Gyles Brandreth remembers Harold Macmillan's fall and the race to succeed him, and eventually met the great man in Oxford in 1979. Macmillan dozed throughout. Show more
Gyles has long experience as an avid theatre goer, producer and performer. He wrote Sir John Gielgud's biography, and organised the actor's 80th birthday party featuring Superman. Show more
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Gyles Brandreth was a long-time associate of Kenneth Williams, an outrageous and tortured figure. He helped Frankie Howerd with his writing and Howerd made a pass at him. Show more
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Gyles Brandreth's diaries are full of characters, people like Jeffrey Archer. Jeffrey was the court jester in the court of Mrs Thatcher, but thought of himself as Cardinal Wolsey. Show more
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Gyles Brandreth has had long contact with the royal family. He has written books about Charles and Camilla, and the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. Show more
