Tickets are already being snapped up for the eagerly-waited appearance at Kirkcudbright Book Festival of one of the UK’s most experienced and ground-breaking political journalists.
The annual festival has been developing a reputation for attracting political big-hitters to the small town in South West Scotland and the appearance of Michael Crick on the evening of Thursday March 5, 2026, the first day of the four-day festival, will be no exception.
Few are better qualified to examine the nature of leadership, the theme of his talk, than Michael, who spent almost 40 years in television, as a political reporter with Channel 4 News, Newsnight and Panorama. He won four RTS awards and was twice RTS specialist reporter of the year. He also won the Charles Wheeler award for outstanding broadcast journalism and has written biographies of Arthur Scargill, Michael Heseltine, Alex Ferguson and Nigel Farage, and will soon publish a short book on Edward Heath. It is recommended that you buy your tickets for his talk quickly before the event sells out and you can do so at
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