Gyles Brandreth: Somewhere, A Boy, A Bear: The anniversary of Winnie the Pooh

2026 marks the centenary of the publication of Winnie-the-Pooh, one of the best-selling children’s books of all time. 

Best-selling biographer Gyles Brandreth knew the real Christopher Robin and his new book is both an intimate and revealing biography of A A Milne (to whom there was so much more than Pooh) and a fascinating exploration of fathers and sons, children and their parents and the nature of childhood itself.

‘Gyles Brandreth has a touching access to the secrets of the human heart.’ The Times