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Cheltenham Literature Festival has never shied away from sizzling issues, but 2011 is so red hot it’s gone Blue.

Putting passion onto the page isn’t always easy. Jonathan Beckman of the Literary Review, who award the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Awards, former editrice of the Erotic Review Rowan Pelling, and celebrated actor Neil Pearson share some hot, and some not-so-hot fictional encounters (L314, Friday 14 October, 9pm).

Kate Monro went on a mission to find out how people experienced The First Time. She is joined by The Times’ sex expert Suzi Godson (The Sex Book) as they give us a revealing insight into modern sexuality (L306, Friday 14 October, 7.15pm).

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INKLINGS Booker Prize Madness The literary world is buzzing with speculation following the announcement of the Man Booker shortlist 2011.

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, first awarded in 1969, promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year.

Shortlisted A.D Miller whose novel Snowdrops (an intense psychological drama, unfolding over the course of one Moscow winter), is already confirmed to appear at the Festival with fellow novelist Tom Rob Smith. They will talk about their writing and the enduring appeal of Russia (L060, Saturday 8 October, 6pm).

Similarly, shortlisted authors Sarah Winman (When God Was a Rabbit) and Stephen Kelman (Pigeon English) are also confirmed to appear. They will be discussing how writing fiction from a child’s perspective presents particular challenges for adult novelists (L167, Tuesday 11 October, 2.15pm).

To take a literary journey through the 19th century, choose short listed Jamrach’s Menagerie by Carol Birch, (young Jaffy Brown finds himself aboard a ship to the Dutch East Indies from London).

Or, if it’s intriguing characters you like, Esi Edugyan, Canadian author of Half Blood Blues, has created a frontrunner with her jazz trumpeter protagonist Hieronymous Falk.

Or, for drama The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt, with its wonderfully dark

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cover design and captivating plot of two brothers hired as killers during the Gold Rush on the American West coast, is an captivating read.

And the final shortlisted novel is former Festival speaker Julian Barnes’s The Sense of Ending. As the bookies’ favourite (William Hill put Barnes at 6-4

following the short list announcement), this is surely worth a read.

Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt, Stephen Kelman, and A.D. Miller will all be at the Festival to discuss their work with Man Booker Prizes Literary Director Ion Trewin (L336, Saturday 15 October, 2pm).

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Headline Makers Bestselling author and leading sex therapist Pamela Stephenson Connolly, of recent Strictly Come Dancing fame, takes us on an eyeopening journey to explode common sex myths (L027, Friday 7 October, 8.45pm) and Erica Jong’s talks about her writing and new book in a rare visit to the UK (L355, Saturday 15 October, 8.45pm). Jong’s 1973 classic Fear of Flying, with its frank and fearless take on sex, relationships and power, has sold over 20 million copies.

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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is the latest influential name to be confirmed on the Cheltenham line up.

Clegg will be appearing on the opening day of the Festival, addressing a wide range of topics and taking questions (phone box office for details).

He is the latest in a long list of headline-making names already scheduled to appear at Cheltenham,

including Jonathan Ross, Terry Wogan and Fern Britton among others.

Ross will be speaking twice during the Festival. For his first appearance he joins Times journalist Tom Gatti in an exclusive Festival event to discuss his consuming passion for graphic novels, and share his experiences of his comic-writing debut (L303, Friday 14 October, 7pm).

In his second appearance, Ross is talking films, revealing his favourite cinematic moments and helping you uncover hidden gems (L307, Friday 14 October, 8.45pm).

One of the most recognisable faces and voices in the British media, Terry Wogan talks about his recent tour of his native land for his book Wogan’s Ireland (L224, Wednesday 12 October, 8.45pm).

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presenting roles on prime time television, including ITV’s This Morning, Fern Britton is a hugely popular figure. She speaks about her varied career, and her recently published first novel New Beginnings (L220, Wednesday 12 October, 6.30pm).

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Adventure Legendary Explorers

Five minutes with…

Guy Disney

Guy Disney is one of the injured soldiers from the Walking with the Wounded team who became the first team of unsupported war-wounded amputees to reach the Geographical North Pole.

E-reader or traditional book?

Traditional book. Firstly I’m a complete technophobe and secondly for practical reasons a paper book is much easier - batteries in the Arctic and Afghan are a luxury/are hard to come by, they drain quickly in the cold/heat and take up valuable space.

Read the book or watch the film?

Read the book, sadly haven’t had much time for the cinema recently and have seemed to have spent loads of time travelling a good book is the perfect companion.

What are you currently reading?

The Worst Journey in the World: A Tale of Loss and Courage in Antarctica by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.

Only just started it but so far can’t put it down. It charts the ill fated expedition by Captain Robert Falcon Scott by one of the surviving members of the team. Gritty stuff!

From Pole to Pole Guest Director (or should that be Expedition Leader?) Ben Fogle has raced across the Sahara, rowed the Atlantic, and covered the Antarctic in a foot race to the South Pole.

He visited Captain Scott’s base camp for his BBC2 programme The Secrets of Scott’s Hut and, with the centenary of Captain Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole fast approaching; Fogle will be joined by some polar experts to discuss Scott’s achievements and his legacy (L319, Saturday 15 October, 11am).

Born in Montpellier Parade in Cheltenham, Dr Edward Wilson died with Captain Scott in Antarctica.

In a stunning illustrated talk, David M Wilson, his great-nephew presents remarkable lost photographs taken by

Scott on that final expedition, including panoramas of the landscape, formations of ice and snow and photographs of his fellow explorers (L032, Saturday 8 October, 10am).

As its Scott’s Centenary, it is of course also the100th anniversary of Roald Amundsen’s South Pole Expedition.

To celebrate this, the Fram Museum in Oslo has published the translated diaries of his crew members.

Geir Kløver, the Museum’s director, is joined by Meredith Hooper, Antarctic expert and author of The Longest Winter, to discuss the extraordinary challenges

What book should everyone read?

The Power of One by Bryce Courtenay. I first found this over ten years ago and recently re-read it, based in South Africa it charts the experiences of a child growing up, it’s utterly compelling and impossible to put down once started.

What’s your favourite book?

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. Greene fictionalises the anti clerical movement in Mexico in the 1930s. It follows a catholic priest with a flawed personality as he followed doggedly by a Lieutenant hell bent on removing Catholicism from Mexico. It’s an incredibly poignant read.

Which other Festival event would you like to attend?

Mike Atherton, Simon Hughes & Matthew Syed: From Pitch to Press Box (L264).

Which Festival speaker would you most like to meet?

AP McCoy, he is an incredible ambassador for the horse racing world and all that he has achieved is utterly inspirational.

Touching the Void is one of the most famous mountaineering books ever written; an astonishing true survival story. Its author Joe Simpson brilliantly nails the bubbling fear that accompanies climbers, and the knife-edge moments that separate the survivors from the dead. He discusses his thrilling new novel, The Sound of Gravity, set partly on a stormbound mountain (L225, Wednesday 12 October, 8.45pm).

Tibet Shortly after his mother’s death, renowned travel writer Colin Thubron made an extraordinary journey along the pilgrim route to Kailas, a remote mountain sacred to Buddhists and Hindus. He joins Ramona Koval to discuss that elegiac journey, as described in To a Mountain in Tibet, perhaps his most personal travel book yet (L018, Tibet Friday 7 October 7, 6.30pm).

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that Amundsen’s party faced in 1911 (L348, Saturday 15 October, 6.30pm).

In 2011 four amputee soldiers, each a hero of recent conflicts, embarked on an extraordinary four-week unaided trek to the North Pole, to raise money for the rehabilitation of injured comrades.

Members of the Walking with the Wounded team will join Ben Fogle to talk about this awe-inspiring feat of endurance, the subject of a new BBC documentary series and accompanying book (L331, Saturday 15 October, 1.30pm). (Get to know Guy Disney left).

Who are the travellers and explorers that most inspire the travel writers of today?

Three of our most distinguished explorers, Benedict Allen, Colin Thubron and Sara Wheeler, engage in a wide-ranging discussion as they choose their own heroes and heroines from among those who have travelled the world, and then written about it (L006, Friday 7 October, 2pm).

This Literature Festival you can also hear about great Victorian women explorers, from Mary Kingsley to Gertrude Bell. Denied such freedom at home, how were they able to travel so freely in exotic lands?

Author Dea Birkett gives a fascinating illustrated account of the lives and extraordinary experiences of these courageous pioneers (L119, Monday 10 October, 10am).

Polar survivor, policeman, Gestapotortured woman, MI5 double agent and fireman are all among the twelve ordinary people who are heroes for legendary explorer Ranulph Fiennes.

They are featured in his book, My Heroes: Extraordinary Courage, Exceptional People, and he will reveal what their extraordinary actions have taught him (L204, Wednesday 12 October, 2pm).

Christian’s remarkable story and the ongoing effort to preserve Africa’s lion population (L343, Saturday 15 October 15, 4pm).

Ray Mears Instantly familiar from TV series such as Ray Mears’ Bushcraft and Survival with Ray Mears, bushcraft expert Ray Mears has tested his survival skills all over the world, whilst exploring the traditional culture of indigenous peoples, and following in the footsteps of noted explorers. In a hugely enjoyable event he looks back on some of his enthralling adventures (L025, Friday 7 October, 8.45pm).

Adventurer and Explorer-in-Residence Dominic Faulkner joins us to discuss his amazing journeys and the practical and psychological challenges of exploration in the modern era.

He tells the story of The Longest Journey, his most intrepid adventure, which took him from the lowest to the highest point on Earth: an 8000 kilometre cycle from the shores of the Dead Sea to the base of Everest, followed by a successful ascent of the world’s highest mountain (L016, Friday 7 October 7, 4pm).

Charley Boorman

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Adventurer, motorbike fanatic and presenter of compelling TV series like Long Way Round, Charley Boorman makes a welcome return to Cheltenham to share the thrills and spills of Extreme Frontiers, his forthcoming Channel 5 series.

He is joined by his co-presenter,

Purchased as a cub from Harrods and eventually returned to the wild in Africa, the 1971 clips of the touching reunion between Christian and his human foster parents became a YouTube sensation. Ben Fogle, John Rendall, and the actress and campaigner Virginia McKenna discuss

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Russ Malkin, adventure travel expert, and author of Big Earth: 101 Amazing Adventures (L376, Sunday 16 October, 1pm).

On his travels, Charley has seen much of the world’s devastation caused by pollution and political unrest, and, while Walking the Amazon, Ed Stafford not only encountered alligators and tropical storms on this world-first expedition, but also the terrible effects of deforestation.

The two explorers share anecdotes and memories of the world’s most beautiful, and fragile, environments (L393, Sunday 16 October, 6pm) Christina Dodwell and husband and wife team Louella and Robin HanburyTenison, an intrepid trio of explorers, have each completed remarkable longdistance journeys on horseback.

Sharing extraordinary tales of their travels across the globe, they ask why, in this hi-tech age, does this centuries-old form of transport retain its appeal, and what are the practicalities of equine exploration? (L289, Friday 14 October, 2pm).

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Money Matters

Crime and Punishment Detective novels and thrillers account for more than 30 per cent of the total books market, which makes crime the nation’s favourite genre. Cheltenham has several super sleuth speakers at this year’s Festival.

Anne Holt, formerly of the Oslo Police Department, is the author of two Norwegian-set crime series and most recently Fear Not. She is joined by Rosamund Lupton, author of Sister and Afterwards, to discuss the continuing appeal of crime and thriller writing (L189, Tuesday 11 October, 8.45pm).

More than ever, Britons are concerned about what happens to their hard-earned money.

Financial journalist Paul Lewis, presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Moneybox Live, John Kay, author of The Long and the Short of It and Obliquity, and Clare Francis, editor of moneysupermarket.com, give you invaluable up-to- the-minute advice and answer your questions on how to successfully navigate the world of personal finance (L219, Wednesday 12 October, 6.30pm).

Paul Lewis

One of the world’s most acclaimed business commentators, former CBI head Digby Jones, turns the spotlight on critical national and international business issues. In Fixing Britain, he lays out the essential reforms needed on all levels, from Westminster to education, the public and private sector, for the Business of Reshaping our Nation (L304, Friday 14 October, 5.45pm).

From all-night meetings at the White House, to confrontations with the titans of international banking, former Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling was at the centre of events during the financial crisis and discusses

Ruth Rendell

The prolific author of over seventy novels and creator of Inspector Wexford, Ruth Rendell is one of our most distinguished crime novelists.

She is at Cheltenham to discuss her latest book The Vault which sees the now retired Wexford return to take on a case of fiendish difficulty and danger (L047, Saturday 8 October, 2.45pm).

“They create the ultimate spine-chilling stories, now hear them speak.”

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The popularity of crime fiction shows no sign of waning, with European writers currently proving as popular as

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their British counterparts. Discussing their latest novels are Val McDermid from Scotland, whose new novel is The Retribution, and Jan Costin Wagner from Germany, author of Winter of the Lions, set in Finland (L313, Friday 14 October, 9pm).

Though both write loosely in the crime genre, novelists Christopher Brookmyre and Jasper Fforde take their highly original writing to very different places. They will discuss their work, along with their respective latest novels, Where The Bodies Are Buried and One of Our Thursdays is Missing (L180, Tuesday 11 October, 7pm).

One of the world’s bestselling thriller writers, Lee Child is at Cheltenham to

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Women at War Why do we tend to think of World War II as a man’s war, when millions of women, in the Services and on the Home Front, also played their part?

Virginia Nicholson, author of Millions Like Us, provides a fascinating account of women’s lives, both in war and in peacetime (L133, Monday 10 October, 4pm).

Despite fewer opportunities to experience the realities of the front line, women war artists have created works of remarkable power and insight. In this richly illustrated talk, Kathleen Palmer, curator of Women War Artists, an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, celebrates the fascinating achievements of female war artists from the First World War to

what really happened in the eye of the financial storm (L084, Saturday 8 October, 7.15pm).

Almost exactly a year after George Osborne’s spending review was announced, we reprise last year’s Festival event on the economy and continue the debate. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Ed Balls, renowned economics thinker Will Hutton and BBC Newsnight’s Economics Editor Paul Mason join this high-profile discussion on the issues dominating the financial world over the last 12 months (L257, Thursday 13 October, 6.30pm).

Everyone in business is susceptible to mistakes which, though common, can be costly, embarrassing, time-consuming and even career-ending. Who better to tell us how to avoid them than Duncan Bannatyne; entrepreneur, philanthropist, star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den and author of 43 Mistakes Every Business Makes (L183, Tuesday 11 October, 8.45pm).

the present day (L231, Thursday 13 October, 10am).

How do the wives and partners of our servicemen manage whilst their loved ones are thousands of miles away on the frontline? Over the course of a year, Kitty Dimbleby followed the wives of members of 2 Royal Welsh Battalion.

She provides some moving insights into the women behind our heroes, the inspiration for her book, Daffodil Girls, and is joined here by the wife of a soldier talking about her personal experience (L287, Friday 14 October, 2pm).

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We bank, shop, learn, work and live online.

But who will keep us safe in cyberspace in this burgeoning digital world? Writer and broadcaster Misha Glenny investigates the three fundamental threats that face any computer user in the 21st century: cyber crime, cyber warfare and cyber industrial espionage; the subject of his riveting new book, Dark Market (L063, Saturday 8 October 8, 6pm).

The Great Food Debate With an ever-increasing global population, one of our greatest challenges this century will certainly be that of developing sustainable food production practices for the longer term. Colin Tudge, author of Good Food For Everyone Forever, will discuss this enormous challenge with awardwinning writers and campaigners Felicity Lawrence and Jonathon Porritt (L297, Friday 14 October, 4.30pm).

As reporter and anchor for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, Peter Sissons was wounded in the Biafran War, as well as being the first reporter to announce the death of the Queen Mother. Here he discusses his fascinating memoir When One Door Closes, exploring the ever-changing face of the news and the challenges of being a foreign correspondent (L227, Wednesday 12 October, 8.45pm).

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Television and Radio Radio waves

Five minutes with…

Jean Marsh

The precursor to Downton Abbey was of course Upstairs, Downstairs which along with House of Eliot became a British institution that continues to be fondly remembered today.

Actress Jean Marsh co-created both series, and starred as Rose Buck in the original Upstairs, Downstairs, as well as in its recent revival on our screens. She talks about her career on the small screen as well as her turn-of-the-century novel Fiennders Abbey (L389, Sunday 16 October 16, 4.30pm).

E-reader or traditional book?

I read traditional books - why, because I like books, bookshelves and book shops.

Read the book or watch the film?

I would read the book and then possibly watch the film.

What is it like for an actor to play the same character for decades?

With more than 16,000 episodes broadcast, BBC Radio Four’s The Archers is the world’s longest running soap and still attracts audiences of over five million.

Cheltenham Festival explores the continuing appeal of this rural drama with Editor Vanessa Whitburn, and long-serving cast members Charles Collingwood (Brian Aldridge), Felicity Finch (Ruth Archer) and Tim Bentinck (David Archer). It will be chaired by Eddie Mair (L392, Sunday 16 October, 6pm).

Rabbi Lionel Blue is probably the most well-known of Radio Four’s Thought for The Day team. He appears twice at this year’s Festival, dispensing wisdom and wit in equal measure, whilst provoking us to think about the spiritual in our lives.

He joins us to discuss his extraordinary

What book should everyone read?

I am not going to answer that it is too authoritarian!

What’s your favourite book?

It is The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford.

Which other Festival event would you like to attend?

I would like to attend Jeremy Paxman’s Empire.

Which Festival speaker would you most like to meet?

I would like to have dinner with Simon Hopkinson anytime.

life and the importance of his faith to him (L150, Monday 10 October, 8.45pm) and also the contemplative urge that all of us have but is often suppressed by our hectic contemporary lives.

For this second talk he is joined by Father Christopher Jamison, the Abbot from BBC TV’s The Monastery to discuss how - in a personal and practical way some of our great religious traditions can show the way to a more contemplative, and fulfilling life (L187, Tuesday 11 October, 8.45pm).

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Period Drama

Arlene Phillips

Downton Abbey has captured the imagination of the nation, and has become the benchmark for quality drama, and a commentary on all things British.

As the hit series returns to our screens, we explore The World of Downton Abbey with author Jessica Fellowes, Oscarwinning screenwriter and series creator Julian Fellowes, actor Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley) and executive producer Gareth Neame (L106, Sunday 9 October, 6.30pm).

And, as Downton Abbey-mania grips television viewers once again this autumn,

we ask: What was the reality of life in the great Edwardian country house?

Cheltenham’s expert panel Lucinda Lambton (Palaces for Pigs), Dan Cruickshank (The Country House Revealed) and Jeremy Musson (Up and Down Stairs) explore the myths and realities of this carefully constructed and intimate hierarchy (L285, Friday14 October, 2pm).

Celebrate the transforming power of dance in a discussion with three individuals who have each had dazzling careers in this demanding field.

Ex-Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips shot to fame as the founder of the dance group Hot Gossip and is a hit-making West End choreographer.

Robert Hardy

Creation to Criticism Lounging in a darkened room with a remote control appears an enviable way to earn a crust.

Grace Dent (The Guardian), Andrew Billen (The Times) and Alison Graham (Radio Times) join Kirsty Lang and Kate Harwood (BBC Drama Head of Series and Serials) to discuss what it is really like to watch television for a living.

How does a critic choose what to write about, and do the makers of television programmes regard critics as friends, or armchair assassins? (L055, Saturday 8th October, 4pm) Columnist and author Grace Dent actually joined Twitter as a place to rant about rubbish TV, but she soon found herself consumed by the social network phenomenon.

Along with Caitlin Moran she takes a hilarious look at what’s really going on in Twitterworld and the influence it has on our lives (L070, Saturday 8 October, 8.45pm).

The writers of such classic shows as Hancock’s Half Hour, Comedy Playhouse and

Steptoe and Son, Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are the fathers of British sitcom.

They look back at their long comedy collaboration in conversation with author Christopher Stevens, editor of a new collection of their scripts and sketches: The Masters of Sitcom (L208, Wednesday 12 October, 2pm).

Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova are the most successful professional couple ever on Strictly Come Dancing, and are the stars and choreographers of the hit show Latin Fever.

They are currently involved in the new government initiative Essentially Dance, bringing dance to school children in the UK (L340, Saturday 15 October, 4pm).

Arlene has also written a children’s series, Alana Dancing Star. Full of magic, glamour, glitter and loveable characters; every book is a different dance spectacular. Children can hear the stories and see the dance steps with real dancers. (LB61, Saturday 15 October, 1.30pm).

Sound Bites

What are you currently reading?

I am currently re-reading Patrick Leigh-Fermor’s A Time of Gifts.

After reading the many wonderful obituaries about him I was prompted to read it again.

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Robert Hardy is one of our most distinctive and best-loved actors, whose extensive career spanning over 40 years takes in some of the most iconic screen and television productions of our time. From All Creatures Great and Small to Churchill: The Wilderness Years (for which he won a BAFTA) and Harry Potter, he discusses his extraordinary career (L050, Saturday, 8 October, 2pm).

Adam Henson: Countryfile BBC1’s hugely popular Countryfile visits the most beautiful places in the British countryside and the people who make it special, as well as investigating rural and environmental issues. Here Cotswold farmer Adam Henson (Adam’s Farm) shares fond memories and fascinating insights into British country life (L369, Sunday 16 October 16, 11am).

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Mugabe and The White African

Caitlin Moran

Acclaimed documentary Mugabe and the White African produced by Gloucestershire and Wales-based Arturi Films won the Royal Television Society’s Best Documentary Award, and was nominated for a BAFTA. In celebration of this local success story David Pearson and Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock discuss the extraordinary true story behind the film, accompanied by some gripping clips (L190, Tuesday 11 October 11, 8.45pm).

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Familiar from her roles in Brookside, The Royle Family and Waking The Dead, Sue Johnston is one of our most versatile and popular actresses. With her autobiography Things I Couldn’t Tell My Mother just out, Sue reminisces about her Liverpudlian childhood, her distinguished acting career - and exactly what it was she couldn’t tell her mother (L258, Thursday 13 October, 6.30pm).

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Theatre and Art It’s An Actor’s Life…

This year’s Festival boasts appearances from many of the country’s best loved actors.

As a child, Celia Imrie planned to join the Royal Ballet and marry Rudolph Nureyev. Instead she became a muchadmired actress, famous for her roles in Acorn Antiques, dinnerladies and Calendar Girls.

In conversation with Fidelis Morgan she treats Festival audiences to tales of her adventures, both on stage and off, as recounted in her memoir, The Happy Hoofer (L096, Thursday 13 October, 4pm).

Hugely acclaimed for her work on both stage and screen, Harriet Walter is undoubtedly one of the most remarkable actors of our time.

From Pride and Prejudice to Atonement and from Macbeth to Mary Stuart, she looks back over her extraordinary career to date and shares some fascinating insights into an acting life (L105, Sunday 9 October, 8pm).

As a BAFTA award-winning actress, model, film star and latterly an outspoken and hugely effective campaigner for the Gurkhas and many different charities, Joanna Lumley is one of our best-loved celebrities.

Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay has enjoyed a stellar career in TV roles such as Wolfie in Citizen Smith and the dentist Ben Harper in My Family, and on the stage in parts as diverse as The Entertainer and Onassis. He talks about his life and work (L101, Sunday 9 October, 6pm).

Artists and their Critics Works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh, Klimt and Rubens all feature in the list of the ten most expensive paintings to sell at auction.

Peter Bowles

She speaks about her extraordinary life and her new book, Absolutely: A Memoir (L410, Sunday 9 October, 4pm).

Told on leaving drama school that he would never play an Englishman, Peter Bowles is probably best known for playing just that.

He talks candidly about his distinguished acting career, as well as his celebrated TV roles in Rumpole of the Bailey and of course, To the Manor Born (L080, Sunday 9 October, 11am).

The Book Show

Pre-Raphaelite Muses

Our Broadcast Partner Sky Arts returns to Cheltenham with ‘The Book Show’, hosted

by Mariella Frostrup. This is your opportunity to be part of a unique live recording of the UK’s leading weekly show dedicated to books, featuring the wealth of talent at Cheltenham this year.

Thursdays at 8pm from October 13th on Sky Arts 1 HD (L031, L037, L076, L082).

In the mid-1800s the Pre-Raphaelites drew extraordinary women such as Janey Morris and Lizzie Sidall into their circle and recruited the most ravishing models from the Victorian slums. The crucial role played by women in the movement is sometimes overlooked, eclipsed by scandals, jealousies and betrayals. Franny Moyle (Desperate Romantics) and Jan Marsh (The Pre-Raphaelite Circle) re- appraise the legacy of these remarkable women (L129, Monday 10 October, 2pm).

Creator of seminal TV dramas Caught on a Train and Gideon’s Daughter as well as productions for the big screen such as Glorious 39, Stephen Poliakoff ’s career began when he wrote and directed for the stage. He joins us to talk about directing his first new play in 12 years, My City, at the Almeida Theatre, starring Tracey Ullman (L113, Sunday 9 October, 8.45pm).

In a lavishly illustrated talk, art historian and exhibition curator Ann Dumas traces the development of the artist’s progressive engagement with the figure in movement, through drawings, pastels, paintings, prints, sculpture and photography (L250, Thursday 13 October, 4.30pm).

“Degas’ work is so elegant and full of life and character that this talk will instantly transport you to the ballet.

It’s particularly wonderful to feel you are getting a glimpse backstage” (Candice Pearson, Marketing Executive, Cheltenham Literature Festival)

Despite his prodigious output, and widespread influence on 20th century British art, Eric Gill’s scandalous personal life has coloured his reputation. Ruth and Joe Cribb, authors of Eric Gill and curators of a British Museum exhibition on the artist, offer intriguing insights into his unorthodox world and artistic genius (L240, Thursday 13 October, 12.30pm).

And finally, continuing from last year’s Festival event, Andrew GrahamDixon discusses the second part of his illuminating biography of Caravaggio.

Join him as he follows the artist through streets filled with cardinals and whores, prayer and violence, vividly describing A Life Sacred and Profane (L218, Wednesday 12 October, 6.30pm).

Theatre Legends

Miniatures

Stephen Poliakoff

In his recent BBC1 documentary, the art critic Alastair Sooke investigated the stories behind the astronomic prices art can reach and entered a world of secrecy and rivalry, passion and power. Hear his views (L143, Monday 10 October, 6.30pm).

In an illuminating illustrated event based on his book A Bigger Message, art critic Martin Gayford looks back on a decade of conversations with David Hockney, in which the artist reflects on life, landscape, the people he has encountered, and the problems and paradoxes of representing a threedimensional world on a flat surface (L186, Tuesday 11 October, 4pm).

This autumn, the Royal Academy of Arts stages Degas Dancers: Eye and Camera, a landmark exhibition on Edgar Degas’s preoccupation with the ballet.

The Everyman Theatre Coinciding with the reopening of Cheltenham’s very own Everyman Theatre, built to original designs by Frank Matcham, after recently going through major refurbishment as well as celebrating its 120th anniversary, writer Michael Hasted presents the illustrated history of what is truly A Theatre for All Seasons (L124, Monday 10 October, 12pm).

Terence Rattigan, Henrik Ibsen, and Arthur Miller were all seminal playwrights whose influence is still felt today. Their incredible stories will be told at Cheltenham Literature Festival by theatre luminaries, including legends Penelope Keith and Imogen Stubbs.

Terence Rattigan is undergoing a remarkable revival in his centenary year with a wave of critically-acclaimed productions, including Trevor Nunn’s recent West End staging of Flare Path, and a new screen version of The Deep Blue Sea in the offing.

Actress Penelope Keith, Rattigan’s long-time companion Adrian Brown and biographer Michael Darlow, all great admirers of Rattigan’s plays discuss his life, and legacy as a dramatist (L226, Wednesday 12 October, 8.45pm).

During his lifetime and today, Henrik Ibsen won international acclaim as a groundbreaking dramatist.

Jonathan Kent, celebrated director of the recent National Theatre production of Emperor and Galilean, is joined by Ba Clemetsen, Oslo National 5

Theatre’s expert on experimental Ibsen adaptations, and actress Imogen Stubbs, who recently starred in Little Eyolf, to explore the particular challenges of adapting Ibsen in modern times (L387, Sunday 16 October, 4pm) Arthur Miller is one of the giants of 20th century literature; a prominent figure in American literature and theatre for over sixty years.

Christopher Bigsby, author of a landmark two-volume biography of Miller, discusses the life and art of this most influential of writers (L296, Friday 14 October, 3.30pm).

Marking the 75th anniversary of Federico García Lorca’s execution in the Spanish Civil War, Pablo Medina and Mark Statman discuss the life and work of the poet and playwright arguably best

known for his seminal play The House of Bernarda Alba (L262, Thursday 13 October, 7pm).

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Landscape and Architecture Gardening and the Glitterati Since the dawn of civilisation, gardens have been used as an indicator of wealth and status, and the gardens of Italy rank amongst the great treasures of the world.

Monty Don Dan Cruickshank

An Englishman’s Home is his Castle Our landscape is richly studded with castles, which today are largely objects of curiosity. For centuries however, they were at the heart of the kingdom’s social and political life.

In a lavishly illustrated talk, John Goodall, architectural editor of Country Life and author of The English Castle, brings to life the history of these redoubtable landmarks (L156, Tuesday 11 October, 10am).

“Pevsner is significant to all students of art and architecture; his vision was seminal.”

(Rupert Walshe, Architect, Walshe Associates)

The architectural history of British ancestral home also mirrors the social and economic history of our nation.

In a beautifully illustrated talk based on his BBC series The Country House Revealed, Dan Cruickshank brings the secret histories of six great private houses, none of them open to the public, to life (L278, Friday 14 October, 12pm).

Like so much in the country, the War greatly changed the face of British architecture.

They have influenced and inspired almost every landscape designer and architect since the Renaissance.

This Literature Festival, accompany gardener and author Monty Don and photographer Derry Moore on their tour of Italy’s glorious gardens, the playground preserves of the wealthy nobility, cardinals, industrialists and glitterati of their time (L049, Sat 8 October, 2pm).

As a champion of Modernism, Nikolaus Pevsner was a central figure in Britain’s post-war reconstruction, but it was his Buildings of England series, first published 60 years ago in 1951, that made his name synonymous with English architecture.

His biographer, Susie Harries discusses Pevsner’s life and legacy, and examines his sometimes controversial opinions on a selection of Gloucestershire’s buildings (L160, Tuesday 11 October, 12pm).

In England, the landscape gardener, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown changed the face of the country in the 18th century, designing the parks for dozens of our great houses from Blenheim Palace to Harewood House, many of which endure today.

His biographer, Jane Brown, traces the great man’s life, from his childhood in rural Northumberland to his subsequent meteoric rise to become omnipotent gardener to the rich and famous (L130, Monday 10 Oct, 2pm).

Across the pond, America’s founding fathers, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison all combined revolutionary zeal with a passion for gardening, botany and horticulture.

Andrea Wulf

In an enthralling, illustrated talk, Andrea Wulf, author of The Founding Gardeners, reveals how these great men of politics created an American Eden which influenced the birth of the US nation (L136, Monday 10 Gardening, 4pm).

Niche News The Square Mile The City of London is rich in architectural landmarks: both historic like St Paul’s Cathedral and Mansion House, and modern like the Barbican and the ‘Gherkin’. Nicholas Kenyon and Alan Powers, co-editors of a new book on the Square Mile, join us for an engrossing talk on the City’s architectural traditions, and its innovations. (L281, Friday 14 October, 12pm).

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From Blade Runner to Thierry Mugler, what does Postmodernism mean, and where did it come from? In this lavishly illustrated talk, Jane Pavitt and Glenn Adamson, curators of a major autumn exhibition at the V&A, show how Postmodernism evolved rapidly from a provocative architectural

movement of the early 1970s, to influence all areas of popular culture including art, film, music, graphics and fashion (L021, Friday 7 October, 6.30pm)

This Little Piggy ggy The writer, photographer and broadcaster on matters architectural ural Lucinda Lambton is renowned for her infectious enthusiasm and delight for her eclectic ectic and often eccentric subjects.

She gives an illustrated event looking back on her wonderfully varied career, and to discuss her latest book, Palaces for Pigs and Other Beastly Dwellings (L271, Friday 14 October, 10am).

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Food and Drink Dinner and a show

Anjum Anand

The Times Cheltenham Literature is offering audiences a full gastronomic experience at its cooking events this year.

As head chef of the Literature Festival, food writerr ring Anjum Anand focuses on all things foodie, uncovering a world of hidden pleasures and kitchen secrets.

Author and star of BBC2’s Indian Food Made Easy and last year’s I Love Curry, Anjum will take audiences on a culinary world crossing, sampling food, drink, culture and literature in lively interactive events.

Food and good health are directly interconnected, so why do we sometimes choose food based on price or convenience, rather than goodness.

Nutritionist Jane Clarke and naturopath and herbalist Elizabeth Peyton-Jones join Anjum to discuss how we can eat ourselves to physical and mental health (L178, Tuesday 11 October, 6-7pm).

Fluffy Spinach Koftas in a Creamy Tomato Curry (serves 4–5) for the curry 2 large tomatoes, quartered and deseeded 3 garlic cloves 10g fresh root ginger, peeled weight 5 tbsp vegetable oil, plus more to deep-fry 1 onion, sliced 40g cashew nuts 1 /2 tsp turmeric 1 /4 – 1/2 tsp chilli powder for heat, or 1 /2 tsp paprika for colour 1 1/4 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp garam masala salt, to taste 2–3 tbsp double cream, or a knob of butter (optional)

for the koftas 200g spinach, I use whole leaf (not baby leaf) for more flavour, well washed 2 tbsp cornflour 200g ricotta cheese

Chicken and Vegetables in an Aromatic Coconut Sauce (serves 4–6) 6 tbsp coconut or vegetable oil 1 tsp mustard seeds 5cm cinnamon stick 6 green cardamom pods 4 cloves 10 black peppercorns 2 star anise 15 curry leaves 1 onion, finely sliced 20g fresh root ginger, peeled weight, finely chopped 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2–4 green chillies, whole but pierced ½ tsp turmeric ¼–½ tsp chilli powder 1 tbsp ground coriander 2 tsp fennel seeds, roughly powdered salt, to taste 500g skinless chicken joints 400ml can coconut milk 1 tbsp coconut cream (optional) ¾–1 tsp tamarind paste, or to taste handful of green beans, topped and tailed, halved on the diagonal; 2 handfuls of green peas, fresh or frozen and defrosted; small fistful of fresh coriander leaves

In every home the kitchen is always at the heart, nourishing body and soul. Anjum is joined by Bill Granger (Bill’s Everyday Asian) to discuss the importance of home cooking, and passing on our heritage via food and recipes (L221, Wednesday 12 October, 7-8pm).

Anjum has travelled around the world creating delicious Indian food that is healthy and bursting with flavour, and she will demonstrate her cooking skills alongside presenter Nikki Bedi (L200, Wednesday 12 October, 12-1pm).

Why not try these recipes from I Love Curry by Anjum Anand yourself?

A kofta was traditionally a meatball, but the vegetarian masses of India (perhaps the most inventive cooks I’ve ever come across) soon started to make their own versions. These would have been made with paneer but I didn’t want to add the extra work, so I tried it with ricotta instead. The resulting koftas are light, fluffy and absolutely delicious with this full-bodied, lightly spiced sauce.

Serve with pilaf or Naan.

Blend together the tomatoes, garlic and ginger to a fine paste, using a little water to help; I use a stick blender. Heat the 5 tbsp of oil in a large non-stick saucepan. Add the onion and cook until lightly browned. Add the tomato paste, cashew nuts, spices and salt. Cook over a moderate heat for around 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the paste releases oil. Blend until smooth with a stick blender, adding a little water, if necessary, to help. Pour back into the pan, add 500ml water, bring to a boil and simmer for eight to 10 minutes, until the curry is the consistency of single cream.

While the curry is cooking, make the dumplings. Wilt the spinach in a pan with a little water and a good pinch of salt. Once cool enough to handle, squeeze out the excess water and blend to a coarse puree with a stick blender. Add the cornflour and ricotta and stir well.

Heat the oil for deep-frying in a wide sauté pan or a karahi. There should be enough to come 5cm up the sides of the sauté pan, or 10cm up the sides of a small karahi. Test the oil temperature by dropping in a small amount of the spinach mixture; it should sizzle immediately but not colour straight away. Drop heaped teaspoonfuls of the mixture straight into the oil. You may need to do this in batches, so as not to crowd the pan. You should be able to make about 20. Carefully cook them, turning to ensure even cooking; they take about seven or eight minutes and will (unfortunately) turn brown, losing their vivid green colour. Remove and blot off excess oil on kitchen paper.

Once the dumplings are all cooked, place them in the curry and cook for five minutes. Stir in the cream or butter (if using) and serve.

This is a beautiful, full-flavoured, creamy dish that hails from the Christians of Kerala. It is known as ishtu, a word that is a derivation of ‘stew’, because this is a naturally-fused dish of east and west. Chicken and vegetables are all cooked together with the local flavours of the south western coast of India. There are lots of spices, but the flavours have been mellowed by coconut. Don’t worry, you can still taste lovely bits of ginger and the flavours of star anise and fennel seeds. You can make this without vegetables, or add whatever vegetables you have in the fridge; it’s that kind of dish. Lovely with rice, Naan or Paratha, or even the rice noodles which are often eaten in Kerala.

Heat the oil in a wide pan (a karahi or wok is ideal). Add the whole spices and, once the seeds have stopped popping, the curry leaves. Follow immediately with the onion and cook over a moderate heat until translucent. Add the ginger, garlic and green chillies and sauté gently for one or two minutes, or until the garlic is cooked.

Add the turmeric, chilli, ground coriander, fennel seeds and salt with a splash of water and cook for two minutes. Put in the chicken and cook in the spice paste for two minutes more. Pour in water to come one-third of the way up the chicken, bring to a boil, then lower the flame and cook, covered, for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. The liquid in the pot should have reduced quite a bit by now. Add most of the coconut milk (try and add only the thin milk that collects at the bottom of the can at this point), cover and cook for another five minutes. Uncover and cook off most of the excess liquid, giving the pan occasional stirs. Check the chicken is cooked all the way through, with no trace of pink.

Stir in the remaining thick coconut milk, coconut cream (if using), tamarind, beans and peas; the dish should be creamy. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Simmer for three to four minutes, then serve with the coriander leaves.

I Love Curry by Anjum Anand is published by Quadrille (www.quadrille.co.uk).

Anjum’s new food range for The Spice Tailor is now available in Waitrose.

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Visitors can choose to have lunch at The Daffodil as part of Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall’s event.

Familiar from his many appearances on television, and renowned for his indispensable River Cottage cookbooks, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is one of

our most respected food writers and chefs.

He discusses all things culinary, and in particular the delights of vegetables, the subject of his new book and Channel 4 series (L383, Sunday 16 October, 2.30pm)

“Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall is an inspirational chef. Hearing him speak and then getting to eat food inspired by his work is a delicious idea!”

(Lynsey Pledger from Jo’s Little Bakery)

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

In a special Festival partnership, The Daffodil restaurant is hosting a heartening Sunday lunch before Hugh’s event (L383D, Sunday 16 October, 12pm) with dishes inspired by his new book.

Cheltenham Festivals is offering a special purchase price of £60, which includes your event ticket, three-course lunch, champagne on arrival and a Daffodil goody bag including a signed copy of Veg: River Cottage Everyday (RRP £25).

A wee dram...

Sample a range of free music performances and intimate readings, while supping a complimentary dram in The Highland Park Keynotes Marquee this Festival.

Authors will speak for 15 minutes at a time, reading small passages, giving insights into the motivation behind their work and answering audience questions, and music acts will play throughout the day.

After enjoying one of Highland Park’s perfectly balanced malt whiskies, don’t forget to enter the prize draw to win a weekend trip to Highland Park’s spiritual home of Orkney.

For those that would like to take a deeper tasting session, Dominic Roskrow, Editor of Whiskeria and The Spirit Business Magazine, will be running three separate hour-long tasting sessions (L337, L338, L339 on Saturday 15 October).

He will lead guests through various different ages, including the famous 18 Year Old, voted ‘The Best Spirit in the World’.

Bitesize Cutting Edge

The Good Cook

Razor-sharp chef Allegra McEvedy demonstrates how the tools of her trade, knives, can reflect the food of different cultures, as described in her new book, Bought, Borrowed and Stolen: Recipes and Knives from a Travelling Chef (L211, Wednesday 12 October, 4pm).

If you relish the prospect of sitting down to eat in the company of one of Britain’s greatest cooks, here’s your chance. Join renowned food writer and presenter of BBC series The Good Cook, Simon Hopkinson at this lovely dinner featuring his favourite dishes, followed by a question and answer session (L263, Thursday 13 October, 7pm).

Hi-tech history Join food historian and cook Ivan Day (from BBC 2’s Royal Upstairs Downstairs) as he talks about the extraordinary world of the pioneering Edwardian chef Agnes Marshall – and demonstrates the surprisingly hi-tech secrets behind the creation of her exquisite ices and desserts (L193, Wednesday 12 October, 12pm).

Simon Hopkinson

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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

BYATT TO BROWN: POET TO PM Catch-22 by Joseph Heller has been selected as the 2011 title for the Bonne Maman Big Read in association with Vintage Classics. The project invites book lovers up and down the country to revisit this classic satire as it celebrates it 50th anniversary in October.

A S BYATT

The Bonne Maman Big Read will bring readers together to debate and enjoy Catch-22 in a relaxed and inspiring style.

The traditional French patisserie is the perfect partner for the project which aims to inspire people to take time out with a good book, a reviving drink and an indulgent treat to nibble.

Catch-22 is a hilarious and tragic take on the madness of the modern world and remains one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century.

Set in the final months of World War II, it tells the story of a bombardier named Yossarian and his efforts to survive.

Big Read book groups throughout the summer will offer the opportunity to debate and discuss Catch-22 with fellow book lovers. Readers from across the country are invited to join in the project and hold Book Groups to get the creative juices flowing. Full details of how to get involved, and all the book groups and events already planned, are available at www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/bigread.

Academic Sarah Churchwell, and authors Mohammed Hanif and Andy McNab will discuss Catch-22’s enduring appeal in a panel event (L054, Saturday 8 October, 4.45pm).

Who studied at Central School of Speech and Drama with RSC and National Theatre voice coach...

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Booker Prize-winning novelist A S Byatt is at Cheltenham, talking about her politically charged retelling of the Norse Ragnarok myth (L332, Saturday 15 October, 2-3pm).

Her sister is the novelist, DBE...

MARGARET DRABBLE Who is a former member of the RSC and one time understudy for actress...

VANESSA REDGRAVE PATSY RODENBURG Who is at Cheltenham discussing the challenges of speaking Shakespeare’s words aloud (L365, Sunday 16 October, 10-11am).

Rodenburg recently directed at the Barbican, where Handspring Puppet Company (of War Horse fame) is currently working on a new project.

War Horse author and former Children’s Laureate...

MICHAEL MORPURGO is speaking twice at the Festival, bringing Ted Hughes’s poems to life with actor Juliet Stevenson (LB29, Sunday 9 October, 12-1pm) and discussing War Horse with Claire Balding (LB39, Sunday 9 October, 4-5pm).

SETTING UP YOUR OWN BOOK GROUP? TRY THESE DISCUSSION POINTS. One definition of a classic is a book that has meaning for each generation of readers.

Fifty years after publication, is Catch-22 relevant?

Had you read the novel previously?

Would you recommend this novel to a friend or relative?

Is Heller an optimist?

Catch-22’s popularity and critical acclaim has increased steadily since publication. Why do you think that the book is gaining in popularity as the years pass?

To win one of ten copies of Catch-22, answer the following question.

Q. Which milestone anniversary is Catch-22 celebrating this year?

Answers should be sent on a postcard with your name, address, email and telephone number, to Catch-22 Competition, 1st floor (HSBC Bank building),109-111 Bath Road, Cheltenham, Glos, GL53 7LS. All correct entries received by 31st Oct will be entered into a prize draw and the winners selected at random.

WIN A LUXURY HOTEL STAY

The children’s Laureate crown has now passed to author...

You could win a night’s stay at a luxury hotel with our special Facebook competition.

This year’s Literature Festival theme is ‘Journeys of Discovery’, and to celebrate we’d like you to go on a little adventure. Just take a photo of yourself with your brochure in an exciting location and upload it onto our Facebook page. It could be taken on holiday, at work or just somewhere unique.

The Cheltenham Festivals staff will choose their favourite picture and the entrant will win a one night’s stay at the luxurious Lower Slaughter Manor, Gloucestershire (lowerslaughter.co.uk).

A lucky runner-up will win Sunday lunch for four people in Lower Slaughter’s sister hotel, Washbourne Court in their award-winning restaurant (www. washbournecourt.co.uk). Competition rules are available at cheltenhamfestivals. com/terms-conditions

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HOW TO ENTER STEP ONE

Make sure you’ve connected with us on Facebook. If you haven’t yet, go to: facebook.com/cheltenhamfestivals and hit the ‘like’ button.

STEP TWO

Take a picture of you and your Festival brochure somewhere interesting

STEP THREE Upload the image to our Facebook page (facebook.com/ cheltenhamfestivals); and be sure to tag yourself.

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who is at Cheltenham doing a family singalong session of tunes from her irresistible songbookss and stories (LB3, Saturday 8 October).

Her most famous book The Gruffalo was illustrated by...

ALEX SCHEFFLER Who will be introducing his new characters Pip and Posy (LB12, Saturday 8 October, 2-2.45pm) to toddlers and their parents.

Top-drawer ‘drawer’ Alex was asked personally to design a Christmas card for then Chancellor (soon to be PM) and Cheltenham Festival speaker...

GORDON BROWN

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Join the wonderful, mega-bestselling Francesca Simon as she talks about all things horrid! Find out Horrid Henry's latest dreadful deeds in this wickedly funny and unique event, and listen in as Francesca reads from her brand new and hilarious Horrid Henry and the Zombie Vampire (LB24, Sunday 9 October, 10am)

FAMILY FUN

, This year s Festival is packed with fun events for children and their families.

With everyone from Peppa Pig (LB63, Saturday 15 October, 4pm) and Kipper (LB84/ LB87, Sunday 16 October, 2.45pm/4pm) for little ones, to Tintin (LB70, Saturday 15 October, 5pm), Pauline Francis (LB59, Saturday 15 October, 12.45pm) and David Gatward (LB71, Saturday 15 October, 5.30pm) there’s definitely something for everyone at this year’s festival.

There’s also free Family Fun days on both Saturdays of the Festival (8 and 15, between 11am and 2pm) when Imperial Square will spring to life with stiltwalkers, Punch and Judy shows, face painters and many more activities for the whole family to enjoy.

Children can also meet some of their favourite storybook characters and listen to brilliant storytellers.

On Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 October, Robin Hood’s Den will also be on Imperial Square. This is for young visitors who want to join the exciting world of Sherwood Forest, and find out what it would have been like to be one of heroic outlaw Robin Hood’s merry men. With storytelling and fun activities for kids and adults alike, this experience will really bring the legend to life.

LOOK ONLINE FOR THE FULL LIST OF OUR BOOK IT! EVENTS.

“Allivator” by Roger McGough from An Imaginary Menagerie (© Roger McGough, 1983) is printed by permission of United Agents www.unitedagents.co.uk on behalf of Roger McGough.

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Roger McGough is one of our best-known and best-loved poets. Join him for a wonderful poetry performance and watch him illustrate a veritable zoo of rare breeds, real and imaginary from An Imaginary Menagerie. Find out about the ,anaconda in a Honda [don t ask him for a ride, you might end up inside], the useful catapillow, the reliable teapet, and those exceedingly naughty kiwis! [LB58, Saturday 15 October, 12pm].

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Montpellier Gardens

FRIDAY 7 OCTOBER Afternoon L001 Sara Wheeler L002 The Language Wars L003 Edward Burne-Jones L004 David Lodge L005 Bob Marshall-Andrews L006 Benedict Allen, Colin Thubron & Sara Wheeler L007 Emma Donoghue & Ellen Feldman L008 Tony Benn L009 Nicola Shulman L010 Every Two Minutes L011 Samuel Palmer L012 Royalty Revealed L013 Matthew Parris L014 David Lodge & John Sutherland L015 Christopher Ondaatje L016 Explorer-in-Residence Evening L017 Political Legacies L018 Colin Thubron L019 Mark Tully L020 Anna Del Conte & Josceline Dimbleby L021 Postmodernism L022 Edward Thomas L023 Any Questions L024 The UK All Stars Poetry Slam!

Qualifier L025 Ray Mears L026 Simon Hoggart & Bob Marshall-Andrews L027 Pamela Stephenson Connolly L028 Samuel Johnson L029 Sarah Bakewell

SATURDAY 8 OCTOBER Morning L030 Excess Baggage L031 The Book Show LB2 WW2 Adventures L032 Captain Scott’s Lost Photographs L033 The Spanish Civil War LB3 Singalong with Julia Donaldson L034 Jeremy Paxman

L055 L096 L057 L058 L054 L045 L062

Secrets of the TV Critics Celia Imrie After Bin Laden Wellcome Trust Book Prize Catch-22 Words & Whisky Anne Rice

Evening L060 Moscow Rules L061 Taste Great Wine L063 Misha Glenny L064 What Does it Mean to be a Liberal Democrat?

LB21 How To Get Your Children’s Book Published L065 Frank Skinner L066 Mohammed Hanif & Tahmima Anam L059 John Hegarty & Mark Borkowski L084 Alistair Darling L067 Spiegeltent Jazz Night L068 The UK All Stars Poetry Slam!

L069 The King’s Speech L070 Grace Dent & Caitlin Moran L071 Heather Brooke L073 Andy McNab L074 Joe Dunthorne & Blake Morrison L075 Past Masters L072 Jarvis Cocker

SUNDAY 9 OCTOBER Morning L076 The Book Show L077 William Golding L078 Read Virgil L079 Martin Davidson & Ben Macintyre LB24 Horrid Henry L080 Peter Bowles L081 Your Perfect Coffee Moment L399 John Sergeant Afternoon L083 Meet the Controller LB29 Ted Hughes - Stories and Poems LB30 Justin’s Jokes LB27 Meg Rosoff & Jennifer Donnelly L082 The Book Show L086 Lunchtime Melodies L087 Soapbox with Oli Barrett L088 Mary Beard L360 Words & Whisky L093 Michael Portillo LB33 How to Steal a Dragon’s Sword L091 The Nick Clarke Debate L092 BBC World Book Club L094 Jane Eyre

L104 L106 L107 L097 L102 L105 L111 L112 L113 L108 L114 L109

Francine Stock Downton Abbey A Good Read Afghanistan Evan Davis Harriet Walter Rachel Johnson Andrew Miller & Amy Sackville Stephen Poliakoff Isla Blair & Julian Glover The Wondermentalist Cabaret Larry Lamb

L187 L188 L189 L190

Achieve Inner Peace Jim Al-Khalili Anne Holt & Rosamund Lupton Mugabe and the White African

WEDNESDAY 12 OCTOBER Morning L191 David Marquand L192 Allan Mallinson & Stella Tillyard L193 The Edwardian Table L194 Venice L195 Ursula Moray Williams L196 Your Perfect Coffee Moment L197 Paul Farley & Michael Symmons Roberts

MONDAY 10 OCTOBER Morning L115 Paint Like Turner L116 Explorers of the Nile L117 A Chronicle of Russia L119 Spinsters Abroad L120 Your Perfect Coffee Moment L121 Edwardian Portraits L122 Ghosts of Empire

Afternoon L198 Tim Wonnacott L199 Norman Davies L200 Anjum Anand & Nikki Bedi L201 Hunter Davies L203 Wallis Simpson L204 Ranulph Fiennes L205 Military Writing L206 Big Read Book Group LW23 Bookbinding Workshop L207 Suzy Atkins & Valentine Warner L208 The Masters of Sitcom L209 Diana Athill L210 Marina Warner L211 Allegra McEvedy L212 Gervase Phinn L213 Nancy Mitford L214 Max Hastings L215 Science Fiction Futures L216 Poetry Café

Afternoon L123 Alison Weir L124 The Everyman Theatre L125 Gyles Brandreth & Franny Moyle L126 A History of Royal Weddings L127 Nicholas Rankin L128 Big Read Book Group L129 Pre-Raphaelite Women L130 Capability Brown L133 Virginia Nicholson L134 Simon Baron-Cohen & Richard Lloyd Parry L135 The Queen L136 The Founding Gardeners L137 Bella Bathurst L138 Poetry Café

Evening L217 Penelope Keith L218 Andrew Graham-Dixon L219 Money Matters L220 Fern Britton L221 Celebrating Home Cooking L222 Alastair Hignell L223 Our Common Ground L224 Terry Wogan

Evening L139 Carol Ann Duffy & John Sampson L140 Giorgio Locatelli L141 Dennis Turner & Hugh Pym L142 Simon Jenkins L143 The World’s Most Expensive Paintings L144 Robinson Crusoe L145 Kiki de Montparnasse L146 Voices from Iraq L147 Edwardian Farm L148 David Crystal L149 Pirates of the Caribbean L150 Rabbi Lionel Blue L151 John Landis L152 Lee Child L153 David Vann

TUESDAY 11 OCTOBER Morning L154 Survive Elizabethan Times L155 Shelley L156 The English Castle L157 The British Secret Service L159 Your Perfect Coffee Moment

L035 Your Perfect Coffee Moment L036 The Write Stuff Afternoon L038 Charles Dickens LB9 Ruby Redfort with Lauren Child L039 Steve Bell & Simon Hoggart L037 The Book Show L041 Soapbox with John Hegarty L042 Words & Whisky LB10 RSPB Wildlife Poetry LB11 Monsters and Shadows L043 Words & Whisky L046 Caitlin Moran L048 Gareth Peirce L364 Times2 Live!

L049 Monty Don & Derry Moore L050 Robert Hardy L051 Best of Times, Worst of Times L047 Ruth Rendell LB14 Chitty Flies Again L040 The Big Reading L044 Words & Whisky L052 Penny Smith L056 Robert Peston

L095 Tahmima Anam, Anne Rice & Natasha Solomons LB36 Mad, Bad and Dangerous!

L090 Atlantis L085 The Big Reading L361 Words & Whisky LB37 What Makes a Blue Peter Prize Winner L098 Great British Railway Journeys L410 Joanna Lumley L401 Plan Your Own Adventure L099 Translating Holy Texts LB39 War Horse L100 Afternoon Readings LB40 How to Get the Family You Want L110 Jeffrey Archer L362 Words & Whisky LB42 Paul Stewart & Chris Riddell Evening L103 Rachel Johnson, Jane Shilling & Harriet Walter L101 Robert Lindsay

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Imperial Square

L226 L225 L227 L228 L230

Afternoon L160 Pevsner L161 Survive Exploring the Extremes L162 Roy Hattersley L163 John Julius Norwich L164 Quentin Cooper, Steve Jones & Lemn Sissay L165 Virginia Woolf L166 Big Read Book Group LW22 Bookbinding Workshop L167 Through the Eyes of a Child L168 Adam Hart-Davis L169 Edward Stourton L186 David Hockney L170 The Churchills L173 Edna O’Brien L171 Leonardo da Vinci L172 Edwardian Legacies L174 Poetry Café

Terence Rattigan: A Celebration Joe Simpson Peter Sissons Religion and Politics The Kalevala

Evening L255 Clarissa Dickson Wright L257 Ed Balls, Paul Mason & Will Hutton L258 Sue Johnston L252 The Birth of Rugby L260 Comedy Quiz Night L261 The Titanic L262 Lorca L263 Simon Hopkinson L264 From Pitch to Press Box L265 Maurice Saatchi & Mark Borkowski L266 A L Kennedy & James Rhodes L267 Will Hutton L268 Jim Crace & John Crace L269 Mark Watson L270 Writers in Residence

FRIDAY 14 OCTOBER Morning L271 Lucinda Lambton L272 Oliver Burkeman L273 Ian Kershaw L275 The Battle of Towton L277 Your Perfect Coffee Moment Afternoon L278 Dan Cruickshank L279 Caroline Moorehead L280 Wagner and Verdi L281 Nicholas Kenyon & Alan Powers L282 The Palace and the Press L283 The National Poetry Competition Winners L284 You Heard It Here First…

L401 Words & Whisky L285 The Edwardian Country House L286 Byron L287 War Wives L289 Horseback Adventures L290 Republic vs. Royalty L291 Small is Beautiful L288 Big Read Book Group L402 Words & Whisky L296 Arthur Miller L292 Howard Jacobson L293 Wendy Cope L294 The West End Front L295 Chris Mullin L297 The Great Food Debate L298 Celebrating Indian Women L299 Poetry Café L403 Words & Whisky Evening L304 Digby Jones L301 Profiling the Greats L302 Mark Beaumont L303 Jonathan Ross - Turf L300 A L Kennedy & Mark Thomas L305 David Harsent, Sean O’Brien & Paul Muldoon L306 Virginity L310 Howard Marks L307 Jonathan Ross L308 Will Self L309 C K Williams L311 A P McCoy L312 Linda Edsjö & Abbi Patrix L313 Jan Costin Wagner & Val McDermid L314 Sex on the Page

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Out and About

L335 Penelope Lively L336 The 2011 Man Booker Prize Shortlist Event LB64 How the Olympics Came to Be L402 Build The Perfect Team L325 The Big Reading L329 Words & Whisky L337 A Wee Dram L340 Strictly Come Dancing L341 The New Protest Movement L342 Ben Okri L343 A Lion Called Christian L344 The 1951 Cheltenham Booker Prize LB69 Tales from India L403 Make The Most of a Gap Year L338 A Wee Dram LB70 Tintin L330 Words & Whisky LB71 Terror Unleashed!

Evening L345 How Far Back Can You Go? L346 Marcus Brigstocke L347 Cheltenham Festival L349 The Times Debate L350 The Arab Uprising: Where Next?

L339 A Wee Dram L348 Roald Amundsen L351 Brian Aldiss L352 Spiegeltent Jazz Night L353 Ben Fogle L355 Erica Jong L356 Shazia Mirza L357 Richard Wiseman & A L Kennedy L358 True Love L359 China Miéville

SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER Morning L365 Patsy Rodenburg L367 Neil Oliver L368 Survive The Battle of Marathon LB75 Mr Gum with Andy Stanton LB74 Potentially Catastrophic Science L369 Adam Henson L370 Your Perfect Coffee Moment Afternoon L371 Robert Harris L373 I’ve Never Read L374 Judith Hermann & Polly Samson LB79 David Walliams L377 Words & Whisky L376 Charley Boorman & Russ Malkin

THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER Morning L231 Women War Artists L232 Orpheus L233 The Crusades L235 Ancient Egypt L234 Just My Type L236 Your Perfect Coffee Moment Afternoon L237 The Suffragettes L238 Love Match L239 Simon Sebag Montefiore L240 Eric Gill L241 The Hajj L242 Lucien Pissarro L243 Big Read Book Group LW24 Bookbinding Workshop L244 Lucy Worsley L245 Lewis Wolpert L246 Being Human L247 The Legacy of War L248 Joan Bakewell L249 Debating Matters L250 Degas L251 Carol Drinkwater & Michael Wright L253 Poetry Café L256 Sebastian Barry & Joan Bakewell

Evening L178 Eating for Health L175 Steve Redgrave L176 Mark Kermode L177 Jonathan Sacks & Jim Al-Khalili L179 Roy Strong L180 Christopher Brookmyre & Jasper Fforde L181 European Literature Night L182 Gloucestershire Writers’ Network L183 Duncan Bannatyne L184 Dave Gorman L397 Colin Dexter & Ken Dodd

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SATURDAY 15 OCTOBER Morning L315 Martin Bell L316 Victorian Values L317 Amanda Foreman L318 Cold War Spies LB52 Johnny Ball L319 Captain Scott L320 Your Perfect Coffee Moment LB57 World of Happy Afternoon L321 Fashion and Opera L322 What Does Conservatism Mean in 2011?

L323 Melvyn Bragg L324 Celebrating Beryl Bainbridge LB58 Roger McGough L326 Soapbox with Conor Woodman L327 Words & Whisky LB59 Destined for Greatness L328 Words & Whisky L331 Walking with the Wounded LB61 Alana Dancing Star L332 A S Byatt L333 Mervyn Peake L334 Clive James

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Ladybird Live!

Rita Tushingham Victoria Hislop The Great Education Debate Lennox & Freda Words & Whisky Finance Your Adventure Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Animal Tales with Terry Jones and Michael Foreman Ian Hislop Words & Whisky The Big Reading Ibsen: A Celebration Lisa Randall Jane Austen What Does Labour Stand For? Upstairs, Downstairs Vikings!

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Evening L392 The Archers L393 Charley Boorman & Ed Stafford L396 Graeme Archer & Oliver Kamm L395 Julia McKenzie

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A gift Membership covers 2012’s Jazz, Science, Music and Literature Festivals, and your loved one will enjoy a week’s advance booking, 10% ticket discount, free Members’ magazines and all kinds of exclusive events throughout the year.

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With Memberships available for individuals, couples and families and priced from £15 to £57, there’s a perfect gift for everyone.

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Sport Racing Times Horse racing is integral to Cheltenham living, and we are joined by racing greats, both old and new, to learn more about the town’s iconic sport.

Captain’s Corner Captaining the sport events at this year’s Festival is English cricket legend turned sports correspondent Mike Atherton, and 2011 sees some of the nation’s most popular and successful sportsmen take the podium at Cheltenham Festival.

Having made the difficult journey from professional sportsmen to successful sports journalists, Mike Atherton, chief cricket correspondent of The Times and author of Glorious Summers and Discontents and former Middlesex bowler turned Daily Telegraph sports analyst Simon Hughes will discuss the two very different (or similar) halves of their careers (L264, Thursday 13 October, 8.45pm).

They will also be joined by tabletennis champion Matthews Syed who counts top Oxford graduate, businessman, Parliamentary candidate, charity founder, prize-winning sports

The most successful jump-jockey ever, A P McCoy was crowned champion for the first time in 1996, and has since collected a record 16 consecutive champion jockey titles.

“AP McCoy is an incredible ambassador... all that he has achieved is utterly inspirational” (Guy Disney on AP McCoy, see p 2 for full interview)

In 2010, he became the first jockey to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year, and now he looks back on his

remarkable life and career (L311, Friday 14 October, 8.45PM).

Racing correspondent Robin Oakley’s The Cheltenham Festival: A Centenary History tells the story of how three days of jump racing beneath Cleeve Hill became a vast sporting event attracting an average of 50,000 spectators per day.

He joins 2011 Gold Cup-winning jockey Sam Waley-Cohen, and chairman of National Hunt racing Robert WaleyCohen to celebrate 100 thrilling years of racing (L347, Saturday 15 October, 6PM).

journalist and author of Bounce among his attributes. Syed’s Science Festival event earlier in the year was a sell-out success and so early booking is recommended.

Atherton will also chair an event about profiling great stars. This is particularly interesting subject as more and more sports stars have official (and unofficial) ghost-written biographies published daily.

Capturing the spirit of sports stars and the essence of their astounding achievements is a tough ask, but something distinguished biographers Duncan Hamilton and Leo McKinstry have both achieved.

They discuss their subjects, renowned fast bowler Harold Larwood and legendary opening batsman Jack Hobbs respectively, and tell us how it is done (L301, Friday 14 October, 6.30pm).

The Birth of Rugby League In 1908 the New Zealand All Golds came to Cheltenham on the first ever international rugby league tour.

Playing at the Athletic Ground, the All Golds beat England 8-5, winning them the first ever Rugby League International Test Series.

The team made history, departing England triumphantly, but tragedy struck on the voyage home.

John Haynes, author of All Blacks to All Golds, joins sports historian Tony Collins and Lesley Vainikolo, the New Zealand rugby legend, now playing for Gloucester RFC, to illuminate this amazing story (L252, Thursday 13 October, 7pm).

Five minutes with… Lesley Vainikolo Bulldozing former rugby league winger Lesley Vainikolo announced his arrival at Kingsholm by scoring five tries against Leeds Carnegie on his debut.

Before moving to England, Tonga born Vainikolo played rugby league in Australia and internationally for New Zealand Kiwis. In England he played Super League for Bradford Bulls before changing codes.

Lesley excelled at rugby union, getting a call up to England’s 2008 Six Nations squad, scoring 11 tries. He is now a crowd favourite at table-topping Premiership club Gloucester.

Alastair Hignell

Steve Redgrave

Following illustrious sporting careers as both England rugby player and Gloucestershire cricketer, Alastair Hignell, became a leading BBC sports commentator. After diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis, he became a legendary and tireless fundraiser, and was awarded the CBE for his services to sport and to charity.

Exploring these questions, he talks about his inspirational life and work (L222, Wednesday 12 October, 7pm).

Redgrave on the Olympics

Laugh Out Loud

With London 2012 not far away, join sporting icon Steve Redgrave for a look back at some of the highlights and infamous moments of Olympic history. From Mark Spitz to Kelly Holmes, the Jamaican bobsled team to Black Power 1968, he recounts stories and reveals what makes these moments truly great (L175, Tuesday 11 October, 6.30pm).

The sports pundit, comedian, author and husband, as Mark Watson has been known to describe himself, is familiar from his appearances on such TV shows as Mock the Week and Have I Got News for You. Making a welcome return to Cheltenham, he talks about life, the universe and his latest novel Eleven (L269, Thursday 13 October, 8.45pm).

How do you read; traditional book or electronic reader (and why)?

Traditional Books - they are less likely to get broken on team buses!

Read the book or watch the film (and why)?

Freedom Riders - it’s an account of a true episode during the civil rights movement in America.

It’s both shocking and inspirational.

What’s your favourite book?

Freedom Riders Apart from your own event, what other Festival event would you like to attend?

How to Survive Exploring The Extremes (L161).

We push our bodies to their limits every rugby season, so it’d be interesting to hear how explorers mentally and physically prepare for extreme trips.

I watch the film and then read the book.

Which Festival speaker would you most like to meet?

What are you currently reading?

Andy McNab - so I could ask him about the SAS training.

A biography of Bob Marley.

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What book should everyone read?

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