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WOW! | ARUNDEL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS 2025
Words - Music
- Wine 2025
All talks take place at the Town Hall. Tickets are £18 to include post talk wine on the terrace.
Talks !nish approximately 5.45pm.
GEORGE MALLORY’S
‘LETTERS FROM EVEREST’
‘GETTING AWAY WITH
MURDER’
Tom Newton Dunn
My Unexpected Life on Page, Stage and
Screen and what the future holds.
4.30pm Friday 15th August
Tom Newton Dunn is a political journalist and
broadcaster and a former Political Editor of The Sun
and Times Radio. He is the great-great-nephew of
the legendary climber George Mallory, who was last
seen alive before he disappeared just 800 feet from
the summit of Mount Everest on the 8th June 1924.
His body was discovered in 1999 but offered no
proof to whether he was the !rst to climb the world’s
tallest mountain, so climbing’s most romantic
mystery endures. Tom will speak about the recently
discovered personal letters hidden in a drawer,
written by Mallory to his mother and wife Ruth,
which he has published in a new book, ‘Letters
From Everest’. They reveal his innermost thoughts
about Everest providing a deep understanding of
his fascinating life. Also included were letters from
Ruth, giving us a glimpse into her social history
during World War 1. There will be a book signing
after the talk, on the terrace during wine.
4.30pm Saturday 16th August
Lynda La Plante is best known as the writer behind
TV’s Prime Suspect, Widows and The Governor. This
will be an exceptional afternoon of Lynda recounting
her many other careers with her usual wit and style,
from training at RADA, to becoming an actor on
stage and screen, treading the boards in musical
comedy, and then best selling crime writer creating
over 30 best selling crime novels and running her own
award-winning production company. Her recently
published memoir ‘Getting Away With Murder’ is
full of hilarious and surprising stories and will show
us exactly how shedunnit! Lynda, also the steadfast
researcher, will be giving us a peak at her latest crime
novel introducing a new series and lead in the form
of CSI and forensic specialist Jessica Russell, facing
her !rst challenge as a new department’s team leader.
An afternoon not to be missed! There will also be a
book signing on the terrace with wine.
The Secret Music Trail in beautiiful private hou
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4.30pm Tuesday 19th August
Tickets £35 to include wine.
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Kindly sponsored by Dr John Godfrey
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