Gyles Brandreth and the seven secrets of happiness

The success of our new series of online shows continues. Curtain Up, presented by Clive Conway Productions and Iconic Media Solutions, brings some of Britain’s best loved faces into people’s homes this autumn. It is...

Exploring the truth and lies behind the French Revolution

It was good to see ever-popular historian Lucy Worsley’s brand new series, Royal History’s Biggest Fibs, enjoying an enthusiastic following on BBC 2 on Friday.Lucy - a regular contributor to Clive Conway Productions - kicked off...

Raymond Blanc promotes British apples and pears

We’ve enjoyed seeing our good friend the Michelin starred chef Raymond Blanc working hard to help launch this autumn’s Great British apple and pear harvest. For although a proud Frenchman, Blanc has lived and work...

Tutu announces finalists of 2020 Children's Peace Prize

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has announced the finalists of the 2020 International Children’s Peace Prize 2020.They are 12-year-old Ivana Ortega Serret from Mexico, 18-year-old Siena Castellon from Ireland and 17-years-old Sadat...

Farewell to Bond actor Sean Connery for many the quintessential 007

So it is a sad farewell to actor Sir Sean Connery, one of the most iconic film stars of the 20th century who died at the weekend at the age of 90.Connery was best known of course as the man who for many will forever epitomise Ian...

Paul Atterbury chooses his Desert Island Antiques

Curtain Up, Clive Conway Productions exciting new series of live-streamed online shows continues later this month with Antiques Roadshow regular Paul Atterbury imagining his personal choice of Desert Island Antiques.It follows...

NT's Romeo and Juliet re-conceived as a made for TV film

As the desperate stop-go struggle to reopen our theatres and find some way of helping them to survive continues it’s intriguing to see The National Theatre thinking outside the proverbial box to rescue their planned production of...

We owe it to Desmond Tutu to promote peace, love and understanding

A point worth reflecting on in this divided and confused world is that there is always hope.It is now more than 34 years since Nobel Peace Laureate Desmond Tutu became the first man of African ethnicity to lead the Anglican...

Was Anne Boleyn guilty of plotting to kill Henry VIII?

Esteemed royal historian Lucy Worsley has been explaining the circumstances that led to King Henry VIII beheaded his second wife Anne Boleyn. Anne was executed after facing accusations that she had been unfaithful...

Curtain up on Pop Star to Priest - the Rev Richard Coles' story

Curtain Up, Clive Conway Productions exciting new series of live-streamed online shows, continues at the weekend with Rev. Richard Coles pondering his extraordinary journey from 1980s pop star to Church of England priest, radio...

Dame Patricia, 91, recovering after a fall.

We are so sorry to hear that 91-year-old actress Dame Patricia Routledge - a frequent and popular speaker with Clive Conway Productions circuit - is recovering after a fall.Dame Patricia, best known to millions as...

More tributes as the 'great enabler' Mama Leah celebrates her 87th birthday

A flood of heartfelt tributes and celebrations greeted Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 89th birthday earlier this month.And just a week later more warm words flooded to mark the 87th birthday of his devoted wife Leah.The couple met...

Curtain's up on Gyles Brandreth and Rev Richard Coles

Have you checked out our new series of online shows yet. It’s called Curtains Up and launches later this week with a wonderful hour-long entertainment from the inimitable Gyles Brandreth.His show, The 7 Secrets of Happiness, will...

Lost Frost/Nixon material found in a presidential archive

It is fascinating to learn that 'lost' recordings of the famous David Frost/Richard Nixon interviews have been discovered in a US presidential archive.The broadcast interviews were considered political dynamite when they first...

Why novelist Joanna Trollope is happier living alone

She’s often written about the complications of domestic relationships and it’s not always plain sailing. So it’s perhaps not surprising that best-selling novelist Joanna Trollope shows a certain knowing level of...

Tutu's 89th birthday provides platform for peace and climate change campaigns

Messages of congratulation poured in last week as Archbishop Desmond Tutu celebrated his 89th birthday.Well-wishers included the Nelson Mandela Foundation who called him ‘a paragon of peace” while South African President...

Curtains up on Gyles Brandreth and The 7 Secrets of Happiness

Fresh from paying tribute on BBC Radio 4 to his old friend Nicholas Parsons, the multi-talented Gyles Brandreth is gearing up to launch Curtains Up, our exciting new series of live-streamed online shows. Actor, writer, wit...

Paying tribute to the late great Nicholas Parsons

What a joy it was hearing BBC Radio 4’s tribute to the late, great broadcasting legend, Nicholas Parsons on Saturday - the day that would have been his 97th birthday.When Nicholas died in January this year it seemed somehow...

Watching paint dry can be a real pleasure - just ask Dame Joan

Good to hear that the indomitable talent that is journalist and broadcaster Dame Joan Bakewell will be back in action in a new series of Portrait Artist of the Year which starts on Sky Arts this week.The 87-year-old Labour...

Climate change on agenda for 20th Tutu international peace lecture

The 10th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture gets underway on Wednesday (Archbishop Tutu’s 89th birthday) with an emphasis firmly on combatting the fast-approaching horrors of climate change.Speakers...

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