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Face in the crowd? Take a look at the official photographs from previous festivals.
The story so far
Our strong line-ups over the last few years have secured our great reputation, with Dame Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Callow, Willy Russell, Owen Jones, Gyles Brandreth, Jenny Eclair, Alastair Campbell, Ed Byrne, Simon Armitage, Ian and Andrew McMillan, Dom Joly, Joanne Harris, Helen Lederer, Mark Steel, Lucy Spraggan, Gervase Phinn, David Starkey, Bonnie Greer, Lemn Sissay, Alan Johnson, Terry Waite and Tony Walsh being just some of the high-profile names who have taken part.
Festival programmes
You can view programmes here.
2018 programme (3.1MB pdf)
2017 programme (3.5MB pdf)
2016 programme (2MB pdf)
2015 programme (4MB pdf)
2014 programme (915kb pdf)
2013 programme (4MB pdf)
Festival videos
Previous festival videos:
Festival photos
Previous festival photos on Facebook:
2018 festival photographs on Facebook
2017 festival photographs on Facebook
2016 festival photographs on Facebook