59. Lesley-Ann Jones | Bridport Literary Festival | Friday 13 November 8pm | SOLD OUT

Lesley-Ann Jones has a very personal perspective on David Bowie. As a schoolgirl, she first came across him when he was just Davie Jones. It was before he was famous. But, in suburban Beckenham, Kent, he was already a local hero.

One day she and a friend knocked on his door. He answered in a dirty yellow kimono and invited them in for tea. She was charmed. While Bowie would go on to global stardom, she would become one of the UK’s leading music journalists, her early experiences informing her acclaimed biography, David Bowie: Hero.

In this event, introduced by Jamie Giles, Lesley-Ann will lead the audience through Bowie’s iconic 1971 album Hunkydory track by track, using each song to offer insight into his life and work.

Having worked as a showbusiness correspondent, Lesley-Ann Jones became a full-time author in 1997 and has written more than twenty books about the music industry, including works on Freddie Mercury, John Lennon and Marc Bolan. This event will be followed by a drinks reception for friends of Tanya Bruce-Lockhart.

In association with Clocktower Records

The Tanya Bruce-Lockhart event marks the life and interests of BridLit’s much missed co-founder. This year we explore one of Tanya’s musical loves, David Bowie, who she described as: “Probably the most intelligent man of popular music I’ve had to interview and spend time with.ˮ