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I fought the law, and the post office won

Damn, tried to beat the system this week, and failed. We went to see David Starkey last night, presenting his new book Henry: Virtuous Prince, part one of his biography. Very interesting, and makes a change to sitting in front of the telly, sort of. ...

David Starkey Friday

Just been to our first Literary Festival event of this year, Susie Dent, very good though there were a few technical issues. If you're going to David Starkey say, and think you might want to get a book signed by him, why not order it from Amazon and ...

I might know of one ticket

I think I know someone who might not be able to go, stay tuned, or email me - fg@folkestonegerald.com - or maybe some other kind soul will read this and reply?Sandi Toksvig is also doing a date at the Gulbenkian Theatre in Canterbury, have you tried ...

sandy toksvig tickets

Dear Gerald - I am desperate to get 2 tickets for Sandi Toksvig's gig on Nov 8 - they are sold out and the office say no refunds are given so NOONE will send theirs back. Any ideas?

Clare Baker

Folkestone Literary Festival Brochure - OUT NOW!

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008 - 1st to 9th NovemberIf you haven't managed to check out the programme for this year's festival online you'll be pleased to know that the brochures are now available in many locations around Folkestone and the surrou...

Got my Folkestone Literary Festival tickets

We're off to talks by David Starkey and Susie Dent, and I've also ended up with one for Sandi Toksvig. Clare was meant to be going with her Mum, but they've double booked. There are more things I'm tempted to go to, but it would mean going out on a s...

FOLKESTONE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2008

FOLKESTONE LITERARY FESTIVAL 2008 - 1st to 9th NovemberThe full programme is now available on the festival website www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk where you can also book tickets online.Top names this year include Kate Adie, Will Self, Denis Norden, Sir ...

Folkestone Literary Festival lineup out at last

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008 official site has the lineup at last, in a hard to digest pdf format, get it here. All the show times, runners, riders, etc, though I wish they'd put out a text version a bit quicker instead of waiting for that to co...

Susie Dent's coming to Folkestone

Susie Dent of Countdown's "Dictionary Corner" is coming to Folkestone as part of Folkestone Literary Festival 2008. At least I hope it's the same Susie Dent. We watch Countdown every day on 40D, so this will be nice.She has a regular publication call...

Folkestone Literary Festival 2008

Where is the lineup? www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk has nothing yet. I really should have already joined up as a friend and be running their site for them shouldn't I...Names I've heard so far include Will Self, John Hegley and a return for local lad Da...

Oof, just deleted the whole site

Trying to save a bit of disk space, just erased everything, hope I am recovering it OK...Terry Jones was good last night at the Literary Festival, though he was rushing a bit, think he was trying to squeeze too much material into a truncated time slo...

Terry Jones tonight

And working hard on a gift voucher system for work today, it's doing my swede in a bit, but I've just done my first successful transactions over the web, bought me a �500 gift voucher over the web, and used it to buy some stuff. Not real stuff, not a...

Folkestone literary festival kicks off

We've got tickets on the way for a few events including David Starkey and Terry Jones, get yours at www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk/:We have carefully put together nine days of eclectic and exciting world-class authors and performers to entertain you. Th...

Folkestone Literary Festival

it's on from the Monday 20th to Saturday 25th of September, so we'll miss it all, but you shouldn't. Various venues, various times, various prices, highlights seem to me to be Clarissa Dickson-Wright, John Hegley and William Hague... see www.folkesto...

Folkestone Literary Festival

Don't forget to invite us to the launch ceremony or whatever - fg@folkestonegerald.com

Folkestone Literary Festival Event - Terry Jones

Terry Jones - Was Richard II a Tyrant? Venue: Folkestone Academy. Tickets: Â£12/Â£11. Best known as a member of the Monty Python comedy team and medieval historian, Terry Jones explodes a few myths about Richard II and questions whether he r...
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Terry Jones

Folkestone Literary Festival event, a history talk by the Python, we're going, ace.
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Folkestone Literary Festival Event - Folkestone Triennial 2008

A chance to meet Ivan and Heather Morrison who will take part in Folkestone Triennial, June - September 2008. TICKETS ON SALE FROM: 01/10/07 – or 01303 842192. Email: info@folkestone.litfest.co.uk...
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David Starkey

Folkestone Literary Festival event, a talk on the modern history of the royals, by local the TV historian.

Folkestone Literary Festival

Too many events over too many venues, Check out www.folkestonelitfest.co.uk for full lineup, and maybe see you at some of the talks.

History and Headlines: Michael Buerk

part of Folkestone Literary Festival...

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The Living Room: Fringe Poetry Evening

part of Folkestone Literary Festival...

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Folkestone Literary Festival

All around Folkestone for the next 11 days, see the website for full details.
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Nobody’s Child: Kate Adie talks to Ian Black

Part of Folkestone Literary Festival...
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Festival Launch Party

Join us for an informal celebration to launch the 2006 Festival in style. Our Friends, Sponsors and some of the stars of the next 10 days will be present, in anticipation of what promises to be the best Folkestone Literary Festival ever!
Rated 5.06/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Lone Star Comedy

A literary festival special, featuring Robin Ince, Josie Long, MC Alistair Barrie
Rated 3.71/10 on Folkestone Gerald