*New* Our patron, Chris Smith (Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chancellor of Cambridge University) formally opens the Festival at the start of this event. Followed by a heraldic trumpet fanfare. Not to be missed!

World-famous pianist Sir Stephen Hough is also a writer and composer. He has been named by The Economist as one of 'Twenty Living Polymaths'. In his frank and engrossing memoir, Enough, he recounts his unlikely journey from an unmusical Cheshire home to the stage of Carnegie Hall by the age of 21. He candidly shares his teenage nervous breakdown, struggles with sexuality and religion, unconventional parents, and the teachers who inspired and discouraged him.