Joanna Trollope

Joanna Trollope

Joanna Trollope Joanna Trollope has been writing for over thirty years and is well known for her enormously successful contemporary works of fiction.  She has been described as one of the most insightful chroniclers and social commenters writing fiction today. Born in...
Patrick Neate

Patrick Neate

PATRICK NEATE Patrick Neate (born 1970) is an award-winning British novelist, journalist, poet, screenwriter and podcaster. He was educated at St. Paul’s School in London and Cambridge University. He spent a gap year in Zimbabwe and has since returned to Africa...
Roger McGough

Roger McGough

ROGER MCGOUGH Described by Carol Ann Duffy as “the patron saint of poetry”, Roger McGough is arguably the most famous of the Liverpool Poets. Roger is the author of over fifty books of poetry for both adults and children, as well as editing numerous...
Julian Glover

Julian Glover

JULIAN GLOVER Julian’s first wife was the actor Eileen Atkins, before he married Isla Blair in 1968. In the course of his career he has become the archetypical ‘hard man’, and has late in life enjoyed widespread recognition by fans of the TV series Game of...
Isla Blair

Isla Blair

ISLA BLAIR Isla was born in Bangalore, India and was sent to boarding school in Scotland before she was six years old. She survived, and at the age of 16 was accepted by RADA since when she has had a successful career as an actor. She is married to fellow Patron...