2015 Festival
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2015 Speakers
Here is a list of the speakers who appeared at the Wells Festival of Literature in 2015
| Event | Speaker/s | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| Talk | Arne Dahl | The secrets of Nordic Noir |
| Talk | Jeffrey Archer | Mightier than the sword |
| Talk | Alex Perry | The Rift: Stories from the new Africa |
| Talk | Alexander Monro | The paper trail |
| Talk | Helen Atlee | The land where lemons grow |
| Talk | Christina Lamb | Farewell Kabul |
| Talk | Gavin Francis | Adventures in human being |
| Talk | Jonathan Sumption | Henry V and Agincourt |
| Workshop | Rhidian Brook | Writing for page and screen |
| Talk | Emma Hooper | Etta and Otto and Russell and James |
| Talk | Thomas Pakenham | The company of trees |
| Talk | Geordie Greig | Breakfast with Lucian |
| Theatre | Peter Oswald | Three folk tales |
| Talk | Ian Kelly | Mr Foote's other leg |
| Talk | Anne de Courcy | Margot at war |
| Talk | Mary Chamberlain | The dressmaker of Dachau |
| Talk | Jonathan Bate | Ted Hughes: the unauthorised life |
| Talk | Michael Bundock | The fortunes of Francis Barber |
| Talk | Richard Kerridge | Life in Cold Blood: Reptiles and amphibians |
| Talk | Caroline Criado-Perez | Do it like a woman |
| Talk | Zoe Williams | Beyond Westminster |
| Talk | Jane Wellesley | Wellington: A journey through my family |
| Talk | Mary Hamer | Kipling and Trix |
| Talk | Roger Saul | From fashion to farming and back |
| Theatre | Hollie McNish | Slam poetry |
| Talk | A N Wilson | How to read the Bible |
| Talk | Ursula Buchan | Did we really dig for victory? |
| Talk | Will Hutton | How good we can be |
| Talk | Dan Cruickshank | A history of architecture |
| Talk | William Waldegrave | Writing a memoir |
| Talk | John Lanchester | How to speak money |
| Talk | Janice Hadlow | The strangest family |
| Talk | Mary Berry | My working life |
| Talk | John Campbell | Roy Jenkins |
| Theatre | Viv Groskop | Current affairs |