Cheltenham’s annual literary festival offers a dollop of science this
year. Head for Gloucestershire on Sunday, 19 October, to hear Melvyn Bragg,
Lewis Wolpert and Gillian Beer discuss the relationship between science and
literature with novelists Robert Winder and Philip Kerr. Tel: 01242 227979. Fax
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