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Boris Johnson is certainly the most verbose and number9dream (and screenwriter for In Number 1 bestseller Joanna’s Mum & Prime Minister of recent years and knows the upcoming The Matrix 4) David’s Utopia Dad, three siblings step in to look after their the importance of words, but he also Avenue tells the story of a psychedelic band parents’ wine business when their father knows how to have serious fun with them. from seedy Soho clubs to San Francisco. falls ill. Meanwhile in Sofia Khan creator In The Borisaurus, Simon has compiled a John’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas sold Ayisha’s This Green and Pleasant Land, Bilal lexicon of the politician’s funniest, wittiest, 7 million copies worldwide; his latest A grapples with his mother’s dying wish most interesting words and phrases. The Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom follows for him to build a mosque in the sleepy four-time Political Journalist of the Year a family through time and space; while Midlands village of Babel’s End. A treat to talks to former Telegraph chief political the world will change around them their open Festival week with two of our most commentator Peter Oborne. destinies remain the same. engaging novelists in conversation. MICHAEL MORPURGO FAMILY CANDICE BRATHWAITE, FLORENCE Sat 26 Sept · 4pm · £15 inc. book* GIVEN & BRYONY GORDON The tale of Joey the horse has captured the Sat 26 Sept· 8pm · £5 heart of children and adults alike, first as A Saturday night-in with three of social a bestselling novel, then an award-winning media’s most vital voices talking mental play and a Steven Spielberg film.