An Afternoon with Gyles Brandreth

We are thrilled to welcome Gyles to Bath for a very special afternoon event, celebrating Somewhere, A Boy and A Bear.

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, podcaster, trustee of The Queen’s Reading Room charity, former MP and Chancellor of the University of Chester, as well as a regular on shows like Just a Minute, QI, Celebrity Gogglebox and This Morning.

His many books include nine detective novels (The Victorian Murder Mysteries) and his best-selling autobiography Odd Boy Out.

Since 2022 he has been appearing on stage with Dame Judi Dench in a show celebrating her life and on tour throughout the country with his own one man show. An award-winning podcaster, he hosts the multi-million download Top Ten podcast Rosebud exploring the first memories of remarkable people.

Gyles joins us to tell the extraordinary story of A.A. Milne, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh, just in time for the centenary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh in 2026.

Gyles Brandreth knew the real Christopher Robin and his new book is both an intimate and revealing biography of A.A. Milne (to whom there was so much more than Pooh) and a fascinating exploration of family dynamics and the nature of childhood itself.

‘Gyles Brandreth has a touching access to the secrets of the human heart.’ The Times

2026 is also the centenary of Elizabeth II. Gyles is also the author of the number one Sunday Times bestseller Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait.

The late Queen had a special interest in Winnie-the-Pooh which Gyles may be talking about too!