It all began at a garden party on a summer evening in 2018. Guests were strolling over the lawns or chatting in groups when I spotted my friend Victoria Summerley sitting behind a pile of her books.
Victoria runs Bibury's Gardening Club and our host had rightly thought her beautiful books on Cotswold gardens would embellish the evening.
I think both of us may have had the idea, but it was certainly Victoria who said, ‘Why don't we have a Literary Festival here in Bibury?' In the slanting sunshine,
