This weekend is the final chapter in the Ilkley Literature Festival.
Headline events with tickets still up for grabs include presenter of Channel 4’s Extreme A&E Doctor Kevin Fong whose talk Extremes will probe the limits of our bodies in punishing conditions tomorrow at the Clarke Foley Centre.
Kirsty Wark is at King’s Hall tomorrow, and infamous politician and activist Jonathan Aitken, will recount his 40-year friendship with Margaret Thatcher through his book Margaret Thatcher: Power And Personality on Sunday.
Other events on Saturday include journalist and historian Leo Hollis’ talk Ways Of Seeing, exploring how the 21st Century will be the age of the city. Tony White, a former writer-in-residence at the Science Museum, will talk about Shakleton’s Man Goes South; the first work of fiction published by the Museum.  Keith Sagar, a friend and authority on Ted Hughes, will host a special event on Saturday, on the poet’s now legendary premiere of his work Cave Birds at the 1975 Festival premiering rare audio recording of Hughes’ reading in Ilkley.
Teenagers can hear Louise Rennison, author of Angus, Thongs, And Perfect Snogging, introduce her latest instalment of the Tallulah Casey books, The Taming Of The Tights, on Sunday at Ilkley Playhouse.
For tickets visit ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk or call the box office on (01943) 816714.