop in the House of Lords Rachel Treweek, first chaplain to the British fashion industry Joanna Jepson (A Lot Like Eve) and Lucy Winkett, whose appointment as a Canon at St Paul’s Cathedral caused controversy.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2-3pm £8

L165

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Terry Wogan One of the nation’s best-loved personalities throughout a 40 year TV and radio career, Terry Wogan presents his first work of fiction, Those Were The Days: a collection of stories on loss, love and laughter.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 3.15-4.15pm £10 L168

DEFININgMOMENTS

DEFINING MOMENTS PSYCHOLOGY

Freedom Is Therapeutic?

Italy, 1978: the Basaglia Law sanctions the closure of psychiatric hospitals in an attempt to revolutionise mental health care. Drawing on the anti-psychiatry movement’s legacy, UCL head of psychology Peter Fonagy, historian John Foot (The Man Who Closed the Asylums) and former psychiatrist Linda Gask (The Other Side of Silence) discuss tackling mental health care today. Chaired by David Freeman.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4-5pm £7

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ART & DESIGN

Maggi Hambling: War Requiem and Aftermath One of Britain’s most distinguished and controversial artists, Maggi Hambling’s War Requiem installation stands as a bold testament to the absurdity of war. She discusses the project and her illustrious career with James Long.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L170

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

TRAVEL

My Family and Other Animals: A Celebration

British Isles: From Faeroes To FitzRoy

In what would have been Gerald Durrell’s 90th year, we look back on his life and celebrate the much-loved classic My Family and Other Animals. Gerald’s widow and director of the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Lee Durrell, nature writer Richard Kerridge (Cold Blood) and Simon Nye, who adapted it for ITV, talk to journalist Harry Eyres about this delightful book’s enduring appeal.

Join us for a light-hearted journey around the British Isles, exploring their geography, folklore, ruins and wildlife. Mathew Clayton (Lundy, Rockall, Dogger, Fair Isle) and geographer and broadcaster Nicholas Crane (Coast) explore the rare magic of these islands, with music from Malachy Tallack (Sixty Degrees North). Chaired by author and journalist Horatio Clare.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4-5.15pm £8

L171

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4-5.30pm £15 L173 Ticket includes tea or coffee and biscuits.

FICTION

Picador Proof Party Debut fiction writer Lisa Owens (Not Working), debut non-fiction writer Rebecca Loncraine (Skybound) and second novelist Anna Raverat (Lover) join the 2015 Bookseller Awards’ Editor of the Year Francesca Main for tea and chatter to preview their eagerly anticipated books to be published by Picador in 2016.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 4-5.30pm £15 Ticket includes tea or coffee, biscuits and a goody bag of limited edition proofs.

L172

BUSINESS

Will Hutton It would seem that the warnings of his bestselling The State We’re In have been justified. Sharply insightful, the political economist examines Britain’s economic future in How Good We Can Be. Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.30-5.30pm £8

*These events have unreserved seating

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FICTION

THE SUMMERFIELD EVENT

Get Graphic: The World In The Ultimate Guide To Words and Pictures Happiness

TRAVEL

Alexander Armstrong’s Arctic Adventure

Come and get your teeth stuck into this special event celebrating graphic novels, one of the fastest growing categories in book publishing today. Award-winning author Evie Wyld discusses her graphic memoir Everything is Teeth and Simon Grennan shares how he turned an Anthony Trollope novel into a visual masterpiece.

Chaired by Paul Gravett with live drawing from Joe Sumner.

Happiness has become the biggest idea of our age, a new religion dedicated to wellbeing. William Montgomery of TEN, the leadership consultancy that developed the happiness index, Anthony Seldon, who famously introduced well-being lessons at Wellington College (Beyond Happiness) and Rector of St James’s Piccadilly Lucy Winkett discuss the pursuit of this most elusive state.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.30-7.30pm £8

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.45-7.45pm £8

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Inanepic adventure ofa lifetime,the presenter navigates some of the Earth’s toughest terrain. Land of the Midnight Sun recounts his journey through the brutal but stunning Arctic landscape. Chaired by Fiona Lindsay.

L179

DEFININgMOMENTS

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 5-6pm £10 L175

EVENING FICTION

The Girl On The Train The Girl on the Train has been 2015’s runaway success story; the number one bestselling debut in the UK and 3 million copies sold worldwide. Paula Hawkins discusses her phenomenal novel.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £10 L178 POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Margaret Thatcher: Everything She Wants Author Charles Moore talks to Steven Gale about volume two of his landmark biography, providing an insight into the central, triumphal years of the Thatcher premiership, from the Falklands to the 1987 election.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6-7pm £8

L176

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BUSINESS

A Nudge In The Right Direction ‘Small changes can make a big difference’ is the theory behind the ‘nudge unit’ – aka Behavioural Insights Team – once a Government department, now a mutual joint venture. BIT Chief Executive David Halpern (Inside the Nudge Unit) and business guru Charles Handy (The Second Curve) examine how behavioural science can positively change a society. Chaired by James Long.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 7-8pm £10 L180

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ANCIENT WORLD

Ancient Poetry Unplugged Martial’s foul-mouthed epigrams lay bare the pretensions, addictions and cruelties of ancient Romans, while Ovid’s bitchy, sexy, heartbreaking poems in the voices of women from Greek and Roman myth are surprisingly modern. Gideon Nisbet (Martial: Epigrams) and Clare Pollard (Ovid’s Heroines) join Natalie Haynes with their new translations for a no-holdsbarred celebration of ancient voices that resonate through the ages.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8.15-9.15pm £8

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POETRY

60 Years Of Howl FICTION AT 7

The Brilliance Of Brevity Stuart Evers (Your Father Sends His Love), Rodge Glass (LoveSexTravelMusik) and D.J. Taylor (Wrote For Luck) examine the art and appeal of the short story and why so many authors turn to them. Chaired by The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Competition judge and Literary Editor, Andrew Holgate.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8.15pm £10 Ticket includes a glass of wine.

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7th October 1955: Allen Ginsberg gives the first public reading of Howl, the poem that would help jump-start the countercultural revolutions of the next decade, bringing the Beat Generation to national attention.

Steve Tromans & the Howl Band, Ginsberg’s friend and biographer Barry Miles (Allen Ginsberg) and poet Cecilia Knapp join David Freeman to celebrate this iconic night’s 60th anniversary.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 7.30-10pm £20 Ticket includes gin cocktail and nibbles.

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FICTION

Marian Keyes The internationally bestselling author and Sunday Times Style columnist returns with her latest novel The Woman Who Stole My Life, a modern fairytale about having the courage to go in search of a better life.

Chaired by Alex Clark.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.45-9.45pm £10

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ENTERTAINMENT

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman What makes an English breakfast – bacon or sausage? Is ballet or darts the most pointless pastime? And what on earth are we all here for? Presenters, comedians and Pointless quiz masters extraordinaire Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman tackle life’s biggest and seemingly impossible questions in their inimitable, charming and witty fashion.

TRAVEL LIFESTYLE

25 Dresses: Iconic Moments In Twentieth Century Fashion ‘Vintage King’ William Banks-Blaney, founder of WilliamVintage, showcases some of the dresses that defined a moment in fashion and tells the captivating stories behind them.

Malachy Tallack Live The singer-songwriter and author of 60 Degrees North plays some late night folk music inspired by his homeland, Shetland.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 9-10pm £8

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.45-9.45pm £8 L185

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Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 9-10pm £12 L187

THU 8 HIGHLIGHTS

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Breaking The Silence

Reporting The World

L198, 2-3pm Imagine a world without sound. Jo Milne had no such luxury: “I was born deaf due to Usher syndrome, so hearing birdsong and running water at the age of 40 was beyond words”. Amazingly, Jo has been to Glastonbury this year and is now discovering the joy of music. It’s an incredible and inspiring story, not to be missed.

L197, 2-3pm When Commissioning Editor Peter Hanington suggested that The World Tonight team should come to Cheltenham to discuss what they report, it seemed like an offer we couldn’t refuse. A BBC Radio 4 flagship programme for over four decades, we are joined by presenter Ritula Shah with reporters Jeremy Bowen and Lyse Doucet, who would like your help planning the next edition.

An A-Z of Literary Remedies

Henrietta Knight

L203, 4-5.30pm In a programming team of bibliophiles, we didn’t need much convincing of the fact that books can cure all ills. From jealousy to jetlag, a stubbed toe to being stood up, the brilliant bibliotherapists are on hand to prescribe the perfect literary tonic. We’ll be dropping by to see what they recommend to remedy postfestival blues...

L214, 8.30-9.30pm There won’t be a dry eye in the house among those with an appetite for sporting endeavour and a great love story. Best Mate won three consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups and never fell at a fence or hurdle. His trainer has written her life story with this incredible horse and her beloved husband, the hell-raising ex-champion jockey Terry Biddlecombe.

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MORNING Crosswords With The Times Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am-12noon FREE L188

OUP’s Very Short Introductions: Nuclear Physics Exploring key concepts, Frank Close explains how this area of physics brings the science of the stars to Earth and provides us with important applications, particularly in medicine.

TRAVEL

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Writers On The Move

Dave and Maggie: Power and Personality

James Attlee explored the psyche of a nation during his time as First Great Western’s Writer on the Train (Station to Station) and Veronica Henry (High Tide) was writer-in-residence on the Venice Simplon Orient Express. They explore how the act of travel inspires creativity with Horatio Clare, who traversed the world on container ships (Down to the Sea in Ships).

How do the personalities and personal lives of our politicians shape how they govern?

Isabel Oakeshott (Call Me Dave) and Kwasi Kwarteng (Thatcher’s Trial) examine the contrasting styles and characters of two successful leaders and take a look at the role of the political biographer. Chaired by Philip Collins of The Times.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 11.30am-12.30pm £7

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12noon-1pm £8 L193

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Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am FREE L189 HISTORY

Rewriting History?

AUSTRALIA

How does an historian write history? How to choose a subject, a style and a means of research? Historians Mary Beard (S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome) and Ruth Scurr (John Aubrey: My Own Life) examine with Peter Stothard (Alexandria: The Last Nights of Cleopatra) the hows and whys of confronting the past.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11.30am-12.30pm £8

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AUSTRALIA

Gallipoli: Australia’s Western Front Gallipoli is often regarded as central to Australia’s coming of age as a nation and retains huge cultural significance. Novelist Rachel Billington (Glory), Professor of Australian Studies at King’s College London Carl Bridge and the Imperial War Museum’s Peter Hart (Gallipoli) evaluate the mythology surrounding the campaign, its impact on WWI and its relevance to multicultural Australia today. Chaired by Steven Gale.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 12noon-1pm £8 L192

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Bill Granger’s Flavours Of Australia Savour a delicious antipodean-inspired lunch as chef Bill Granger takes us on a personal tour of his favourite Australian regions, experiences, restaurants and cellar doors. Chaired by food writer Pip McCormac.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 12.30-2.30pm £30 L194 Ticket includes two course lunch and drink on arrival.

Thursday 8 October

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HISTORY

JOURNALISM

Man Vs Myth

Reporting The World

When writing a biography of someone long dead, separating fact from fiction can be a challenge. How do you establish the truth behind stories and extract personality from the bare details of a life? Frank McLynn (Genghis Khan) and John Man (Saladin) reveal the process behind their own form of detective work with Natalie Haynes.

The team from BBC Radio 4’s flagship international news programme The World Tonight descends on the Festival to discuss the content of the next day’s edition – and ask your opinions too. Reporters Lyse Doucet and Jeremy Bowen, presenter Ritula Shah and Commissioning Editor Peter Hanington share fascinating insights from the world’s most troubled countries.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 1.30-2.30pm £8

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Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2-3pm £8 L197

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FICTION

Rachel Joyce The ever popular author joins The Bookseller’s Books Editor Cathy Rentzenbrink to celebrate her much loved characters from bestselling novels The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L199 HISTORY

The Silk Roads: A New History Of The World

PSYCHOLOGY

Breaking The Silence JOURNALISM

The Times My Hero: Matthew Parris and Owen Jones Describing Owen Jones as a ‘brave and brilliant voice of the Left’, Matthew Parris has revealed himself as an unexpected fan of The Establishment author and journalist.

This unlikely duo comes together for a discussion that promises to be lively, engaging and unpredictable.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2-3pm £8 L196

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In 2014, a major cochlear operation allowed Jo Milne to hear for the first time.

Accompanied by clips from her playlist, she is joined by author and former audiologist S J Watson as she describes her emotional journey catching up on a lifetime of sound and music.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2-3pm £8

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The balance of world power is shifting from the West, as the East takes centre stage in politics, commerce and culture. Peter Frankopan, historian at Oxford University, examines global economic forces and the eastern renaissance.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4-5pm £8

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The 2015 Wellcome Book Prize: The Iceberg Marion Coutts’ late husband, art critic Tom Lubbock, died from a tumour in the language centre of his brain. Her Wellcome Book Prize-winning memoir recalls the struggle to keep their family unit intact.

Chaired by Julia Wheeler.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4-5pm £7

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ENTERTAINMENT

An A-Z Of Literary Remedies

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue – The Best Of Forty Years

It is said that books cure all ills and the proof can be found in this ‘shelf-help’ session with bibliotherapists and authors of A Novel Cure, Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

Whether you have a stubbed toe or a case of the blues, they dispense literary prescriptions to revive your spirits over refreshments in our beautiful Spiegeltent.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4-5.30pm £15 L203 Ticket includes tea, coffee and cake.

Join the team of the most listened-to comedy programme on British radio as they celebrate more than forty years of being given silly things to do, accompanied from time to time by Colin Sell on the piano. With Graeme Garden, Barry Cryer, Tim BrookeTaylor, Tony Hawks and Jeremy Hardy. As heard on BBC Radio 4.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4.45-5.45pm £12 L205

FICTION

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Future Of The Left Following the party conference and as the Labour Party picks itself up from electoral defeat, The Times columnist Philip Collins, Labour leadership contender Liz Kendall, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna and author and Labour activist John O’Farrell debate the route back to power and ask whether the old labels of left and right now have any relevance. Chaired by Matthew Parris of The Times.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4-5pm £8

CLASSIC LITERATURE

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Bloomsbury Proof Party Editor-in-Chief of Bloomsbury Publishing, Alexandra Pringle, introduces her choice authors for 2016. Suzanne Joinson discusses her second novel The Photographer’s Wife, Holly Müller presents her debut novel My Own Dear Brother and prize-winning author of How I Live Now, Meg Rosoff, gives a preview of her first adult novel, Duck Zoo. Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 4.30-6pm £15 Ticket includes tea or coffee, biscuits and a goody bag of limited edition proofs.

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EVENING POETRY

Paul Muldoon The Pulitzer Prize-winner has been called ‘the most important English language poet born since the Second World War’. He talks to novelist Patrick Gale and reads from his new collection, One Thousand Things Worth Knowing.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6-7pm £8

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BUSINESS

Mary Portas: Shop Girl Growing up in 1970s Watford, money was tight and clothes were scarce, but good times were spent with her mother, Theresa.

When tragedy unexpectedly struck, a new chapter began and Mary, Queen of Shops was born...

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.15-7.15pm £10

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AUSTRALIA

Bush, Beach and Beer The iconic Australian ‘larrikin’ is legendary – author Kathy Lette claims that the blokes she grew up with were evolving backward into apes. Together with chef Bill Granger and Festival Guest Director Christos Tsiolkas, we take a lighthearted look at the preconceptions rife amongst Poms and Aussies, and ask whether the stereotypes still ring true. Chaired by Lee Randall.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.15-7.15pm £8 L208

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FICTION

BUSINESS

S J Watson

How To Write The Perfect Budget

The bestselling author of Before I Go To Sleep presents his latest psychological thriller Second Life: a disturbing and powerful exploration of double lives and the dark side of internet relationships.

Chaired by Chris Brookmyre.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.30-7.30pm £8

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Former Chancellors of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson and Alistair Darling are hardy veterans of The Budget process; economist and ex-Cabinet Secretary Gus O’Donnell a seasoned referee. They examine which principles must be followed, where concessions can be made and ask: when creating a perfect Budget, where does the Chancellor even begin? Chaired by Alice Thomson of The Times.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.45-7.45pm £10 L210

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In One Moment, Everything Changes

Bob Harris Known affectionately as ‘Whispering Bob’, he was the face of BBC 2’s live show The Old Grey Whistle Test. He shares stories from his latest memoir Still Whispering After All These Years.

How do you write the defining moment on which a plot hinges? The Bookseller’s Books Editor Cathy Rentzenbrink discusses this and other writing techniques with debut authors Laura Barnett (The Versions of Us) and Julia Rochester (The House at the Edge of the World).

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8.15pm £10 Ticket includes a glass of wine.

ENTERTAINMENT

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.15-9.15pm £10

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JOURNALISM

Åsne Seierstad The Norwegian journalist joins us to look back at The Bookseller of Kabul, her controversial account of Afghan family life. With Lee Randall, she discusses the repercussions of its publication on literary journalism.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8-9pm £8

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FICTION

SPORT

Henrietta Knight: Best Mate and Other Stories In the 200th year of horse racing at Cheltenham, we relive defining moments and unforgettable meets. Broadcaster Alice Plunkett interviews Henrietta Knight, trainer of legendary Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate, about her memoir Not Enough Time.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.30-9.30pm £8 L214

Robert Harris LIFESTYLE

Gizzi Erskine British chef and TV personality, Gizzi Erskine is taking the food world by storm.

Eat yourself happy in this glamorous Spiegeltent event with the culinary queen of style, as she presents her brand new book Gizzi’s Healthy Appetite, jam-packed with her favourite mouth-watering recipes.

Chaired by food writer Pip McCormac.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 7.45-10.15pm £35 Ticket includes two course dinner and drink on arrival.

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In this exclusive event, master storyteller Robert Harris returns to Cheltenham to launch the final volume of his Cicero trilogy, Dictator. Be amongst the first to get your hands on a signed copy of this longawaited novel, which encompasses some of human history’s most epic events, yet is also an intimate portrait of a brilliant, flawed and ultimately brave man.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8-9pm £22 L217 Ticket includes a signed copy of the book RRP £20.

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FICTION

The Sunday Times Must Read: Patrick Gale A Place Called Winter is loosely based on a real-life family mystery. The author joins Alex Clark to examine his breathtaking tale of self-discovery and to discuss the book on everyone’s lips this year.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8.30-9.30pm £8

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FRI 9 HIGHLIGHTS

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Julian Barnes

One Wild Song

L231, 4-5pm Inspired by Julian’s encounter with Moreau’s The Unicorn – described as the moment that he consciously began to look at pictures – we’ve been considering the transformative power of art and its ability to capture “the thrill of life”. We welcome one of Britain’s most brilliant writers to the Festival, as he reflects on a life spent looking at art.

L235, 4.45-5.45pm On reading Paul Heiney’s account of his voyage to Cape Horn following his son’s suicide, we asked Paul and his wife, Libby Purves, if they would allow us to weave excerpts from Nick’s writing together with Paul’s story. The result is a celebration of a life of extraordinary talent, as well as a testament to parental love.

New York Nights With Russell Norman

The Songs That Changed The World

L244, 7.30-10pm The dynamic and charismatic restaurateur Russell Norman (POLPO, Spuntino) has taken London by storm, but his heart belongs to the Big Apple. In a cool, New York-inspired evening of fabulous food, laid back jazz from the Dave Ferris quartet, readings and conversation, he takes us to the core of this incredible city.

L246, 8.15-9.15pm Our Defining Moments theme prompted discussions about the nature of change.

Top-down or bottom-up? Gradual or explosive? One thing went unquestioned: music’s power to mobilise, inspire and unite. From Billie Holiday’s haunting Strange Fruit, Bob Dylan’s urging The Times They Are A-Changin’ or the anger of Public Enemy’s Fight The Power, we explore the songs that have shaped our world.

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MORNING

DEFINING MOMENTS

DEFINING MOMENTS

Crosswords With The Times Make yourself comfy as The Times Crossword Editor Richard Rogan takes you through the mysteries of the day’s crossword puzzles with a helping hand or tantalising hint where needed!

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am-12noon FREE L218 PSYCHOLOGY

Dangerous Minds In July 2011, Anders Breivik shocked the world by killing 77 of his fellow Norwegians.

Award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad (One of Us) joins psychologist Kevin Dutton to present her account of the massacre, exploring how an individual mind becomes warped.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 11.30am-12.30pm £8

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FICTION

OUP’s Very Short Introductions: The Ice Age In an era of warming climate, the study of the ice age is more important than ever.

Jamie Woodward explains the environmental shifts that took place during the Quaternary ice age.

Montpellier Gardens, Feast Café Bar 11am FREE L219

Alzheimer’s: In Fact and Fiction Alzheimer’s is one of the most challenging diseases of our time. But how does its portrayal influence perception? Can fictional representations help us understand the experiences of sufferers and their families? Authors Lisa Genova (Still Alice) and Elaine Proctor (The Savage Hour) and Tim Parry, Head of Communications at Alzheimer’s Research UK, explore the topic. Chaired by Nicolette Jones.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11am-12noon £8

*These events have unreserved seating

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HISTORY

The Great British Dream Factory From The Beatles to Damien Hirst and The X Factor, Britain’s popular culture has superpower status, according to social historian Dominic Sandbrook. He explores our small country’s big contribution to the modern imagination.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 11.45am-12.45pm £8

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Friday 9 October EARLY AFTERNOON

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ENTERTAINMENT

The Archers: How Not To Lose The Plot 65 years of complex plot lines, a host of interrelated characters and millions of obsessive followers. The team responsible for this cherished British institution – agricultural expert Graham Harvey, archivist Camilla Fisher, editor Sean O’Connor and writer Joanna Toye – take us behind the scenes.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12noon-1pm £8 L223

LOCALLY SOURCED

Cheltenham Festivals First Story Showcase Come and be inspired, as we celebrate young creative writers. Rapper and poet Shauna O’Briain (MC Angel) opens the event in explosive style and local students share highlights from anthologies created through Cheltenham Festivals’ Education programme.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 1.30-2.30pm £2

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Supported by The Hitchins Family Trust within the Gloucestershire Community Foundation and the Wates Foundation

HISTORY

Beyond Suffrage LIFESTYLE

Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall For writer, broadcaster and Fish Fight campaigner Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, sustainability has always been at the heart of his back-to-basics philosophy. This twocourse lunch invites you to try some imaginative and delicious recipes from his new book, Love Your Leftovers. Chaired by Steven Gale.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 12.30-2.30pm £30 L224 Ticket includes two course lunch and drink on arrival.

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Broadcaster Anita Anand (Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary) and author Laura Bates (Everyday Sexism) explore milestones in the evolution of the fight for women’s rights, from domestic policy to political representation and professional inequality. Chaired by broadcaster Libby Purves.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 12.45-1.45pm £8

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UNLOCKING TALENT, ENRICHING LIVES AND ILLUMINATING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES SHAPE AND DRIVE OUR YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMMES FOR SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. FIND OUT MORE AT CHELTENHAMFESTIVALS.COM/ EDUCATION

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Naturalists In Paradise

DEFININgMOMENTS

CLASSIC LITERATURE

150 years ago, three English naturalists travelled to Amazonia in pursuit of scientific knowledge. From fearful rapids to murder attempts, explorer and former director of the Royal Geographical Society John Hemming recalls their adventures.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 1.30-2.30pm £7

Thinking Inside The Box: Books Behind Bars From Cervantes to Oscar Wilde, Mandela to the modern inmate, the written word has proven to be a lifeline for those behind bars. Novelist and prison tutor Sarah Leipciger, journalist Ann Walmsley (The Prison Book Club) and ex-prisoner Noel ‘Razor’ Smith (The Criminal Alphabet) explore the enduring connection between creative writing and incarceration with literary historian John Sutherland.

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Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 3.30-4.30pm £7

GERMANY

Reunification: 25 Years On

ENTERTAINMENT

Dennis Potter Controversial and brilliant, Dennis Potter attracted huge audiences with groundbreaking work such as Pennies from Heaven. Producer Kenith Trodd (The Singing Detective), dramatist Peter Bowker (Marvellous), director Piers Haggard (Pennies from Heaven) and Potter’s editor John Williams (The Art of Invective) discuss the state of British TV drama today. Chaired

by Maggie Brown of The Guardian.

LATE AFTERNOON

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On November 9th 1989, the world watched as the Berlin Wall was torn down. After the euphoria, the true road to reunification began. The Wall Jumper author Peter Schneider, historian Hester Vaizey (Born in the GDR) and The Times former Berlin Correspondent Roger Boyes discuss the impact and effects, both anticipated and unforeseen, of reuniting the country.

Chaired by the BBC’s Caroline Wyatt.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2.45-3.45pm £8

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2-3pm £8 L228

L229 ART & DESIGN

Julian Barnes The Man Booker Prize-winning writer and art enthusiast talks to broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor about Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art. Focusing chiefly on French artists, he traces art’s journey from Romanticism to Realism and into Modernism.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4-5pm £10 L231

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FICTION

FINING MOMENTS

DEFININgMOMENTS

John Banville The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea and Ancient Light is back with his new novel The Blue Guitar: a witty yet shattering work about the intricacies of artistic creation and theft. Chaired by Peter Stothard.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4-5pm £8

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PSYCHOLOGY

One Wild Song Following the death of his son from suicide, Paul Heiney sailed 18,000 miles to Cape Horn to understand the ways of the sea which his son had so eloquently expressed in his own writings. With Nicolette Jones, he recounts that voyage, with music and excerpts from his son’s prose and poetry.

LIFESTYLE AUSTRALIA

Australia’s Children: The Lucky Country?

Migration has shaped Australia’s history, especially the movement of children: from the assimilation policies of white Australia resulting in the Stolen Generations to the Child Migrants Programme and ‘Ten Pound Poms’. Founder of the Child Migrants Trust Margaret Humphreys, human rights barrister Geoffrey Robertson and Festival Guest Director Christos Tsiolkas explore the legacy of migration in Australia with Steven Gale.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4-5pm £8 L233

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Tea and Antiques With Marc Allum Is there cash in your collectibles, or is your treasure just trash? Bring in your small antiques and, over tea and cake in the fabulous Spiegeltent, join the Antiques Roadshow’s miscellany expert Marc Allum (Allum’s Antiques Almanac 2015) for a live valuation session.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4-5.30pm £20 L234 Ticket includes tea, coffee and cake.

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.45-5.45pm £10

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LOCALLY SOURCED

The Dark Side Of Town With crime novels based in Cheltenham and Brighton, local author Kim Fleet (Paternoster) and Peter Guttridge (The Devil’s Moon) explore how backdrop intrinsically shapes a novel and reveal how their surroundings have inspired them to create these thrilling suspense stories.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 5-6pm £7

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EVENING

HISTORY

Stalin’s Englishman: The Lives Of Guy Burgess

FAITH

The Bible: A User’s Guide Author A. N. Wilson (The Book of the People) and novelist and broadcaster Rhidian Brook discuss the Bible’s relevance and resonance in today’s secular society.

Exploring the Good Book as a work of literature and guidance, they reveal to the BBC’s religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt how it has informed their own lives and shaped their world view.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6-7pm £8

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Louche, unreliable and often unemployable, Guy Burgess nonetheless gained the confidence of the British Establishment.

Andrew Lownie, with editor Rupert Lancaster, draws on thirty years of research and never-before-seen interviews to construct a fascinating picture of the notorious Cambridge spy.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6.30-7.30pm £8

L239 FICTION

DEFINING MOMENTS

Tony Parsons The Sunday Times number one bestselling author of The Murder Bag presents the second instalment of his Max Wolfe series, The Slaughter Man. He discusses his move to crime fiction and thoughts on the genre with Mark Lawson.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.45-7.45pm £10

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Supported by Dead Good Books LIFESTYLE

Nigella Lawson

JOURNALISM

Love, Paul Gambaccini Arrested in 2013 under Operation Yewtree, the veteran broadcaster spent 12 months on police bail slandered and unable to work. He joins Libby Purves to give his account of the witch hunt he endured and the successful fight to clear his name.

Jay Rayner interviews the bestselling food writer whose popular TV series have made her a household name. She talks about her new collection of recipes to make our lives easier in her latest cookbook, Simply Nigella: Feel Good Food.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.30-7.30pm £16 L240

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.15-7.15pm £10 L238

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FICTION AT 7

Creating An Atmosphere Claire Fuller (Our Endless Numbered Days) and Sarah Leipciger (The Mountain Can Wait) have both set their debut novels in bleak, atmospheric landscapes so powerfully described that they become as intrinsically important as the characters themselves. Carys Bray joins them to explore how they embarked on these compelling and beautifully written stories.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 7-8.15pm £10 Ticket includes a glass of wine.

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O Sing Unto The Lord

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DEFINING MOMENTS

AUSTRALIA

ENTERTAINMENT

Christos Tsiolkas

The Songs That Changed The World

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Composer Andrew Gant, Rector of St James’s Piccadilly Lucy Winkett and the Cheltenham College Chapel Choir chart how England’s church music has followed the contours of history, politics and culture.

Hear works by composers such as Thomas Tallis, Orlando Gibbons and John Ireland sung in the beautiful surroundings of the Chapel. Chaired by Christopher Cook.

Cheltenham College Chapel * 7.30-9.30pm £15 L243 This event will include a 30 minute interval.

LIFESTYLE

New York Nights With Russell Norman Start spreading the news – the city that never sleeps is coming to a Spiegeltent near you. Inspired by his new culinary adventure Spuntino, the famed POLPO restaurateur Russell Norman hosts a New York night of jazz, dinner and readings inspired by the Big Apple, with live music from the David Ferris Quartet. Come and be a part of it! Compèred by David Freeman.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 7.30-10pm £50 L244 Ticket includes three course dinner and drink on arrival.

*These events have unreserved seating

Festival Guest Director Christos Tsiolkas talks to broadcaster Sarfraz Manzoor about the lasting impact of The Slap, his controversial examination of family life in Australian suburbia, and his incendiary new collection of stories, Merciless Gods.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8-9pm £8

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Of Pete Seeger’s We Shall Overcome, Bruce Springsteen remarked “once you heard this song you were prepared to march into hell’s fire”. Queen of Folk and Pete’s half-sister, Peggy Seeger, journalist Dorian Lynskey (33 Revolutions Per Minute) and acclaimed soul singer Carleen Anderson join James Walton to explore the protest songs that have inspired movements and altered history.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.15-9.15pm £10 L246

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AUSTRALIA

Alexandra Shulman

The Justice Game

The Editor of British Vogue presents her latest novel The Parrots, a tale of money, morality and menace. She is joined by The Times Fashion Director, Anna Murphy.

Join eminent QC Geoffrey Robertson for an evening of insights into the events that have shaped his life and the many iconic moments of his extraordinary career, in a one-man show full of intellectual larrikinism.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8.45-9.45pm £8

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 9-10pm £8

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ENTERTAINMENT

Nick Frost “If I’m going to tell the story of my life, then I need to tell it warts and all.” The muchloved actor and writer chats to Edith Bowman about his funny and movingly honest memoir, Truths, Half Truths and Little White Lies.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.45-9.45pm £12 L249 POETRY

George The Poet Festival Guest Director George the Poet has taken the poetry and music worlds by storm with his street-savvy verse. In this exclusive performance, he blends powerful social commentary with new material and work from his first collection Search Party.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.45-9.45pm £8 L248 In partnership with Black History Month

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SAT 10 HIGHLIGHTS

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Millie Mackintosh

Atul Gawande: Being Mortal

L251, 10-11.30am Millie Mackintosh burst onto our screens in the hit reality TV show Made in Chelsea. We are delighted to welcome her to the Festival, where over brunch she will discuss clean eating, her style secrets and insider tricks of the trade.

Join us for a morning of delicious food and chat that is sure to leave you glowing inside and out.

L260, 2.15-3.15pm Atul Gawande blew us away with his BBC Reith Lectures. Voted one of Prospect Magazine’s top ten world thinkers, the rock star doctor has been tackling the issues that we find hardest to face. In particular, that we recognise the limits of medicine and accept that the sanctity of life includes a ‘good death’.

Antony Sher

Man Booker Day

L266, 4.15-5.15pm It’s been a remarkable year for Antony Sher: fresh from an acclaimed performance in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman and now preparing to take on King Lear in 2016. We welcome the legendary actor on a rare break from the rehearsal room to discuss his incredible career and playing one of Shakespeare’s greatest comic creations, the roguish Falstaff.

Man Booker Reception: L257, 12.30-2pm The Cheltenham Booker 1915: L264, 2.45-4pm Man Booker Prize Shortlist: L271, 4.45-6pm Our partnership with Man Booker is something we are incredibly proud of, as we host shortlisted authors of the most prestigious literary prize in the world.

Our two Man Booker events promise sparkling conversation and the Cheltenham Booker re-engages us with the classics.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Future Of Our Lives Online

LIFESTYLE

Millie Mackintosh Two years ago, the Made in Chelsea star decided to overhaul her life and diet, going from unhealthy and ‘skinny fat’ to strong, healthy and confident. Join Millie for brunch as she discusses her gorgeous new book, MADE: A book of style, food and fitness, sharing insider tips and ideas from leading nutritionists, make-up artists, fitness trainers and fashion designers.

As we continue to push the boundaries of what the Internet can do for us, how can we maximise capabilities and minimise threats? Cyber Security Challenge UK CEO Stephanie Daman, Andrew Keen (The Internet Is Not the Answer) and founder of Young Rewired State Emma Mulqueeny debate what the future holds. Chaired by BBC Security Correspondent Gordon Corera (Intercept).

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 10-11.30am £20 Ticket includes brunch.

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11am-12noon £8

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JOURNALISM

Robert Peston Meets Nick Robinson

FICTION

Jane Smiley Festival Guest Director and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres introduces Golden Age, the concluding volume of her epic and compelling trilogy, The Last Hundred Years, spanning a century in America. Chaired by Alex Clark.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 10.30-11.30am £8

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Günter Grass: A Tribute The 1959 publication of The Tin Drum was a landmark moment in the development of European magical realism and established Grass as one of Germany’s most revered yet controversial novelists. In the year of his death, friend and author Salman Rushdie, writer Ulrike Draesner and academic Karen Leeder pay tribute to the Nobel Prize winner. Chaired by Anne McElvoy.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 12.15-1.15pm £8

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The BBC’s Political Editor Nick Robinson (Election Notebook) was discharged from hospital just hours before the May election results. He and fellow broadcaster Robert Peston reflect on the personal and political battles of the past year.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12.15-1.15pm £12 L255

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

Anthony Trollope Ranked alongside Austen and Dickens as one of the most beloved writers of the 19th century, Anthony Trollope’s literary legacy continues to capture and entertain audiences to this day. In his bicentenary year, biographer Victoria Glendinning (Trollope), descendent and novelist Joanna Trollope, Festival Guest Director Jane Smiley and MP and Trollopian Alan Johnson celebrate his remarkable life and work.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 1-2pm £10 Supported by the Trollope Society

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The Art Of Being Human

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Adventures in Human Being by GP Gavin Francis is a meditation on literary, artistic, cultural and clinical representations of the body. In Defining Beauty, British Museum curator Ian Jenkins considers how Greek sculpture used the human form to convey character and meaning. Together with Adam Rutherford, they explore how the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12.30-1.30pm £8

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AGE 10+

Hitler and Me With Michael Morpurgo and Judith Kerr FICTION

Man Booker Reception An exclusive opportunity to hear first-hand from Man Booker shortlisted authors in this relaxed and exclusive setting. Enjoy a glass of bubbles and sparkling conversation to match, as they tell us about the books that define them.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 12.30-2pm £20 Ticket includes a glass of sparkling wine.

The award-winning authors discuss their writing with Nicolette Jones in this unique event. Michael’s novel An Eagle in the Snow is based on the extraordinary story of Henry Tandey, who nearly shot Hitler in WWI. Judith’s trilogy Out of the Hitler Time begins with When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, recounting her family’s escape from Nazi Germany. She also gives a sneak preview of her new book.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 12.45-1.45pm £8 LB62

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FICTION

Victoria Hislop The bestselling author of The Island and The Thread chats about her latest novel The Sunrise: a story of family, love and loss during one of Cyprus’ most turbulent times.

Let yourself be transported to the places that inspire Victoria’s writing with a delicious lunch full of the flavours of Greece and Cyprus. Chaired by Lucy Atkins.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 1-3pm £30 Ticket includes two course lunch and drink on arrival.

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POETRY CLASSIC LITERATURE

Wendy Cope SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Being Mortal A leading thinker on the philosophy of healthcare, surgeon Atul Gawande argues that when it comes to end-of-life care, modern medicine does not always have the answers. He discusses progress and failure with the BBC’s Adam Rutherford.

The much-loved poet lends her sharp eye for human foibles and wry sense of humour to a new collection. Life, Love and The Archers showcases her best essays, recollections and reviews, both serious and light-hearted.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2.30-3.30pm £10

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Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2.15-3.15pm £10 L260

The Cheltenham Booker: 1915 James Walton and panellists Victoria Glendinning, Andrew Lownie, Selina Hastings, Alan Judd and Robert McCrum discuss the merits of The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan), The Good Soldier (Ford Madox Ford), Of Human Bondage (Somerset Maugham), Psmith, Journalist (P. G. Wodehouse) and The Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf), and decide which would have triumphed if the Man Booker Prize had existed in 1915.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2.45-4pm £8 L264

FICTION

Write Honourable Members What makes a politician put pen to paper and produce a novel? Academics Nicola Allen and Aidan Byrne delve into this unusual but distinctive genre and reveal the truth about our honourable friends’ secret fantasies. They are joined by bestselling author Michael Dobbs (House of Cards), The Times Literary Editor Robbie Millen and broadcaster and journalist Anne McElvoy.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 2.30-3.30pm £8

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Dedicated to the memory of Ion Trewin.

FICTION

Salman Rushdie One of the greatest modern writers discusses Two Years, Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights. Inspired by Eastern ‘wonder tales’, he blends history, mythology and a timeless love story in an age of unreason. Chaired by Mark Lawson.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 2.45-3.45pm £10

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LATE AFTERNOON

FICTION

Celebrate… With Alexander McCall Smith Pamela Armstrong chats to the internationally renowned author and we raise a glass to his indomitable success across his immense publishing catalogue.

In this exclusive event we celebrate ten years of Alexander’s protagonist, Isabel Dalhousie, amateur sleuth and philosopher who uses her training to solve the most unusual of mysteries in his bestselling series, The Sunday Philosophy Club.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 3-4.15pm £20 Ticket includes a glass of sparkling wine.

CLASSIC LITERATURE

FICTION

Antony Sher

Melvyn Bragg

The leading actor talks to theatre critic Libby Purves about the Year of the Fat Knight: The Falstaff Diaries, an in-depth account of performing the iconic role and a unique portrait of the RSC at work.

In his new novel Now is the Time, the broadcaster and author brings vividly to life the Peasants’ Revolt of 1381 – the biggest rebellion in English history.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4.15-5.15pm £12 L266

DEFININgMOMENTS Germany: Trauma and Memory How have different generations processed memories of Germany’s darkest hour? What does it mean to be a young German today?

Festival Guest Director Alexander Görlach, Hanns and Rudolf author Thomas Harding (The House by the Lake), writer Ulrike Draesner (At the Edge of the World) and leading scholar Nicholas Stargardt (The German War) talk to the BBC’s Caroline Wyatt.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4.30-5.30pm £8

*These events have unreserved seating

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FICTION

GERMANY

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Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.30-5.30pm £8

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The Borough Press Proof Party Borough Press present their choice authors for 2016. Louisa Young, author of My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, returns with the latest in her stunning 20th century chronicle Devotion, Joanna Cannon presents her amazing debut The Trouble with Goats and Sheep and Susie Steiner brings along her literary thriller Missing, Presumed. Chaired

by The Times Books Writer Fiona Wilson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4.30-6pm £15 Ticket includes tea or coffee, biscuits and a goody bag of limited edition proofs.

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AGE 9+

Once Upon A Time Jane Ray’s stunning illustrations of many of our best-loved stories have gained worldwide acclaim. Her new book, Heartsong, is inspired by Vivaldi. Vivian French’s The Most Wonderful Thing in The World is a gently satirical fairy story for our times. Award-winning writer Sally Gardner’s Tinder is inspired by a classic Hans Christian Andersen tale. Explore the enduring power of fairytales with them.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 5.30-6.30pm £5

FICTION

Louis de Bernières The bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin introduces his magnificent new novel The Dust that Falls from Dreams, dealing with the challenges of those left behind during the Great War. Chaired by Damian Barr.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4.45-5.45pm £8 L270 FICTION

The 2015 Man Booker Prize Shortlist As part of our Man Booker Day, The Times Literary Editor Robbie Millen talks to authors shortlisted for The 2015 Man Booker Prize, the winner of which is announced only three days later on Tuesday 13 October. Join some of the most exciting names in contemporary fiction, as they discuss their acclaimed novels, including selected readings.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.45-6pm £10

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AGE 14+

X Rated Well-known for producing controversial and hard-hitting novels such as Junk and Doing It, Melvin Burgess is regarded as one of the foremost writers of young-adult literature.

He joins Inaugural YA Book Prize-winner Louise O’Neill to explore her new novel Asking For It and Andy Mulligan, author of Trash, to talk about his new novel Liquidator, featuring teenage whistleblowers.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 5.45-6.45pm £6

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EVENING HISTORY

A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals Of Jean Lucey Pratt In April 1925, Jean Lucey Pratt began a journal and continued writing for sixty years. Journalist and editor of Jean’s work Simon Garfield presents this unique and detailed chronicle of living through the 20th century.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6.30-7.30pm £8

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AUSTRALIA

Peter Carey: The Sunday Times Award For Literary Excellence The two-time Booker Prize-winner for Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang is this year’s recipient of the coveted The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence. Presenting his latest novel Amnesia, a dark, funny but profound story of Australia, America and the cyber underworld, he reflects on his career with The Sunday Times Chief Fiction Reviewer Peter Kemp.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 6.45-7.45pm £10 L273

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TRAVEL

GERMANY

Bill Bryson: Back In Blighty

Berlin: Portrait Of A City

Twenty years on from Notes from a Small Island, the much-loved travel writer returns with The Road to Little Dribbling. Prepare to laugh out loud as he shares Britain’s best and worst with Mark Lawson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.45-7.45pm £16 L274

Divided in 1961, reunited in 1989, Berlin has become Europe’s most vibrant melting-pot of artists, immigrants and entrepreneurs.

Three key Berliners: The Wall Jumper author Peter Schneider (Berlin Now), travel writer and filmmaker Rory MacLean (Berlin: Imagine a City) and founder of the cult blog iHeartBerlin Frank Schröder pay homage to their fascinating city. Chaired by Fiona Wilson.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 7-8pm £7

DEFININgMOMENTS POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Radio Times Debate: The Future Of The BBC Can the BBC survive its critics? As charter renewal looms in 2016, questions have been raised about the role of the BBC in public life. Author and broadcaster Melvyn Bragg, the BBC’s Director of Strategy and Digital James Purnell, critic and author Charlotte Higgins (This New Noise) and journalist Anne McElvoy examine the future of one of Britain’s most enduring cultural institutions.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 7-8pm £8

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LIFESTYLE

Dinner With John Torode POETRY

The UK All Stars Poetry Slam!

Expect bardic bravado and virtuoso verse as a bubbly bevy of performance poets aims to woo your hearts and hearing parts in a cut-and-thrust contest to become the nation’s poetic luvvy! Recumbent rocker Elvis McGonagall and heavenly hostess Sara-Jane Arbury keep order as random judges mark the quality of the writing, performances and response from the applaudience.

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre 7.30-10pm £7 L277 The bar will be open and there will be an interval of 20 minutes.

To enter, contact Sara-Jane on 07814 830031 or email sjarbury@gmail.com

We all know John Torode as The Masterchef; tasting, correcting and encouraging as contestants hang on his every word. In My Kind of Food, he offers a personal glimpse into his own kitchen, away from the cameras. He reveals the food he cooks at home and the recipes that reflect the things he loves in life. Chaired by Charlie Gladstone.

Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 8-10.30pm £50 Ticket includes three course dinner and drink on arrival.

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HISTORY

They All Love Jack: Busting The Ripper Withnail and I director Bruce Robinson has been on Jack the Ripper’s trail for twelve years, exposing a cover-up that enabled this brutal murderer to elude justice. He recounts his gripping quest and its outcome.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8.30-9.30pm £8

ENTERTAINMENT

Marcus Brigstocke: Why The Long Face?

Marcus Brigstocke was born with a long face and now there's UKIP and Putin and being single and Islamic State and George Osborne and Paul Dacre of the Daily bastard Mail and tax dodging corporations and the bloody election and did he mention being single? Join the comedian for an evening of laughter and lamenting.

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Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 9-10.30pm £16 ENTERTAINMENT

Chrissie Hynde

HISTORY

Max Hastings The writer and historian examines World War II espionage in The Secret War: Spies, Ciphers and Guerrillas 1939-45. Bringing together accounts from every side, he reveals the underground war often waged far from the battlefields.

The lead singer of the Pretenders presents Reckless, one of the most evocative and honest music memoirs to be published in years. The star joins Stuart Maconie as she talks about her exceptional career and the inspiration behind her music.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.45-9.45pm £12 L281

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 8.30-9.30pm £8 L280

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Reimagining Shakespeare L285, 10.30-11.30am Almost 400 years since his death, Shakespeare’s influence on generations of writers, actors and artists is unrivalled. As we approach next year’s anniversary, it’s a thrill to bring together leading authors and directors to look at some of the most exciting contemporary interpretations of the Bard’s work and gain an insight into the creative process behind the retellings.

The Theatre of War L306, 4.45-5.45pm We are thrilled to welcome Bryan Doerries and his ground-breaking Theatre of War project to Cheltenham.

The New York-based director presents readings of Sophocles’ Ajax and Philoctetes, using the power of these ancient words to explore psychological and physical wounds of war, providing a safe space for healing and discussion.

With performances by leading actors including Jason Isaacs.

The Cheltenham Lecture: Niall Ferguson L293, 1-2pm Every year our key lecture brings a leading thinker to Cheltenham for an informative and entertaining exposition on a topic of global significance. One of our greatest historians discusses his masterpiece: a sweeping reappraisal of the controversial American statesman, Henry Kissinger. This event previews our American focus for 2016, just before the race for the White House reaches its conclusion.

In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom L310, 6.30-7.30pm We’ve been thinking about how change occurs when an individual speaks out against the state and others follow. What must it be like to live under the spell of a totalitarian regime? We’ve asked dissident and activist Yeonmi Park, who grew up believing that Kim Jong-il could read her thoughts, to reveal the reality of life in North Korea.

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MORNING

CLASSIC LITERATURE

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Marcus Brigstocke’s Big Sunday Brunch Back by popular demand! Relax over a delicious breakfast while comedian Marcus Brigstocke and friends review the week’s big news stories, as told by the Sunday papers. You won’t find anything more topical, as they tear through the tabloids, bash the broadsheets and unravel the spin behind the headlines. Line-up to be announced – visit cheltenhamfestivals.com Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 10-11.30am £20 Ticket includes full English breakfast.

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Reimagining Shakespeare: Tracy Chevalier, Iqbal Khan and Jane Smiley Shakespeare’s works have been performed and read worldwide and reinterpreted for every new generation. Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres, based on King Lear, Tracy Chevalier, whose forthcoming retelling of Othello is part of the VINTAGE Hogarth Shakespeare project and Iqbal Khan, the RSC’s 2015 Othello director, discuss the creative process behind each retelling.

Chaired by Libby Purves.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 10.30-11.30am £8 L285

Step Into Style Your opportunity to take part in a unique behind-the-scenes experience, hosted by The Sunday Times Style Editor Jackie Annesley. Join the Style team for a glamorous day of fashion, fun, beauty and lifestyle advice, all in the luxurious surroundings of Cheltenham’s hottest venue – Lucky Onion’s No 131.

POETRY

Writers On Writers: What W.H. Auden Can Do For You Bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith reveals why he regards Auden as not only the greatest literary discovery of his life but also the best guide on how to live.

Chaired by Jane Bailey.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 10.15-11.15am £8

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Enjoy a delicious lunch prepared by the talented No 131 team and meet milliner to royalty and the stars Philip Treacy, in conversation with Style Fashion Editor Claudia Croft. Find out what lies ahead from renowned astrologer Shelley von Strunckel, take stock of your winter wardrobe with Style Magazine’s Wardrobe Mistress Pandora Sykes and join dating consultants Cosmo Landesman and Dolly Alderton for a hilarious live confessional. For more information and booking details see cheltenhamfestivals.com No 131, The Promenade, Cheltenham, GL50 1NW 11.30am-3pm

JOURNALISM

Robert Peston’s Sunday Spiel What would BBC Economics Editor Robert Peston really say about inequality, globalisation and the mess in the West if it wasn’t Huw Edwards’ job to shut him up?

Come along and find out...

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 10.45-11.45am £10 L286

DEFININgMOMENTS

HISTORY

The Last British Dambuster George ‘Johnny’ Johnson recalls first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all time. Bestselling historian James Holland interviews the 92 year old about his extraordinary life and the events that changed history.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 11am-12noon £8

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EARLY AFTERNOON

CLASSIC LITERATURE

To Kill A Mockingbird: Big Read Book Group In this special Festival book group, delve into Harper Lee’s phenomenal novel that has become one of the most famous classics of modern American Literature and has inspired generations. Chaired by Jane Bailey.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 12.30-1.30pm £5

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FAITH

Not In God’s Name: Confronting Religious Violence The 21st century has witnessed a surge of extremism and violence supposedly in the name of God. Jonathan Sacks (Not in God’s Name) and philosopher Richard Norman discuss with Julian Baggini whether the true principles of religion can and will prevail.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 11am-12noon £8

ENTERTAINMENT

Carrie Hope Fletcher A Les Misérables lead role, best-selling memoir (All I Know Now) and legions of YouTube subscribers, all by the age of 22.

She talks to Anna James about balancing a life on stage and online.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 12.15-1.15pm £8

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PSYCHOLOGY

Supported by Coexist House A vision for the future

The Times Guide To The Modern Man The Times journalists Giles Coren, Robbie Millen and Sathnam Sanghera, plus comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Jon Holmes (A Portrait of an Idiot as a Young Man) ask what it means to be a modern man, tackling everything from attitudes towards parenthood and marriage, to man crushes and male grooming. Chaired by Damian Barr.

AGE 8+

Utterly Amazing Human Body Join leading science expert, author and broadcaster Robert Winston and prepare to be amazed as he unravels the mysteries of human anatomy, with mind-blowing facts from his new interactive book. It’s the human body, but not as you know it!

Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Parabola Arts Centre * 11.30am-12.30pm £6

FICTION

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One of the world’s most prolific authors discusses the latest additions to his popular book series, including Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party, 44 Scotland Street, Isabel Dalhousie and No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. Chaired by Steven Gale.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 12.30-1.30pm £8 L290

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Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 12.45-1.45pm £10 L292

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TRAVEL

Sequels To Classics

All About Puppetry

Off The Beaten Track

If you grew up loving classics such as The Secret Garden and Five Children and It, now you can explore the sequels. Return to the Secret Garden is the magical sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s timeless story from bestselling author Holly Webb. Kate Saunders’ recent COSTA Award-winning novel, Five Children on the Western Front, takes E. Nesbit’s protagonists into WWI.

To celebrate the publication of the National Theatre’s All About Theatre, Toby Olié and Finn Caldwell, Associate Puppetry Directors on the original National Theatre production of War Horse, demonstrate the art of puppetry and how to create and animate amazing creatures.

Two pioneering travellers, publisher Hilary Bradt (To Oldly Go) and journalist and author Simon Winchester (Pacific) discuss their extraordinary careers, unforgettable travel encounters and a shared enthusiasm for hitchhiking. They recall a time when the only travel guide available was the one you wrote yourself. Chaired by Steven Gale.

Imperial Square, Little Big Top * 1-2pm £5

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 1-2pm £7

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Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 2.15-3.15pm £8

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AGE 7+ LIFESTYLE THE CHELTENHAM LECTURE

Kissinger: Volume One: The Idealist World-renowned historian Niall Ferguson delivers the Cheltenham Lecture on the subject of Henry Kissinger and the foundations of foreign policy, as he publishes the first volume of his landmark biography of the legendary but controversial American statesman.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 1-2pm £10

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Sunday Lunch With Ben Fogle Ben Fogle’s passion for animals and wildlife has taken him far and wide, often with his faithful Labrador companion, Inca. In this special interview with Charlie Gladstone, Ben tells tales of his adventures – from rowing the Atlantic to running across the Sahara – but also of the beloved subject of his new book Labrador: The Story of the World’s Favourite Dog. Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 1-3pm £30 Ticket includes two course Sunday lunch and drink on arrival.

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Where My Wellies Take Me The bestselling author of War Horse Michael Morpurgo joins actor Natalie Walter and the award-winning acapella group Voices at the Door for an unforgettable afternoon of pastoral poetry and music, celebrating nature and the joy of language.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 2.30-3.45pm £12 LB89 The concert lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes with no interval.

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LATE AFTERNOON

DEFININgMOMENTS

HISTORY

The War In The West: A New History Writer and broadcaster James Holland presents a unique retelling of WWII. Considering the economic, political and social, as well as the military aspects of the conflict, he redefines our understanding of this monumental event.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 2.45-3.45pm £8

DEFININgMOMENTS

FICTION

Sci-Fi and Fantasy: The Female Frontier

POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Helena Coggan wrote the first draft of The Catalyst at just 13 and is already working on the sequel. The movie rights to Francesca Haig’s dystopia The Fire Sermon were acquired by DreamWorks two years before it was even published. These debut science fiction and fantasy novelists celebrate their success with Anna James, Books Editor at We Love This Book.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 2.30-3.30pm £7

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There May Be Trouble Ahead How might the future look and how should this affect Government policy? As the civil service champions a joined up approach to the art of horizon scanning, we ask Alan Budd, David Omand and Martin Rees – all leading experts in their fields – about the key issues they think will shape our world in the next 20 years. With Peter Hennessy.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 2.45-3.45pm £8 L298

BUSINESS

The Future Of The Professions In an era when machines routinely outperform us, we examine the future of employment with Richard Susskind, IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England, and economist Daniel Susskind.

Together, they argue that the sophisticated systems of an Internet society will bring about fundamental change to the way that we are required to work. Chaired by Dharshini David.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 3-4pm £8 ANCIENT WORLD

Harry Mount’s Odyssey The journalist recounts his journey following in the footsteps of Odysseus.

From swimming the Hellespont to visiting Troy, Ithaca and Crete, he brings this ancient story – and ancient Greece – back to life, with Nicolette Jones.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 4.15-5.15pm £7

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CLASSIC LITERATURE

Writing For Children: Top Tips

How To Be A Heroine

The Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition has launched the careers of many successful children’s authors – and you could be next! Chicken House publisher Barry Cunningham, known for signing up J.K. Rowling, and previous judges, Waterstones’ Melissa Cox and Alex O’Connell of The Times, give their top tips on how to get your children’s book published.

Imperial Square, Little Big Top * 4.30-6pm £12

CLASSIC LITERATURE

David Lodge

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From Jane Eyre to Becky Sharp, Scout Finch to Hermione Granger, enduring heroines of fiction have captivated and inspired generations of readers. Our brilliant panel of bibliophiles – playwright Samantha Ellis (How to be a Heroine), West End actress and book vlogger Carrie Hope Fletcher (All I Know Now) and The Bookseller’s Anna James – celebrate literature’s leading ladies with broadcaster Clemency BurtonHill.

Imperial Square, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre 4.45-5.45pm £8 L304

One of Britain’s top literary critics and novelists discusses his memoir with author Jane Smiley. Quite a Good Time to be Born reflects on his life in books against the backdrop of a rapidly-changing society.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 4.30-5.30pm £8

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LIFESTYLE

Tea and Cake With Lisa Faulkner Savour the perfect cup of tea moment with the bestselling author of Recipes from my Mother for my Daughter. The Celebrity Masterchef winner shares her own favourite recipes for the most delicious things to slice, dunk and munch on your tea break. Chaired by Steven Gale.

NATURE

Pacific With Simon Winchester The bestselling author of Atlantic takes a thrilling new voyage across the world’s largest ocean; one with an important future and an astonishing past, from tsunamis to Magellan, the Bounty mutiny to the atomic bomb.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 4.30-5.30pm £8

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Montpellier Gardens, The Spiegeltent 4.30-6pm £20 Ticket includes tea, coffee and tasting plate of cakes.

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NATURE

Ben and Bruce Fogle Bruce Fogle’s delightful memoir Barefoot at the Lake evocatively recounts a particularly poignant summer in his early years. Ben Fogle’s Labrador is inspired by the late Inca, his beloved companion who accompanied him on many adventures. In this special event, father and son reminisce about childhoods spent surrounded by nature and how this ultimately shaped both their careers.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 4.45-5.45pm £12

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POETRY

Stevie Smith

ANCIENT WORLD

The Theatre Of War Director and translator Bryan Doerries produces ancient Greek tragedies for service members, veterans and their families. This classical art form provides redemption and comfort, showing that suffering and healing are part of a timeless process. He joins leading actors including Jason Isaacs to present readings from Sophocles’ plays, and discusses the visible and invisible wounds of war.

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 4.45-5.45pm £12 L306

In 1965, Stevie Smith gave an unforgettable reading at Cheltenham; singing her poems to off-key hymn tunes, she delighted and baffled her audience in equal measure.

Fresh from her portrayal of Smith in Hugh Whitemore’s Stevie, Zoë Wanamaker recreates the famous performance fifty years on and talks to Will May, editor of The Collected Poems and Drawings of Stevie Smith.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 6.15-7.15pm £8

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PSYCHOLOGY

In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey To Freedom Since escaping North Korea, Yeonmi Park has devoted herself to exposing its brutal and secretive regime. She discusses her struggle to survive and her emergence as a human rights activist with Nicolette Jones.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 6.30-7.30pm £8

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Our Sunburned Planet

EVENING

Climate change presents a harsh reality for those on the front line of the battle. Leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett, journalist Oliver Morton (The Planet Remade) and climate scientist Chris Rapley (2071) discuss solutions for countries feeling the heat, and at what point the global community will take decisive action.

Chaired by Ben Tuxworth.

PSYCHOLOGY

Jung And Neumann: A Lifetime Of Letters 1933: the internationally-acclaimed Carl Jung meets promising young medical student Erich Neumann, beginning a 30 year correspondence. With Daniel Hahn, Cheltenham-based translator Heather McCartney explores the fascinating story behind one of analytical psychology’s most important relationships.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 6-7pm £7

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Jojo Moyes With a major film due in 2016 based on her bestselling Me Before You, Jojo Moyes revisits her beloved characters in After You, the much anticipated sequel to the international phenomenon. Chaired by Damian Barr.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 6.30-7.30pm £10

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ENTERTAINMENT

LOCALLY SOURCED

Poldark

Gloucestershire Writers’ Network

With its sumptuous locations and gripping plotlines (not to mention Aidan Turner’s torso) the rip-roaring series finale of Poldark left fans bereft and eagerly anticipating its 2016 return. Currently filming the second series, we are joined by Winston Graham’s son, Andrew (Poldark’s Cornwall ), Executive Producer Karen Thrussell, writer Debbie Horsfield and leading cast members (to be announced – see cheltenhamfestivals.com).

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 6.45-7.45pm £10 L312

Local writers and winners of the Gloucestershire Writers’ Network competition, judged by Angela France and Sophie Livingston, present a mix of writing inspired by the Festival theme of Defining Moments.

Imperial Square, Town Hall, The Drawing Room * 8-10pm £7

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Sue Perkins The comedian, presenter and co-host of The Great British Bake Off introduces her memoir Spectacles, in which she tackles life’s important questions in her brilliantly witty and inimitable style.

DEFININgMOMENTS

Imperial Square, Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage 8.30-9.30pm £12

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GERMANY

The German Guide To Life

POETRY

T.S. Eliot 2015 marks the 50th anniversary of Eliot’s death and the centenary year of The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue, world-leading Eliot scholars and editors of the landmark volume The Poems of T.S. Eliot, and awardwinning poet Don Paterson join Peter Stothard to celebrate Eliot’s work and explore the influence of his seminal poem.

Imperial Square, The Inkpot 8-9pm £8

To round off our collection of events on Germany, we take a light-hearted look at Anglo-German relations and our (mis?)perceptions of the Germans.

Directness, precision, punctuality, lack of humour… German comedian Christian Schulte-Loh and author and Germanophile Simon Winder (Germania) tackle the stereotypes.

Montpellier Gardens, The Salon 8.15-9.15pm £8

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Reginald D. Hunter Reginald D. Hunter has seen Britain change a great deal since arriving nearly 20 years ago. In the hilarious On The British, he reflects on what he’s learned from the Brits – for better or worse…

Montpellier Gardens, The Times Forum 8.30-9.30pm £12 L317

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BOOK IT! FOR SCHOOLS 2015 We are very excited to welcome thousands of children to the Festival to meet their favourite writers, including Julia Donaldson, Cressida Cowell and Frank Cottrell Boyce.

New this year is a programme designed specifically for secondary schools: there are twenty inspiring events for them to choose from, designed to motivate and empower young people as readers and writers. As well as events for those considering a career in writing, the programme offers opportunities to come face to face with some of today’s most engaging young-adult authors.

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CALLING ALL TEACHERS! TEACHERS AS STORYTELLERS, LS38 With Katrice Horsley, UK National Storytelling Laureate 2012-2014 Tuesday 6 October, 4.30-6.15pm £20 including refreshments Grab this opportunity to work with arguably the country’s leading storyteller who will equip you with the passion and skill to unlock the storyteller in your pupils.

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Index Aaronovitch David 29 45 Acton Smith Michael 48 Aderin-Pocock Maggie 57 Afzal Nazir 69 Ahmed Kamal 56 Akhtar Navid 60 Aldrick Phil 28 Allen Nicola 91 Allum Marc 84 Almond David 34 Anand Anita 82 Anderson Carleen 86 Anderson Clive 40 44 Angel MC 82 Arbury Sara-Jane 94 Armitage Simon 43 Armstrong Alexander 71 73 Armstrong Jesse 65 Armstrong Pamela 35 92 Arthur Jason 34 Aslet Clive 60 Atherton Mike 51 Atkins Lucy 90 Atkinson Kate 38 46 Attlee James 75 Austentatious 38 Backshall Steve 30 Baggini Julian 98 Bailey Jane 30 97 98 Baily Virginia 68 Banks-Blaney William 73 Banville John 84 Barber Lynn 41 Bard Brixton 39 Bari Atwan Abdel 54 Barker Pat 28 33 Barnes Julian 83 Barnett Laura 79 Barr Damian 93 98 102 Bates Laura 82 Batters Minette 37 Bayley Stephen 61 Beard Mary 75 Beaver Paul 55 Beech Megan 37 Beevor Anthony 27 28 33 Bennett Natalie 102 Beresford Peter 55 Berthoud Ella 77 Bigsby Christopher 54 Billingham Mark 65 Billington Michael 62 Billington Rachel 75 Bingham Bill 61 64 68 Black Sue 48 Blake Heidi 30 Bleach Stephen 36 Blezard Paul 36 39 53 Bloom Steve 39 Booker Malika 29 Borman Tracy 40 Boulton Adam 40 Bourne Matthew 48 Bowen Jeremy 76 Bowker Peter 83 Bowman Edith 31 87 Boyes Roger 83 Bradt Hilary 99 Bragg Melvyn 92 94 Bray Carys 85

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Bray Xavier 43 Bridge Carl 75 Brigstocke Marcus 95 97 98 Brook Rhidian 85 Brooke-Taylor Tim 77 Brookes Peter 45 Brookmyre Chris 65 68 78 Brown Maggie 83 Bryson Bill 94 Budd Alan 100 Burgess Melvin 93 Burton-Hill Clemency 101 Byng Jamie 41 47 Byrne Aidan 91 Caldwell Finn 99 Calvert Jonathan 30 Camden Steven 39 Campbell Alastair 28 Campbell-Johnston Rachel 34 Cannon Joanna 92 Carewe Mary 41 Carey Peter 93 Chakrabarti Shami 29 34 41 Cheltenham College Chapel Choir 86 Chevalier Tracy 97 Child Lauren 36 Churchwell Sarah 54 56 Clare Horatio 70 75 Clark Alex 46 47 50 65 68 72 79 89 Clark Clare 30 Clark Victoria 40 Clarke Oz 64 Clary Julian 37 Clayton Eleanor 61 Clayton Mathew 70 Clegg Nick 37 Close Frank 75 Cockburn Patrick 54 Cockerell Michael 48 Coggan Helena 100 Cohen Ben 65 Cohen Tammy 68 Coles Richard 50 Collins Philip 44 45 75 77 Collins Robert 30 31 Conway Sean 29 Cook Christopher 86 Cooper Cary 48 Cooper Jilly 45 Cooper Quentin 29 41 Cope Wendy 91 Coren Giles 98 Corera Gordon 89 Cottrell Boyce Frank 44 50 Coutts Marion 77 Cox Melissa 101 Crampton Robert 50 Crane Nicholas 70 Criado-Perez Caroline 37 Crick Joyce 61 Cryer Barry 77 Cumming Charles 68 Cunningham Barry 101 D'Acampo Gino 36 d'Arcy Susan 36 Daman Stephanie 89 Darke Tiffanie 57 Darling Alistair 78 David Dharshini 34 46 100 David Ferris Quartet 86

Davies Howard 45 de Bernières Louis 93 de Waal Edmund 28 Desai Meghnad 45 Dobbs Michael 91 Dockrill Laura 36 Doerries Bryan 102 Donald Caroline 48 Donnelly Jennifer 36 Donovan Helen 44 Doucet Lyse 76 Downham Jenny 46 Draesner Ulrike 89 92 Du Noyer Paul 43 Dunlop Tessa 54 Durrani Osman 29 Durrell Lee 70 Duttlinger Carolin 59 Dutton Kevin 81 Elderkin Susan 77 Ellen Mark 40 43 50 Ellis Samantha 101 Enright Anne 33 Erskine Gizzi 79 Evers Stuart 72 Eyres Harry 70 Farley Julia 27 Faulkner Lisa 101 Fearnley-Whittingstall Hugh 82 Fellowes Jessica 50 Ferguson Niall 99 Fiennes Ranulph 29 Finney John 67 Fisher Camilla 82 Fleet Kim 84 Fogle Ben 99 101 Fogle Bruce 101 Fonagy Peter 69 Foot John 69 Forkan Rob 46 Fornoff Erin 31 Forsyth Frederick 28 Foxtrot Jemima 31 France Angela 103 Francis Gavin 90 Frankopan Peter 76 Franzen Jonathan 30 Freeman David 69 72 86 French Vivian 93 Frigeri Flavia 59 Frost Nick 87 Frost Wilfred 43 Fuller Claire 85 Gale Patrick 77 79 Gale Steven 69 71 75 82 84 98 99 101 Gambaccini Paul 85 Gant Andrew 86 Garden Graeme 77 Gardner Sally 93 Garfield Simon 93 Gask Linda 69 Gawande Atul 91 Genova Lisa 81 George the Poet 87 Gill A.A. 41 Gladstone Charlie 94 99 Glass Katie 37 Glass Rodge 72 Glendinning Victoria 90 91 Glenny Misha 57 59 61

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Godwin Georgina 28 38 40 Goldsmith Rosie 27 29 Gompertz Will 55 56 GĂśrlach Alexander 67 92 Gower David 51 Graham Andrew 103 Granger Bill 75 78 Gravett Paul 71 Grayling A.C. 53 Grennan Simon 71 Guttridge Peter 40 43 46 50 57 62 69 84 Haddow Joe 64 Haggard Piers 83 Hahn Daniel 34 102 Haig Francesca 100 Haig Matt 39 Halpern David 71 Hambling Maggi 70 Handy Charles 71 Hanington Peter 76 Hannan Dan 37 Harding Thomas 92 Hardy Jeremy 77 Harris Bob 79 Harris Robert 79 Hart Peter 75 Harvey Graham 82 Hastings Max 95 Hastings Selina 91 Hawkins Paula 71 Hawks Tony 77 Haynes Jane 55 Haynes Natalie 27 29 72 76 Heiney Paul 84 Hemming John 83 Henkel Imke 67 Hennessy Peter 38 43 100 Henry Veronica 75 Hepworth David 43 44 Hickley Catherine 55 Higgins Charlotte 94 Hilton Steve 35 Hislop Victoria 90 Hodgkinson Will 44 Holgate Andrew 27 28 33 68 72 Holland James 97 100 Holland Mina 53 Holland Peter 53 Holland Tom 68 Holmes Jon 36 98 Hook Philip 55 Hope Fletcher Carrie 98 101 Hornby Gill 35 Horsfield Debbie 103 Hubbard Tim 53 56 Hughes Frieda 49 Hume Mick 29 Humphreys Margaret 84 Hunt Tristram 33 Hunter Reginald D. 103 Hutton Will 45 70 Hynde Chrissie 95 Isaacs Jason 102 Ivens Martin 47 James Anna 98 100 101 Jays David 48 Jenkins Ian 90 Jepson Joanna 69 Johnson Alan 90 Johnson George 97

Johnson Rachel 45 49 53 Joinson Suzanne 77 Joly Dom 57 Jones Nicolette 34 44 47 81 84 90 100 102 Jones Owen 76 Jones Stephen 65 Jones Will 48 Jordan Don 54 Joyce Rachel 76 Judd Alan 91 Kamm Oliver 35 Karmel Annabel 56 Karmiloff-Smith Annette 48 Kasparov Garry 60 Keen Andrew 89 Kehlmann Daniel 27 Kemp Peter 93 Kendall Liz 77 Kerr Judith 90 Kerridge Richard 70 Kershaw Ian 59 Keyes Marian 72 Khan Iqbal 97 Kidd Mairi 44 Knapp Cecilia 72 Knight India 53 Knight Henrietta 79 Kosminsky Peter 40 Kwarteng Kwasi 75 Lamb Christina 35 Lancaster Rupert 85 Lane Fox Martha 34 Lang Kirsty 54 60 61 Lawson Mark 85 91 94 Lawson Nigel 78 Lawson Nigella 85 Leader Zachary 56 Lederer Helen 65 Lee Alan 65 Leeder Karen 89 Leipciger Sarah 83 85 Leith Prue 61 Lette Kathy 78 Lindsay Fiona 45 51 71 Lipscomb Suzannah 33 Little Tony 33 Livingston Sophie 103 Livingstone Natalie 62 Lloyd David 51 Lodge David 101 Lofthouse Joy 55 Loncraine Rebecca 70 Long Camilla 41 Long James 68 70 71 Lownie Andrew 85 91 Loyd Anthony 38 Lupton Rosamund 68 Lynskey Dorian 86 Mace Smith Mark 29 Macfarlane Robert 27 MacFarlane-Barrow Magnus 46 Macintyre Ben 28 Mackintosh Clare 64 Mackintosh Millie 89 MacLean Rory 94 Maconie Stuart 95 Maher Kevin 56 Main Francesca 70 Malik Abdul-Rehman 60 61 Mallinson Allan 38 55 56

Man John 76 Mansell Nigel 63 Manzoor Sarfraz 83 86 Maple Sarah 60 Mardell Mark 67 Marinello Chris 55 Marr Andrew 63 Matussek Thomas 67 May Will 102 Mayers Philip 41 McCall Smith Alexander 92 97 98 McCartney Heather 102 McCormac Pip 75 79 McCormack Tara 47 McCoy AP 65 McCrum Robert 91 McCue Jim 103 McCullin Don 38 McElvoy Anne 89 91 94 McGonagall Elvis 94 McLynn Frank 76 McNish Hollie 28 31 Meek Family The 36 Miles Barry 72 Millen Robbie 91 93 98 Miller A. D. 49 Mills Eleanor 35 37 54 Milne Jo 76 Monaghan Andrew 47 Mondal Anshuman 29 Mone Michelle 56 Montgomerie Tim 37 Montgomery William 71 Mooney Bel 63 Moore Charles 71 Moran Caitlin 31 Morgan Huey 31 Morpurgo Michael 90 99 Morton Oliver 102 Moss Sarah 56 Mossman Kate 43 Mount Harry 100 Moyes Jojo 102 Mpanga George 87 Muldoon Paul 77 MĂźller Holly 77 Mulligan Andy 93 Mulqueeny Emma 89 Murphy Anna 87 Murphy-O'Connor Cormac 46 50 Murray Les 44 47 Neame Gareth 50 Ness Patrick 34 Niffenegger Audrey 40 47 Nisbet Gideon 72 Norfolk Andrew 69 Norman Barry 51 Norman Richard 98 Norman Russell 86 Nye Simon 70 O'Briain Shauna 82 O'Connell Alex 36 101 O'Connell John 55 O'Connell Paddy 38 59 62 O'Connor Rory 39 O'Connor Sean 82 O'Donnell Gus 78 O'Farrell John 77 O'Neill Louise 93 O'Sullivan Suzanne 55

Index Oakeshott Isabel 75 Oates Matthew 53 Oberman Tracy Ann 51 Oddie Bill 59 Olié Toby 99 Olusoga David 33 Omand David 100 Osman Richard 73 Ostrovsky Arkady 60 Owens Lisa 70 Packer Sarit 60 Park Yeonmi 102 Parks Adele 57 Parris Matthew 76 77 Parry Tim 81 Parry Vivienne 63 Parsons Tony 85 Paterson Don 103 Pelling Rowan 63 Pepinster Catherine 46 Perkins Sue 103 Peston Robert 89 Philp Catherine 97 Pitcher Annabel 46 Plunkett Alice 79 Polarbear 39 Pollard Clare 72 Pomerantsev Peter 60 Portas Mary 78 Porter Lucy 57 Porter Max 29 Portillo Michael 67 Pringle Alexandra 77 Proctor Elaine 81 Pryce Vicky 62 63 Purnell James 94 Purves Libby 82 85 92 97 Ramirez Janina 50 Randall Lee 78 79 Rankin Nicholas 34 Rapley Chris 102 Raverat Anna 70 Ray Jane 93 Rayner Jay 85 Rea Andy 53 Rees Martin 100 Reeve Philip 48 Rentzenbrink Cathy 29 30 33 38 76 79 Rhodes James 47 Ricks Christopher 103 Riddell Chris 48 Rifkind Hugo 31 Rob Smith Tom 49 Robbins Anna 50 Roberts David 37 Roberts Alice 27 Robertson Geoffrey 84 87 Robertson Ritchie 61 Robey David 59 Robinson Bruce 95 Robinson Nick 89 Rochester Julia 79 Rogan Richard 53 59 67 75 81 Rosen Aaron 61 Rosoff Meg 77 Rothschild Hannah 49 Rubin James 47 Rushdie Salman 89 91 Rutherford Adam 90 91 Sacks Jonathan 98

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Sandbrook Dominic 81 Sanderson Caroline 55 57 62 64 Sanghera Sathnam 57 98 Saunders Kate 99 Saxon Lucy 48 Schama Simon 68 Schneider Peter 83 94 Schröder Frank 94 Schulte-Loh Christian 103 Scott Melissa 40 Scurr Ruth 75 Scurr Martin 55 Seeger Peggy 86 Seierstad Åsne 79 81 Seldon Anthony 71 Selfe Daphne 61 64 Sell Colin 77 Selznick Brian 36 Sergeant John 38 Sethi Anita 55 56 60 Shah Ritula 76 Shan Darren 49 Shapiro James 27 Shaw Fiona 51 Sher Antony 92 Shreve Anita 34 38 50 Shulman Alexandra 87 Silva Hannah 29 Smiley Jane 89 90 97 101 Smith Ali 41 Smith David 62 Smith Noel 83 Snow Dan 35 Snow Peter 35 Solomons Jason 51 Srulovich Itamar 60 Stanford Peter 62 Staniši´ c Saša 27 Stargardt Nicholas 92 Stein Rick 56 Steiner Susie 92 Stephens Chris 61 Stever Tromans & The Howl Band 72 Stewart Paul 48 Stothard Peter 75 84 103 Stott Monica 48 Strathie Anne 56 Strong Roy 39 Stuart Gisela 67 Sturgeon Andy 48 Summerley Victoria 54 Sumner Joe 71 Susskind Daniel 100 Susskind Richard 100 Sutherland John 83 Swannell John 39 Syal Meera 57 Syed Matthew 28 Sylvester Rachel 43 Tallack Malachy 70 73 Taplin Oliver 62 Taylor D.J. 72 Thomasson Anna 55 Thompson Jo 48 Thompson Laura 53 Thompson Sophie 45 Thomson Alice 35 78 Thorn Tracey 50 Thrussell Karen 103 Toksvig Sandi 44

Tombs Robert 63 Tomlinson Richard 51 Torode John 94 Toye Joanna 82 Treneman Ann 48 Treweek Rachel 69 Trodd Kenith 83 Trollope Joanna 90 Tsiolkas Christos 78 84 86 Tucker Emma 27 Turner Adair 45 Tuxworth Ben 102 Umunna Chuka 77 Usher Shaun 41 Vaizey Hester 83 Valentine Jenny 46 Vallely Paul 46 van Hensbergen Gijs 34 Vernon Polly 37 Voices at the Door 99 von Tunzelmann Alex 41 Wallace Paul 62 Walmsley Ann 83 Walmsley-Johnson Helen 33 Walsh Michael 54 Walsh Vincent 28 Walter Natalie 99 Walton James 86 91 Wanamaker Zoë 102 Ware Ruth 64 Warner Deborah 51 Warsi Sayeeda 60 Watson S J 76 78 Webb Holly 99 Webb Justin 37 43 48 Webster Philip 48 Weir Alison 55 Weston Gabriel 63 Wheatle Alex 39 Wheeler Julia 77 Whitehead Richard 51 Whyte Greg 29 Williams John 83 Williams Kate 30 Wilson A. N. 85 Wilson Fiona 92 94 Wilson Matthew 48 Winchester Simon 99 101 Winder Simon 103 Winkett Lucy 69 71 86 Winston Robert 98 Winterson Jeanette 37 Wogan Terry 69 Wood Ronnie 40 Woods Clare 61 Woodward Jamie 81 Wyatt Caroline 83 85 92 Wyld Evie 71 Young Jeff 61 Young Louisa 92 Young Victoria 57 Zeldin Theodore 68 Zink Nell 31

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If you have any special access requirements, such as needing to book a wheelchair space, you can book using our online form which will be available from 8 August at cheltenhamfestivals.com/booking

Quicker & Easier booking with Wish Lists You must create a Wish List in advance to buy tickets on day 1 of Members or Public booking (26 Aug / 2 Sept): go to cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature before booking opens.

Booking dates Members’ Priority Booking: Wednesday 26 August, from 1pm: Online booking (Wish Lists only) Thursday 27 August, from 10am: Online and phone booking Friday 28 August, from 10am: Online, phone and in person booking Public Booking: Wednesday 2 September, from 1pm: Online booking (Wish Lists only) Thursday 3 September, from 10am: Online and phone booking Friday 4 September, from 10am: Online, phone and in person booking

Postcodes Imperial Square (including Cheltenham Town Hall, University of Warwick Stage and Drawing Room, The Sunday Times Garden Theatre, The Inkpot, Little Big Top, Waterstones Children’s Hideaway) GL50 1QA Montpellier Gardens (including The Salon, The Spiegeltent, The Times Forum) GL50 1UW Cheltenham Ladies’ College Parabola Arts Centre GL50 3AA The Queen’s Hotel GL50 1NN Cheltenham College Chapel GL53 7LD

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