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Tim Richardson

Tim Richardson writes about gardens and landscape, plus sweets and theatre. He has published books on contemporary landscape design (Avant Gardeners) and also garden history, such as the politics behind the 18th Century English landscape garden (Arcadian Friends) and English Gardens in the 20th Century. He’ll be telling us about the history of the landscaping at Port Eliot, followed by a guided tour of the grounds for festival-goers.

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Mark Crick

Mark Crick is a writer, photographer and artist. He’s the acclaimed author of two unique works of literary pastiche; Kafka’s Soup: A Complete History of World Literature in 17 Recipes and Sartre’s Sink: The Great Writers’ Complete Book of DIY – selected as the Sunday Times ‘Humour Book of the Year 2008’, who said: “It’s short, to the point, and when I read it out in the office, my colleagues laughed like drains (which then had to be cleared by Jean-Paul Sartre).”

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Rick Stroud

Writer and television director Rick Stroud is best known for directing popular soaps and television series such as Coronation Street and Cadfael. He recently wrote and directed the BBC’s celebration of the life of John Betjemen, and is currently writing The Book of the Moon (Transworld) to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man’s first steps on the moon. To celebrate its publication this spring, Rick will be leading a moonwatching session in the Walled Garden at this year’s Port Eliot Festival.

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Hardeep Singh Kohli

Hardeep Singh Kohli is a writer, presenter, comedian and broadcaster known for his love of food and hilarious anecdotes. He’s a regular figure on British television, appearing frequently on The One Show and recently presenting a cooking series with Masterchef’s John Torode. His book, Indian Takeaway: One Man’s Attempt to Cook His Way Home (2008) is a funny, conversational adventure depicting contemporary India and a celebration of his multiple cultural identities.

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Found in Translation

Found in Translation has been described as “a quest of arbitrary limits and new frontiers, written in the tradition of Luke Rhineheart’s The Dice Man and Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure: one part literary lecture, one part multimedia performance, and with a hefty dose of cutting-edge satire.”

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Sarah Waters

One of Granta’s 20 Best Young British Writers. British Book Awards Author of the Year 2003. Waterstone’s Author of the Year 2003. Winner of the Somerset Maugham prize and the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year in 2002. Shortlisted for the Orange, Man Booker and Mail on Sunday/John Llewelyn Rhys prizes… Sarah Waters’ impressive list of literary achievements is too long to list in full here – but suffice it to say we’re thrilled to welcome her to the Port Eliot Festival this year.

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Rebecca Lenkiewicz

Rebecca Lenkiewicz is a playwright, poet and actress. Her first play Soho: A Tale of Table Dancers won a Fringe First at the Edinburgh Festival, while her second play The Night Season won the 2004 Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Playwright. Lenkiewicz’s other plays include Shoreditch Madonna, Blue Moon Over Poplar and Her Naked Skin, which premiered in 2008 on the Olivier stage at the National Theatre, making her the first living female playwright to achieve this.

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Henry Hemming

Henry Hemming is the author of In Search of the English Eccentric (2008) and Misadventure in the Middle East (2007). Both books are based on year-long journeys: one through England looking for eccentrics; the other in the Middle East around the time of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He has been described in The Spectator as “a fresh new voice, idealistic, engaging and human”. Henry also makes art, some of which was shown at the last Port Eliot Literary Festival.

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Barbara Hulanicki

Barbara Hulanicki

An iconic figure in British fashion, Barbara Hulanicki founded the now-legendary Biba boutique with her late husband in 1964. Striking a chord with an increasingly hip and free-thinking public, Biba became synonymous with swinging London in the 1960s and 1970s and was a popular hangout for artists, film stars and rock musicians, including Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Marianne Faithful.

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The Antonius Players

An sparkling and entertaining show of poetry and music from internationally bestselling author, Louis de Bernières, and acclaimed flautist and keyboard player, Ilone Antonius-Jones, the Antonius Players have delighted audiences across the UK and abroad – including a run of sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Fringe.

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