Anton du Beke

Please note, this is now taking place in the bookshop on York Street.

Anton Du Beke - the King of Ballroom, Strictly Come Dancing royalty, and household name - joins us in Bath for what will inevitably be an entertaining night.

In 2018, Anton realised his boyhood ambition and published the first in a series of bestselling novels set in the 1930s world of the exclusive Mayfair hotel, The Buckingham. He joins us to discuss his new book, The Ballroom Blitz.

September 1940. As the skies split apart and bombs rain down on London, it's all the staff at the famed Buckingham Hotel can do to keep their guests in the luxury they're accustomed to, and evoke the magic of the Grand ballroom for them each night. With profiteers skulking the London streets, and devious rivals plotting the Buckingham's downfall, the hotel staff must all hold onto what matters most- and decide where their loyalties truly lie.

As the bombing intensifies and Christmas fast approaches, somehow the show must go on...

Please note, this is now taking place in THE BOOKSHOP, York Street.