Bridport Literary Festival

18/11/2025

11/11/2025

A triumphant tribute to Tanya. ❤️❤️❤️

Bridport’s 21st literary festival was a brilliant success. From poetry to politics and nature writing to bestselling fiction, the festival – affectionately known as BridLit - was a fitting tribute to its director, the late Tanya Bruce-Lockhart, who died suddenly earlier this year. Speakers inclu...

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Actor Martin Clunes told us about some remarkable animals when he spoke to Jo Willett at our final event of BridLit week at Bridport Electric Palace. Our late director Tanya Bruce-Lockhart adored animals so it was a fitting finale to a week of incredible events.

Pictures by Eddy Pearce.

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Steve Richards & Iain Dale in conversation with Howard Davies
by Eddy Pearce

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Tony Blair and Margaret Thatcher, two political giants with opposing views. Author Iain Dale was enamoured by Thatcher as a political force from his childhood. Steve Richards casts new light on Blair. They were in conversation with Howard Davies at Bridport Electric Palace on Saturday.

Pictures by Eddy Pearce

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Clown Town is the latest spy thriller in the best selling series Slough House that inspired the TV series Slow Horses. The brilliant author Mick Herron was in conversation with TV writing giant Chris Chibnall at Bridport Electric Palace. What a pairing!

Pictures by Eddy Pearce.

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Sophy Roberts at Bridport Electric Palace told us about A Training School for Elephants, an incredible story from history which the travel writer chanced upon while on holiday in Ireland. In 1879, four elephants were shipped from India to the East African coast and marched inland towards Congo. This ill-conceived idea of King Leopold II of Belgium was a cruel, misguided venture and part of his bid to plunder and exploit Africa’s rich resources.

Pictures by Eddy Pearce.

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It's always a joy to have young people involved in BridLit.
On Friday Charles Fuge brought his fabulous illustrations to life for local primary school children at Bridport Library.
Pictures: Dot Forrester

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Human Nature Bridport made a wonderful setting for an illustration workshop led by on Saturday. Her latest work illustrates the new edition of Briggs's Dictionary of Fairies.
Pictures by Dot Forrester.

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Andrew Graham Dixon painted a new picture of the arist Vermeer, a man deeply engaged with his own society, well read and well travelled and greatly affected by the struggles that shook his world. He was at Bridport Electric Palace on Saturday.
Pictures by Dot Forrester