The 7 Secrets of being happy and living the Hundred Year Life. Gyles Brandreth, biographer of Elizabeth II, known for his appearances on QI, This Morning, Just a Minute, discusses the secrets of how to be happy and live a long life, together with stories from his own unlikely career, and a bit of name dropping for good measure.

Biography

Gyles Brandreth is a writer, broadcaster, former MP and Government Whip, now Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Chester and best known as a regular on ITV’s This Morning and 

Radio 4’s Just a Minute. On stage he has appeared as Malvolio, Lady Bracknell and in his own musical revue in London’s West End. On TV he has featured in Have I Got News For You, QI, Would I Lie to You?, Pointless, Countdown and Celebrity Gogglebox. His novels include seven Victorian murder mysteries featuring Oscar Wilde as his detective and he has published two acclaimed volumes of diaries, an autobiography, Odd Boy Out, and two best-selling royal biographies. His latest two books are:  Somewhere a boy and a bear  a story of AA Milne, Christopher Robin and Winnie-the-Pooh, and The 7 Secrets of the 100 yr Life (which he has co-written with Finola Burrell).  

His podcasts include Something Rhymes With Purple, all about words and language, which he presented with Susie Dent, The Commonwealth podcast with his daughter Aphra,  and Rosebud, in which he talks to famous people about their early memories. He is married to writer and publisher Miche`le Brown and has three children, seven grandchildren and a cat called Bella.