Festival of Words Series: Gyles Brandreth: AA Milne, Winnie the Pooh, and Fleet Street

Sat 16 May 2026,
3:00PM - 4:00PM

Author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth discusses the remarkable story of A.A. Milne, and of the “bear of very little brain” who became a global phenomenon. Drawing on his friendship with Milne’s son, the real Christopher Robin, Brandreth will talk about his revealing and intimate portrait of the author and his family’s conflicted relationship with the iconic bear.