Tony Curtis, Joan Bakewell
The Bronx's Bernard Schwartz became the Hollywood legend, lover of Janet Leigh, Natalie Wood and Marilyn Monroe, and the star of Spartacus and the greatest comedy in cinema history, Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot.
Caspar Walsh, Peter Florence
Caspar Walsh is a former inmate, and now writer-in-residence at HM Parc Prison, Bridgend. He discusses his autobiography Criminal with Peter Florence. This session complements the Hay Comes to Parc arm of the Festival being held this week at the prison.
Les Dennis
Rollercoaster showbiz memoir:
Les Dennis tells all to Phil Rickman.
John Prescott
11+ failure, Union firebrand, Britain’s longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister, and Blair-Brown consolidator John Prescott talks to John Harris.
Cherie Booth, Francine Stock
The Matrix Chambers QC specialising in Employment and Human Rights lectures on Women’s Equality: Making your way in a man’s world.
Alan Greenspan, Howard Davies
The former chairman of ‘The Fed’ in conversation with Howard Davies.
James Barr
The story of TE Lawrence and Britain’s secret war in Arabia, 1916–1918, driven by the need to arrest the Ottoman call for Islamic Jihad.
Ronnie Corbett
The legendary comedian talks about his autobiography And it’s Goodnight from Him.
Alex James
The Costwold cheese farmer and wild man of Britpop band Blur tells a picaresque tale of musical celebrity.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
The historian investigates the development of the charismatic cobbler’s son, who was hailed as a poet, trained as a priest, and became a consummate politician and murderous psychopath.
Hermione Lee
A scintillating biography of the author of The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth: a fiercely modern woman of passionate conviction and conflicting ambitions and desires.
Kate Wiliams
The spectacular trajectory of our first supernova celebrity, from Northern slums to Nelson’s bedchamber.
Chaired by Corisande Albert.
General Sir Michael Rose
The former UNPROFOR (Bosnia) Commander examines the parallels between the guerrilla tactics used by Washington against the British in 1775, and by the Sunni insurgents against the Allies in Iraq today.
Jenny Uglow
The biography of the C18th artist Thomas Bewick, whose miniature illustrations and woodcuts changed the way we view the natural world.
Iain Banks, Claire Armitstead
Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair, and a multi-million pound gaming business lie at the heart of Banks’ fabulous new novel The Steep Approach to Garbadale.
Peter Falk, Paul Blezard
The treasured Hollywood actor yarns his comedy career and the iconic TV role of Columbo in his autobiography, called, of course, Just One More Thing.
Robert Hutchinson
The rollicking tale of Henry VIII’s tyrannical Chancellor, who prosecuted Anne Boleyn, seized the monasteries and bought off the nobility.
Mark Tully
A fascinating, deeply personal account of the impact the Subcontinent has had on the life and beliefs of the broadcaster.
David Puttnam
The advertising-man, film-maker, studio-head and now educator and political heavyweight discusses his career with Peter Florence
James Fergusson
How a British scientist taught the nation how to eat well, then taught the food industry how to trick consumers, and paid for the paradox with his life.
Jo Thatchell, Nabeel Yasin
The Baghdad poet was denounced as an enemy of the state and fled Iraq in 1980. Tatchell’s book tells his story, and that of the family that he left behind.
Gruff Rhys, Phil Rickman
The Super Furry Animals singer-songwriter talks music, politica and the subtle art of being angry. He;ll also perform some of the songs from his new solo album Candylion.
Simon Callow
The actor introduces the 2nd volume of his biography taking the American wunderkind through the career-disaster years from Citizen Kane to Macbeth.