A Life and a Half (Chris Bryant)

Bloomsbury presents A Life and a Half, written and read by Chris Bryant 'Charming, unexpected, honest' RORY STEWART The gripping, remarkably candid story of one man's unorthodox life before politics, from Labour minister and Sunday Times-bestselling author Chris Bryant 'It is often said that the politicians of today have no hinterland, but then along comes Chris Bryant with a fascinating, frank, funny and moving account of how he became one' REVEREND RICHARD COLES Before he was a politician, Chris Bryant was an Anglican priest, baptising babies and holding the hands of the dying.

Author:: Chris Bryant
Narrator:: Chris Bryant
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 9:23 h
Format:: MP3 download (398 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing (2025)
Genre:: Biographies & Autobiographies
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01 - 001 A Life and A Half Intro	0:09	1 MB
02 - 002 Introduction	13:38	10 MB
03 - 003 Chapter1	39:49	29 MB
04 - 004 Chapter2	26:49	19 MB
05 - 005 Chapter3	26:10	18 MB
06 - 006 Chapter4	14:06	10 MB
07 - 007 Chapter5	22:41	15 MB
08 - 008 Chapter6	26:42	18 MB
09 - 009 Chapter7	13:21	9 MB
10 - 010 Chapter8	15:17	10 MB
11 - 011 Chapter9	8:08	5 MB
12 - 012 Chapter10	26:32	18 MB
13 - 013 Chapter11	14:54	10 MB
14 - 014 Chapter12	17:11	11 MB
15 - 015 Chapter13	24:34	17 MB
16 - 016 Chapter14	39:51	29 MB
17 - 017 Chapter15	43:01	30 MB
18 - 018 Chapter16	12:30	8 MB
19 - 019 Chapter17	16:16	11 MB
20 - 020 Chapter18	13:22	9 MB
21 - 021 Chapter19	26:12	18 MB
22 - 022 Chapter20	18:14	12 MB
23 - 023 Chapter21	7:55	5 MB
24 - 024 Chapter22	18:28	12 MB
25 - 025 Chapter23	20:11	14 MB
26 - 026 Chapter24	22:23	15 MB
27 - 027 Chapter25	24:37	16 MB
28 - 028 Chapter26	9:17	6 MB
29 - 029 A Life and A Half Outro	0:50	1 MB

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents A Life and a Half, written and read by Chris Bryant

'Charming, unexpected, honest' RORY STEWART
The gripping, remarkably candid story of one man's unorthodox life before politics, from Labour minister and Sunday Times-bestselling author Chris Bryant

'It is often said that the politicians of today have no hinterland, but then along comes Chris Bryant with a fascinating, frank, funny and moving account of how he became one' REVEREND RICHARD COLES
Before he was a politician, Chris Bryant was an Anglican priest, baptising babies and holding the hands of the dying. Before that, he manned the barricades in Latin America, and before that, he was the scared son of an alcoholic mother and an estranged father.
This is a no-holds-barred account of a minister's truly unconventional life before politics – one that has left Bryant equally at home behind the altar, in sweaty gay clubs, on the hustings or the stage. With characteristic frankness, he recounts growing up in General Franco's Spain, acting alongside some of the most talented names of the day as a teenager, and caring for his brother and mother as she descended into addiction. He ran the family home from sixteen, became ordained at twenty-four and came out as gay shortly after. And that's just the early years.
A Life and a Half tells a gripping story of bishops and actors, drag queens and pushy candidates, stuffed with moments of joy and hilarity and sorrow and abuse. All while tracking the landscape of late-twentieth-century British politics, from Thatcher to the birth of New Labour. It is a memoir like no other.
© 2025 Chris Bryant

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