Bitch joined Middle England last week
at the Daily Mail Literary Lunch, where 500 Mail readers were entertained by
ex-MP and Countdown star Gyles Brandreth, former Tory leader Michael Howard's
wife Sandra and Radio 4 Today presenter John Humphrys (pictured with
Brandreth).
The Mail's John Teal and Brad Young, plus guests including
PruHealth marketing director Katie Roswell, Initiative's Jane Wolfson and OMD's
Tim Forrest helped bring down the average age of the other diners at London's
Royal Lancaster Hotel.
All three speakers were promoting new books and host
Brandreth quipped he had often dreamt of going to bed at night with former model
Howard but, instead, ended up waking up in the morning with
Humphrys.
Howard's third novel revolves around a bomb attack in London's West
End and involves some amazing "coincidences" with real-life events. Humphrys'
latest tome tackles the difficult subject of confronting death, including the
rights and wrongs of assisted suicide.
As a very agreeable lunch drew to a
close, Teal admitted he would never go so far as to consider assisted suicide,
as he had "died a death" at far too many Daily Mail sales conferences already.
