With the eagerly-awaited Times/Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival beginning this Friday, we look forward to the newly released, jam-packed event schedule.

This year's festival which runs until Sunday 11^th October, will host appearances from leading Times and Sunday Times contributors, including Caitlin Moran, Camilla Long and A.A Gill.

The topics up for discussion range from politics to sport, from the stability of the Middle East to the FIFA files.

There will also be a quiz night hosted by The Times’ Robert Crampton, a lecture from renowned historian Mary Beard, and crossword sessions with The Times.

Included in the video round-up of last year above (video running time 3mins 55secs) talking about the 2014 festival are editors John Witherow (Times) and Martin Ivens (Sunday Times), Times columnist Caitlin Moran, Sunday Times interviewer Lynn Barber, Chief Marketing Officer Chris Duncan and Mary Beard from the TLS.

The full schedule of events for this year can be seen below.