I went to the Glastonbury of book festivals where you rub shoulders with TV celebs – and it has free booze

AS I watched the friendly bartender pour my pint, I couldn’t help but feel a little big smug – and that’s because my drink was courtesy of Richard Osman.

Each year at the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival, the Thursday Murder Club author puts his bank card behind the bar and treats festival-goers to a tipple.

The Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival has been taking place for more than 20 years I have been going to the festival for the last three years...