Are you sitting comfortably? Join award winning writer and performer Steve Nallon for an entertaining exploration of the ghost story in its many forms, including readings from his new book ‘Ghost Stories’. Tales include an angry and revenging theatre ghost, numerous spectral former prime ministers causing havoc in Downing Street, the joyously frolicsome Carry On star Hattie Jacques and the redoubtable master of the ghost story, M.R. James.

Steve Nallon was a founding member of the television series Spitting Image, where for over a decade he voiced many of the programme’s most iconic characters, including Margaret Thatcher, Alan Bennett and The Queen Mum. Steve’s acting work now ranges from theatre, film and television, to video games, radio drama and audio books. As a playwright and comedy writer, Steve has a considerable body of credits to his name, including plays and series for BBC radio, three one-man theatre shows and the satirical book I, Margaret, which he co-wrote with Tom Holt. Destination Time Travel, an exploration of the story tropes of time travel tales written with British Film Institute archivist Dick Fiddy, was published in 2023.

Steve Nallon will also be joining Stephen Volk for our special ‘Ghosts of my life’ panel on Sunday evening (20:30pm).