NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING DAME MAGGIE SMITH 'The first book that ever made me laugh out loud' Adam Kay 'Utter genius' Daily Mail In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric
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NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING DAME MAGGIE SMITH 'The first book that ever made me laugh out loud' Adam Kay 'Utter genius' Daily Mail In 1974, the homeless Miss Shepherd moved her broken down van into Alan Bennett's garden. Deeply eccentric
Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth II What would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story. The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts ac
*** Pre-order ENOUGH SAID , Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose, now! Publishing March 2026 *** Killing Time is a wonderful surprise gift from Alan Bennett - a new story, set in a home for the elderly; a glorious, darkly comic treat.
'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and essentially harmless. I am in the pigeon-hole marked 
Like everything Bennett does, these stories are playful, witty and painfully observant of ordinary people's foibles. They all have brilliant twists, are immensely entertaining and highly moral. And all are modern classics. The Laying on of Hands The p
Alan Bennett's beloved, best-known play, with a beautiful typographic cover. The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you'd thought special, particular to you. And her
Writers like to elude their public, lead them a bit of a dance. They take them down untrodden paths, land them in unknown country where they have to ask for directions. In this personal anthology, Alan Bennett has chosen over seventy poems by six well-lov
Here, at last, is the astonishing sequel to Alan Bennett's classic Writing Home , updated for paperback. Untold Stories contains significant previously unpublished work, including a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds, together wi
Adapted for the screen by the author from his celebrated memoir, Alan Bennett's The Lady in the Van , is directed by long-standing collaborator Nicholas Hytner. The film tells the true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Mi
In an era where trade has become a weapon of geopolitical influence, Power, Politics, and Tariffs delivers a masterful analysis of the hidden forces shaping global commerce. Written by Alan Bennett, a distinguished international trade law expert with deca
'I seem to have banged on this year rather more than usual. I make no apology for that, nor am I nervous that it will it make a jot of difference. I shall still be thought to be kindly, cosy and essentially harmless. I am in the pigeon-hole marked 
THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE SUMMER 'Alan Bennett is our greatest living writer' Daily Mail 'A legend of British letters' Financial Times 'In an age of curated self-belief, his vulnerabilities feel refresh