Gyles Brandreth
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and best known as a regular on ITV's This Morning and Radio 4's Just A Minute. On stage he has appeared as Malvolio, Lady Bracknell and in his own musical revue in London's West End. On TV he has featured in Have I Got News For You, QI, Would I Lie to You?, Pointless, Countdown and Celebrity Gogglebox . His novels include seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde...See more
Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor of the University of Chester and best known as a regular on ITV's This Morning and Radio 4's Just A Minute. On stage he has appeared as Malvolio, Lady Bracknell and in his own musical revue in London's West End. On TV he has featured in Have I Got News For You, QI, Would I Lie to You?, Pointless, Countdown and Celebrity Gogglebox . His novels include seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as his detective and he has published two acclaimed volumes of diaries, an autobiography, Odd Boy Out, and two best-selling royal biographies. His podcasts include Something Rhymes With Purple , all about words and language, which he presents with Susie Dent, and Rosebud , in which he talks to famous people about their early memories. He is married to writer and publisher Michele Brown and has three children, six grandchildren and a cat called Nala. See less
