Alan Bennett is the author of Writing Home, The Madness of George III, Talking Heads, The Clothes They Stood Up In and much else besides. Miss Shepherd lived in a Robin Reliant opposite Bennett's house in Camden Town. After a series of...

The Uncommon Reader von Bennett, Alan

- What were you in life?- In life, as you put it, I was a schoolmaster. The Beth, an old fashioned cradle-to-grave hospital serving a town on the edge of the Pennines, is threatened with closure as part of an NHS efficiency drive. von...

Two Besides von Bennett, Alan

From one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of readingWhen her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels...

Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett. von Bennett, Alan

The complete audio collection of Alan Bennett's celebrated monologues, published together for the first time and performed by some of Britain's best actorsThe Talking Heads monologues are widely regarded as one of Alan Bennett's finest...

"The Uncommon Reader" von Alan Bennett ist eine humorvolle Novelle, die sich vorstellt, was passieren könnte, wenn die britische Königin plötzlich eine Leidenschaft fürs Lesen entwickelt. Die Geschichte beginnt damit, dass die Königin...

The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely and intelligently, changing her world view and her...

"The Uncommon Reader" von Alan Bennett ist eine humorvolle Novelle, die sich vorstellt, was passieren würde, wenn die Queen von England plötzlich eine Leidenschaft für das Lesen entwickelt. Die Geschichte beginnt damit, dass die Queen...

Maggie Smith stars in this BBC radio adaptation of Alan Bennett's highly acclaimed autobiographical stage playAn eccentric old lady moves into a quiet street in Camden Town. There she remains, installed in her van in glorious...

Eine Liebeserklärung an die Quenn und an die Literatur - wer hätte gedacht, dass das zusammenpasst?