Enjoy this annual feast of Greene-ery

The 27th Graham Greene International Festival takes place from Thursday 24 September to Sunday 27 September in venues around Berkhamsted.

The programme is packed with what festival director Kevin Ruane calls ‘a feast of Greene-ery’, including walks, talks, films and social events.

Among the guest speakers are Robin Ince, talking about his favourite Greene film, The Fallen Idol (1948); best-selling author Jo Baker giving a contemporary novelist’s take on Greene’s back catalogue; journalist Robert Verkaik exploring Greene’s friendship with the traitor, Kim Philby; and writer and broadcaster Melanie McDonagh marking the centenary of Greene’s conversion to Catholicism.

Andrew Biswell showcases artist Paul Hogarth, whose cover art for Greene’s novels is beloved by many readers, and Cadence Rustam, at 22 the youngest speaker in the festival’s history, considers two of Greene’s finest works, The Heart of the Matter (1948) and The End of the Affair (1951).

The festival begins with a walking tour of ‘Greene’s Common’. The films this year are A Splinter of Ice, Ben Brown’s play about Greene’s 1987 Moscow meeting with exiled super-spy Kim Philby (with the playwright hosting an audience Q&A afterwards), and England Made Me, the 1973 version of Greene’s early (1935) novel.

For the festival programme and tickets visit grahamgreenebt.org.