Wolverhampton Literature Festival: Al Murray's unique discussion of a war time catastrophe from the perspective of those who lives through it
When you think of Al Murray, you instantly think of the Pub Landlord, a man who thinks he knows it all and isn't afraid to talk out loud without thinking.
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The comic creation by the 56-year-old has become his trademark, with TV and stage shows providing the world with the outrageous opinions and actions of the Pub Landlord and causing laughter wherever he has appeared.
What a lot of people may not know about Al Murray is his deep passion for World War Two history, having co-hosted a popular Second World War history podcast, We Have Ways of Making You Talk with fellow bestselling military author James Holland.
Al is also the author of many successful books including Watching War Films with My Dad and Command and he is making his first appearance at the Wolverhampton Literature Festival to talk about his new book "Arnhem: Black Tuesday", which is his first history book about a single campaign, which happened in September 1944.
Tuesday, September 19, 1944 was the day which became known as Black Tuesday where from just after 12am while plans were being made to seize the initiative and optimism reigned, to the following midnight, when Arnhem was burning and the Allied fortunes looked very different, this twenty-four hours changed the course of the war.
Al returns to the city whose university gave him an honorary doctorate in social sciences as part of a double-header which will see him appear at the festival on Friday at 1pm, then at the Halls Wolverhampton at 7.30pm as the Pub Landlord.
He said that while a number of people might be surprised to learn of his deep interest in war history, he said the podcast had really opened people's eyes to his interest about it.
