by Rachel Stringer, Head of Content
A strange thing to be excited about, and not normally something I’d be grinning about; an invited speaker turning us down, but it’s one of the most exciting rejections we’ve ever had… a hand-written postcard from Alan Bennett! As a big fan of his many northern monologues about mothers (and everything else he’s ever done), I was hugely excited about holding a hand-written postcard from him, explaining that because the BBC are busy interviewing him for various appearances to do with him turning 75 this year he can’t make the Festival. A great shame but delightful of him to take the time to write personally.
Best get on with writing his invitation for 2010…
Follow us on twitter
March 26th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
i love him
i wanna touch it
don't throw it away :)
March 26th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
We're so pleased that you tried…treasure the postcard & invite him again soooon.