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Ways With Words 2012: Michael Palin is star talker

Michael Palinwill be talking about his new novel, The Truth, at the Telegraph Ways With Words Festival at Dartington Hall, Devon, in July.

The former Monty Python comedian, film actor, writer, TV presenter and raconteur will be appearing on the opening day of the festival, Friday 6th July 2012, and tickets went on sale to the general public today. Palin’s novel, about a writer called Keith Mabbut, is set in London and India and is published the day before his festival talk.

The festival, held at the beautiful Dartington Hall near Totnes, will run until 16th July and features more than 150 speakers including Hilary Mantel, John McCarthy, Julian Clary, Jung Chang, Jenny Eclair, P.D. James, Claire Tomalin and Michael Frayn.

There will also be a Telegraph Question time event about the London 2012 Olympics. In addition, broadcaster Jeremy Vine will look back over a quarter of a century at the BBC, and David Lammy MP will explore the state of Britain in the wake of last summer’s riots.

The Ways With Words Festival is now in its 21st year and Festival President Roy Hattersley said: “Uniquely among British festivals, Ways With Words offers a chance for speakers and listeners to meet and continue the huge variety of talks and discussions which fill the days. And it all happens in the wonderful setting of Dartington Hall.”

I wonder if Michael is watching the Eurovision right now, lol

Python star at Henley Literary Festival
YOU can’t beat a good book and a nice glass of wine - and with that in mind a leading Bucks wine merchant is to sponsor this year’s Henley Literary Festival.
Laithwaites Wine, which has some of its vineyards in Marlow, has announced it will be the lead sponsor of this year’s event, which will be held in September.
Former Python turned travel guru Michael Palin, former Prime Minister John Major, ex minister Michael Portillo, cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby and novelist David Lodge will be among the speakers at the Henley Festival, which is now in its sixth year.
This year’s Festival takes place from September 24-30 and will host more than 80 events around the Oxfordshire town.
Festival founder Sue Ryan said: “Festivals like ours cannot continue without financial support and just as we were wondering how our Festival could continue to get grow and prosper, Laithwaites secured its future by offering us their support. “They are the perfect partner for us as they reflect what we are about. Like us they are a local company with a national reach, and like us their success is based on a discerning and enthusiastic public.”

Python star at Henley Literary Festival

YOU can’t beat a good book and a nice glass of wine - and with that in mind a leading Bucks wine merchant is to sponsor this year’s Henley Literary Festival.

Laithwaites Wine, which has some of its vineyards in Marlow, has announced it will be the lead sponsor of this year’s event, which will be held in September.

Former Python turned travel guru Michael Palin, former Prime Minister John Major, ex minister Michael Portillo, cookery writer Josceline Dimbleby and novelist David Lodge will be among the speakers at the Henley Festival, which is now in its sixth year.

This year’s Festival takes place from September 24-30 and will host more than 80 events around the Oxfordshire town.

Festival founder Sue Ryan said: “Festivals like ours cannot continue without financial support and just as we were wondering how our Festival could continue to get grow and prosper, Laithwaites secured its future by offering us their support. “They are the perfect partner for us as they reflect what we are about. Like us they are a local company with a national reach, and like us their success is based on a discerning and enthusiastic public.”

Distinguished festival line-up

MICHAEL Palin, Charley Boorman, Alex James, Julian Clary, P.D. James, Joan Bakewell, Jung Chang, Michael Frayn, A.C. Grayling and Simon Armitage — just a handful of the distinguished speakers announced for this year’s Ways With Words Festival.

From the hotly anticipated appearance by Michael Palin opening the festival on July 6 to the Radio 4 recording of Totnes’s own Matt Harvey and his Wondermentalist Cabaret at its close, the event features 10 days offering a comprehensive exploration of what interests and matters.

More in the article( that was too long to read). Not sure I get it, but whatever.