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Nicholas Stern
The Guardian Sessions: Blueprint for a Safer Planet
Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 6.30pmWhat is the problem? What are the dangers? What can be done to reduce emissions? At what cost? How can the world adapt? And, what does all this mean for corporations, governments and individuals? Chaired by Ian Katz.
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Immodesty Blaize and Stephanie Theobald introduced by Julian Clary
Tease
Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 30 May 2009, 10pmThe dazzling international showgirl superstar, Las Vegas’ ‘Reigning Queen of Burlesque’, launches her novel Tease. Theobald introduces her art-market satire A Partial Indulgence. Performance and chat.
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David Simon talks to Mark Lawson
The Corner
Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 30 May 2009, 8.30pmThe Baltimore creator of The Corner, The Wire and Generation Kill in conversation.
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Ed Stourton
It’s a PC World
Hay Festival 2009, Monday 25 May 2009, 1pmThe broadcaster explores What it Means to Live in a Land Gone Politically Correct. Chaired by Stephanie Merritt.
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Paddy Ashdown
The Joseph Rotblat Lecture 2009: Ashdown’s Third Law
Hay Festival 2009, Monday 25 May 2009, 2:30pmThe WMD Awareness Programme lecture this year is given by the Royal Marine commando, party leader and international peacekeeper, whose memoir A Fortunate Life is published this month. Chaired by Rosie Boycott.