Lynne Truss

Bill Bryson; Lynne Truss, Get Her Off the Pitch!: How Sport Took Over My Life.

Why do we devote more time to the Wars of the Roses or the Normandy Landings than to looking at history through a domestic telescope, where most human life has always been conducted? Bill Bryson, the renowned travel writer and author of A Short History of Nearly Everything, embarked on a journey around his own house, making some detours along the way to take in architecture, epidemics, crinolines as well as toilets. He discusses what he discovered about the history of private life with Lynne Truss, whose recent book, Get Her Off the Pitch, charts her misadventures through the world of sport. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Kate Atkinson, When Will There Be Good News?.; Lynne Truss, Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!.; Jeanette Winterson, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit.

Tickets £10 To celebrate its 75th year, Glyndebourne commissioned some of our best writers to compose a story inspired by a favourite opera.The resulting anthology, edited by Jeanette Winterson, is set to become a classic. So bring your picnic hampers and champagne and listen to Kate Atkinson on La Traviata, Lynne Truss on The Turn of the Screw and Jeanette Winterson on La Fanciulla del West. Kate Atkinson is the author of Behind the Scenes at the Museum and When will there be good news? Lynne Truss, novelist and playwright, is the author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves; Jeanette Winterson is the author of Oranges are Not the Only Fruit and The Passion. (DeadGoodBooks)… (more)

Diana Athill, Somewhere Towards the End.; Katherine Whitehorn, Selective Memory.; Lynne Truss

Tickets £10. "Diana Athill and Katherine Whitehorn.
Chaired by Lynne Truss.

Diana Athill’s Somewhere Towards the End is a candid and amusing book about getting old, including the decline of sexual desire. Katherine Whitehorn’s Selective Memory is equally honest and unflinching about her career, long marriage and grief at the loss of her husband. Diana Athill is a distinguished editor and has written five volumes of memoirs; Katherine Whitehorn is a ground-breaking journalist and author. They discuss the pleasures and pains of looking back, together with Lynne Truss, novelist and best-selling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves." (christiguc)… (more)