Gyles Brandreth

The day Keir Starmer cried on me about his childhood

18 May 2024 9:00 am

I have had a good idea. It may even be an important idea. See what you think. The other day…

Diary

6 May 2023 9:00 am

The best Christmas gift you can give yourself is to learn some poetry by heart

24 December 2019 6:00 pm

Every Christmas I find I am living in the past. I blame my father. He was born in 1910 —…

The best Christmas gift you can give yourself is to learn some poetry by heart

21 December 2019 9:00 am

Every Christmas I find I am living in the past. I blame my father. He was born in 1910 —…

Gyles Brandeth's diary: The pub where the Queen came in by the fire escape

9 November 2013 9:00 am

Hard on the heels of the 90th birthday of Nicholas Parsons (10 October) comes the 65th birthday of the Prince…

Britain's best one-liners, from Oxford's 2013 edition

21 September 2013 9:00 am

A selection from the latest edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations, edited by Gyles Brandreth