Recordings: Summer 2025

Whether you can't join us in person or you'd like to rewatch your favourite author again, you can with our recorded programme option.

Here is a list of all the individual recordings that can be purchased from our Summer Collection:

• Claire Hubbard-Hall - Her Secret Service: The Forgotten Women of British Intelligence
• Michael Sheridan - The Red Emperor
• Alan Johnson - Harold Wilson
• Sue Roe - Hidden Portraits: The Untold Stories of Six Who Loved Picasso
• Paul Sinton-Hewitt - One Small Step: The Incredible Story of Parkrun
• Gabriel Gatehouse - The Coming Storm
• Joe Tucker - The Secret Painter
• Gareth Russell - Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain’s First King
• Anne Somerset - Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers
• Alan Cleaver - Postal Paths: Rediscovering Britain’s Forgotten Trails And The People Who Walked Them
• An Evening with James Naughtie
• Kathryn Ecclestone - Testament of Lost Youth - The Early Life and Loves of Vera Brittain
• Sam Freedman - Failed State - Why Nothing Works and How We Fix It
• David Kynaston - Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes
• Andrew McMillan - Pity
• Christian Wolmar - British Rail
• Judith Mackrell - Artists, Siblings, Visionaries: The lives and loves of Gwen and Augustus John
• Chloe Dalton - Raising Hare
• Ben Aitken - Shitty Breaks: A Celebration of Unsung Cities
• Tim Minshall - Your Life is Manufactured: How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better
• Clare Chambers - Shy Creatures
• Lucy Mangan - Bookish
• Hollie McNish - Lobster and Other Things I'm Learning to Love

We will email you individual links to the recordings after the Festival has finished and they will be available to view for a period of six weeks* (from Thursday 5 June to Thursday 17 July). Please do not share any of the links you receive.

*Please note: some events may be available for a shorter period if the author has requested this and we will give you this information.

Don't forget, there is always the option to purchase a Digital Pass. If you plan to watch four or more recordings, this is the most cost-effective options. More details can be viewed here.