First female President of Ireland to speak at Thame Literature festival

TWO of the events for next month’s Thame Arts and Literature Festival – TAL – have proved so popular that the online allocation for them has already run out! But if you haven’t managed to bag a ticket for Lucy Worsley or Johnny Johnson, there are a few tickets left to buy when from the TAL Box Office at Thame Town Hall – open every Tuesday from 9.30am till 4.00pm & every Friday and Saturday from 9.30am till 1.30pm (Except for Thame Fair Weekend : 20-22 September).

Johny Johnson

Lucy Worsley

Johnny Johnson is the last surviving member of the famous Dambusters. Hear, in his own words, the exploits of a man who survived one of Britain’s most risky operations from WW2. His appearance is on Thursday, Octobe 18, at 12.30pm, at the Players Theatre in Nelson Street.

Historian, author, curator and television presenter Lucy Worsley will be talking about the world’s most famous divorce. Lady Mary is the story of Henry V111 and Catherine of Aragon’s divorce, told through the eyes of their daughter, Lady Mary. For adults and children 11+, on Saturday, October 20, at 2.00pm at The Spread Eagle Hotel.

A record number of tickets have already been sold for this, the ninth TAL Festival – and they are selling out fast for this year’s very special speaker, Mary Robinson, first woman President of Ireland, as well as for Thame’s very own Glyndebarn, performed by Opera Anywhere; Oxus with Beer & Baroque; poet Wendy Cope; adventurer Charlie Walker; John Crace, the Guardian’s parliamentary sketch writer and for Jasper Winn, writer and slow adventurer.

If any of these events appeal to you, check out the TAL website for more details and click through to the shop to book your tickets.

This year, other guests appearing at the four-day TAL Festival range from leading historians, expert scientists, celebrated actors and famous biographers, to superb musicians, playwrights, poets and crime writers.

Visit the TAL website HERE for all the details and to book online.