Stanfords are hosting an author event with Stuart Maconie. Stuart's book 'Hope and Glory: The Days that Made Britain' [pub Ebury Press] goes in search of the places, people and events that have shaped modern Britain. Starting with the death of Queen Victoria, to the Battle of the Somme and the General Strike, and on to the docking of the Empire Windrush and Bobby Moore raising the Jules Rimet trophy, he chooses a defining moment in our nation's story from each decade of the last century and explores its legacy today.

Saturday 19th May 2012 - 7.30pm in the QEH Theatre Berkeley Place, Bristol BS8 1JX - entrance on Jacobs Wells Rd.

Tickets, £7, should be purchased in advance from Stanfords, 29 Corn St, Bristol BS1 1HT, or by phoning 0117 9299966.