Brian Sewell talks to John Walsh, Soho Literary Festival
September 28th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Brian Sewell is the one of the UK’s foremost art critics. Renowned for his acerbic tongue and quick wit, his
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Jonathan Meades talks to Andrew Billen, Soho Literary Festival
September 28th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
‘My parents didn’t give me anything to rebel against,’ says Jonathan Meades in An Encyclopaedia of Myself. ‘I was denied
Letter writing with Shaun Usher and Simon Garfield, Soho Literary Festival
September 28th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
When did you last receive a hand-written letter? How many do you receive a month compared with the avalanche of
Polari at the Soho Literary Festival
September 27th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Usually housed at the Southbank Centre with DJs and live entertainment, Polari returns to Soho, following last year’s brilliant performance. Described
Ferdinand Mount and Owen Jones on the class divide, Soho Literary Festival
September 27th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Thatcher’s speech-writer and a former trade union lobbyist would appear to have nothing in common, but they do: a massive
Antonia Fraser talks to Mark Lawson, Soho Literary Festival
September 27th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Acclaimed biographer and historian Antonia Fraser will be talking to Mark Lawson about her career and life with her husband,
Stephen Fry on PG Wodehouse at the Soho Literary Festival
September 26th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Who better than Stephen Fry, the star of the definitive Nineties TV series Jeeves and Wooster, to tell us all
How to be well read with Sam Leith and John Sutherland, Soho Literary Festival
September 25th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Of Mice and Men or Brighton Rock – which are the 100 must-read novels? With such little spare time, why
Craig Brown and Friends, Soho Literary Festival
September 25th, 2014 | by The Omnivore
Craig Brown & Friends is back by popular demand, with their own One-Stop Literary Festival, including the prose and poetry of
The Classics Quiz: pueri versus puellae, Soho Literary festival
September 29th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Following the success of last year’s contest, which was won by the puellae,Professor William Fitzgerald, author of How to Read a Latin
WAGs of the Third Reich (with Anne Sebba, Jane Thynne, Rachel Johnson and Meike Ziervogel), Soho Literary Festival
September 29th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Whole libraries of books have been written about the male members of Hitler’s evil court, but far less is known
Life and Death in Victorian England with Judith Flanders, Kate Colquhoun and Claire Armitstead, Soho Literary Festival
September 29th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Claire Armitstead, the literary editor of the Guardian, will talk to Judith Flanders and Kate Colquhoun about survival in the 19th century, when you might
The Grammar Bee with Mr Gwynne, Harry Mount and Toby Young, Soho Literary Festival
September 29th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Gwynne’s Grammar has sat at the top of the bestseller lists for most of the year. Why? Because most of us
Dreaming of Daphne du Maurier with Jane Dunn and Hilary Macaskill, Soho Literary Festival
September 29th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Daphne du Maurier is one of the icons of 20th-century literature. Hugely successful as a writer, her short story The
Much More than Misery Memoir: Sam Leith talks to Phyllida Law, Damian Barr and Rupert Christiansen, Soho Literary Festival
September 28th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
‘I know you’re going to be happy’ were the parting words of Rupert Christiansen’s father. But unlike the recent spate of misery memoirists, none of our
We Need To Talk About Lionel: Rosie Boycott talks to Lionel Shriver, Soho Literary Festival
September 27th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Rosie Boycott, former editor of the Independent and the Daily Express, will interview Lionel Shriver, the award-winning author of the hugely successful and controversial We Need
Craig Brown & Friends, Soho Literary Festival
September 27th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
Last year’s show, Comedy and Parody with Craig Brown & Friends, was a sell-out – so Craig and his friends are
The Animals: Love Letters between Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy, Soho Literary Festival
September 26th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
In 1952, Christopher Isherwood (Goodbye to Berlin) met the teenage Don Bachardy on Santa Monica beach. Defying convention, the two men began living together
Claire Tomalin on Charles Dickens, Soho Literary Festival
September 26th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
We are delighted to welcome Claire Tomalin to the Soho Literary Festival. She is one of our most prominent literary
Virginia Ironside: Growing Old Disgracefully, Soho Literary Festival
September 26th, 2013 | by The Omnivore
When an agony aunt reaches her sixties, she can lie like a trouper, jump off a bridge – or take
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