This is the eleventh year of Book Now!, a literary festival firmly established in Richmond Borough’s arts calendar and with a growing reputation nationally as a literature festival of note.

Actor, Richard E Grant will appear live at The Orange Tree Theatre for Book Now! to raise funds for The Shooting Star Children’s Hospice appeal.

You can read all about it with the link provided here. Scrolling down to the bottom of the page will show a heading for booking where those interested can purchase tickets. Just click on the booking header and purchase tickets or you can tick on venues to find where tickets will be sold.

Has anyone out there seen the new Argos ad? It’s been on the last two nights in the U.K. and is longer than the other Argos Christmas ad (in which REG is wearing a sleeveless t-shirt and says he will have to get changed as Christmas is so near.) According to Denise the basic premise is that REG gets his personal assistant to buy pressies ordering her to “Make me look generous”. What follows is a general Argos catalogue bit, then a shot of a massive country house with snow drifting decoratively about. Inside is a HUGE party – loads of people opening pressies and enjoying themselves. REG is sword-fighting youngsters with laser swords. Finally PR suggests tentatively that someone may have been overlooked? REF assures her that’s not the case and opens front door to reveal gift-wrapped Ferrari, number-plated ZACK, “Happy Christmas to me!”

Thanks to Sue W. Joann and Denise.