Podcasts
Audio recordings of some of the events that took place at the 2019 Literary Festival. Catch up if you missed out and make sure you’re at the next event live.
Literary Festival 2019
Listen to the talks given at our Literary Festival.
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story | Giles Milton
True Crime: Forensic Science & The History of Court Number One | Angela Gallop & Thomas Grant with Jake Kerridge
The Strawberry Thief | Joanne Harris with Julia Wheeler
Three Hundred Years of British Prime Ministers | Anthony Seldon
Red & White: An Unquenchable Thirst for Wine | Oz Clarke with Nancy Gilchrist MW
Churchill & Dahl: Letters to their Mothers | David Lough and Donald Sturrock with James Lee, readings by Geoffrey Streatfeild
Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor | Anna Pasternak, readings by Geoffrey Streatfeild
Henry VIII and The Men Who Made Him | Tracy Borman
Help Me! and Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come | Marianne Power & Jessica Pan with Cathy Rentzenbrink
Gene Eating and Primate Change | Dr Giles Yeo & Vybarr Cregan-Reid
Bazaar: Vibrant Vegetarian Recipes | Sabrina Ghayour with Lizzie Kamenetzky
I, Maybot: Theresa May and Brexit | John Crace with Andy Bell
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Opening Hours
CASTLE, COLLECTIONS & TEA ROOM
The Castle, Tea Room and Gift Shop are open Thursday to Sunday from 12 March to 1 November 2026. Except when closed for private events.
PARKING IS CHARGED ALL YEAR ROUND
Parking is free for the first hour, then charged at £1 for up to 2 hours or £3 for the full day (+20p Ringo fee).
GROUNDS AND LAKE
Open daily 7am - 6.30pm except when closed for private functions
WEDDINGS, FILM SHOOTS AND PRIVATE BOOKINGS ENQUIRIES
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm