Clare Balding in conversation 18th September 7pm at Heswall Hall Hall

Name: Clare Balding in conversation 18th September 7pm at Heswall Hall Hall
Start: 2025-09-18T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Heswall Hall

Schedule

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Heswall Hall | Birkenhead, EN

We are super excited to announce Clare Balding is coming to Heswall!

Her new book Pastures New her brand new fiction book!

From growing up in a racing yard to commentating in the King’s Coronation procession and fronting the Olympics and Wimbledon, Clare Balding’s life has been extraordinary. Now, she has written her debut novel based on a character who relocates from London to a struggling farm in Monmouthshire. Discover more about Pastures New as well the secrets from behind the scenes of her 30 years in broadcasting…

CLARE BIOGRAPHY
Clare Balding grew up in the countryside surrounded by horses and dogs, and reading everything from Jilly Cooper to Henry James. Her autobiography, ‘My Animals and Other Family’, won the National Book Award for Autobiography of the Year. A keen rider, she competed as an amateur flat jockey during her teenage years, winning Champion Lady Rider in 1990. After an English Literature degree at Cambridge she became a journalist. Alongside her award-winning sports broadcasting and coverage of major Royal events, Clare hosts her much-loved Ramblings series on Radio 4, taking her across the British Isles exploring its landscape and its storytelling. A passionate campaigner for equality and women’s sport, Clare was awarded a CBE for her services to Sport and Charity in 2022, which she was honoured to receive at Buckingham Palace