Our patron and our President

Our Patron

Dame Patricia Routledge

We are delighted to have Dame Patricia as our Patron.

Her illustrious career on stage, television and film has garnered many awards, including Tony and Olivier Awards as best actress and a British Comedy Award.

Famed for her roles on TV’s Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthrop Investigates, Dame Patricia has performed many notable roles with the RSC, in the West End and at Chichester Festival Theatre.

Our President

Kate Mosse

We are delighted to have Kate Mosse as our President.

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling author with sales of more than five million copies in 42 languages.

Her fiction includes the novels Labyrinth, Sepulchre, The Winter Ghosts and Citadel, as well as an acclaimed collection of short stories, The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales (2013).

Kate Mosse

The 2025 festival will run from Saturday 14 June to Sunday 20 July.

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