Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear – Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth
 
Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear
 
Friday 19 June 2026, 2.30pm
Chelmsford Cathedral, New Street, Chelmsford, CM1 1TY
 
2026 marks the centenary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the best-selling children’s books of all time.  Best-selling biographer Gyles Brandreth knew the real Christopher Robin and his new book is both an intimate and revealing biography of A A Milne (to whom there was so much more than Pooh) and a fascinating exploration of fathers and sons, children and their parents and the nature of childhood itself.
 
‘Gyles Brandreth has a touching access to the secrets of the human heart.’
– The Times
 
2026 is also the centenary of Elizabeth II.  Gyles Brandreth is also the author of the number one Sunday Times best seller Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, and the late Queen had a special interest in Winnie the Pooh which Gyles may be talking about too!