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Regency romp revisited
Comedian Rachel Parris, best known for her TV appearances on The Mash Report and Late Night Mash, brings some racy…

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Pick of popular scientists
Science writers Masud Husain and Tim Minshall, both speakers at this year’s Festival, have been picked for the shortlist of…

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Football season kicks off
As the football season kicks off this month, the Festival is delighted to host two of the sports greatest fans….

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Royal Revelations
Searing revelations about Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson have stirred up a storm of interest in biographer Andrew…

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A strange journey into history
Sophy Roberts, a speaker at this year’s Festival, is on the shortlist of the 2025 Wainwright prize for conservation writing…

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Festival supports Wells Ecoweek
Health, climate change and conservation are all hot topics, and not only is the Festival hosting three speakers on relevant…

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Congratulations to Booker Prize nominee
Award-winning novelist Andrew Miller’s latest book The Land in Winter has been longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 and has…

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Friends Event Success!
Remnants of woolly rhinos, hyenas, bears, wolves, aurochs and other species long extinct in the UK are among the fossilised…

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Regency Romance
Regency romance is in the air and Jane Austen fans are in for a treat at this year’s Wells Festival…

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Recipes for success
Women whose lives have been successful in wildly differing ways are just some of the highlights of this year’s Festival….











