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Politician, broadcaster and author Gyles Brandreth is back by popular demand as host and guest speaker for the Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce annual dinner and awards. Following a successful appearance as guest
speaker in 2014, Brandreth made a triumphant return last year as the event’s host. And he is back once again for this year’s black
tie dinner which is taking place at Birmingham’s ICC on 30 March. GBCC chief executive Paul
Faulkner said: “We are delighted that Gyles Brandreth has agreed to
return as our host and guest speaker at this year’s dinner and awards. “No doubt Brexit, President Trump, regional
devolution and our own election of a West Midlands Metro Mayor in May will feature in his eagerly anticipated and informative address.” Brandreth has had a
varied career which included top posts in government as a Whip and Lord Commissioner of the Treasury in John Major’s government, while serving as MP for Chester.
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Brandreth is back for awards He starred in his own award-winning musical
revue in London’s West End, while as a broadcaster he has appeared in programmes ranging from ‘Just a Minute’ and ‘Wordaholics’ to ‘QI’ and ‘Have I Got News for You’. As an author and biographer, Brandreth has published two volumes of diaries ‘Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries’ and ‘Something Sensational to Read in the Train: The Diary of a Lifetime’, and also two royal biographies, ‘Philip & Elizabeth: Portrait of a Marriage’ and ‘Charles & Camilla: Portrait of a Love Affair’, as well as a series of Victorian detective stories, ‘The Oscar Wilde Murder Mysteries’. His appearances on stage are numerous, and
include Malvolio and the Sea Captain in Twelfth Night: The Musical at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and Lady Bracknell in a new musical version of The Importance of Being Earnest. The 68-year-old is also one of Britain’s busiest
after-dinner speakers and award ceremony hosts. He is married to writer and publisher Michèle
Brown, with whom he co-curated the exhibition of 20th century children’s authors at the National Portrait Gallery and founded the award- winning Teddy Bear Museum now based at the Polka Theatre in Wimbledon.
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Back by popular demand: Gyles Brandreth
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