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Robin Todd, Rosie Boycott and Patrick Mulvany
Earth – A Secure Food Supply
How can we provide a sustainable food supply sufficient to meet the needs of a growing population facing climate change? Robin Todd, Trustee of Concern Universal, Patrick Mulvany, Chair of the UK Food Group, and journalist, smallholder and Chair of London Food, Rosie Boycott.Hay Festival 2009, Thursday 21 May 2009, 1pm
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Khalid Koser, Sue Miller and Chikondi Mpokosa
Wind – Adapting to Change
How do communities adapt to change and migration? Khalid Koser from the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Sue Miller, Baroness of Chilthorne Dorner, Member, UNESCO North Devon's Biosphere Reserve Partnership, and Chikondi Mpokosa, Oxfam’s Global Education Advisor.Hay Festival 2009, Thursday 21 May 2009, 2.30pm
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David Mackay, Jane Davidson AM, Malini Mehra and Anthony Giddens
Fire – Securing Energy Supplies
What are the implications of climate change on energy supply and security? Founder and CEO of Centre for Social Markets Malini Mehra, Jane Davidson AM, David Mackay, author of Sustainable Energy, and Anthony Giddens, author of The Politics of Climate Change.Hay Festival 2009, Thursday 21 May 2009, 4pm
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David Tickner, Homero Aridjis, Lyla Mehta and Daniela Schmidt
Water – The Basics of Life
How will climate change affect biodiversity and the way we manage freshwater supplies and the oceans as a resource? David Tickner, Head of WWF’s Freshwater Programme, Homero Aridjis, poet, Head of the Group of 100 and Mexico's Ambassador to UNESCO, Lyla Mehta of the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and Daniela Schmidt, Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Bristol.Hay Festival 2009, Thursday 21 May 2009, 5.30pm
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Jill Evans MEP, Lisa Stevens, Kay Swinburne, John Bufton, Alan Butt Philip
European Election Question Time
Peter Florence chairs a hustings for the leading candidates (Plaid Cymru, Labour, Conservative, UKIP and Lib Dem) for the four Welsh seats voted for on 4 June. Questions welcome in advance via hayfestival.com/forum/europe.
Entry to this event is free, but you must book a ticket. There will be a collection for charity at the event.Hay Festival 2009, Thursday 21 May 2009, 7.30pm
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Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM
One Wales: One Planet
Launch of the Welsh Assembly Government’s new Sustainable Development Scheme – One Wales: One Planet – by Rt Hon Rhodri Morgan AM, First Minister of Wales.
Entry to this event is free, but you must book a ticket.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 10.30am
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Harriet Lamb talks to Rosie Boycott
Fighting the Banana Wars and Other Fairtrade Battles
The stirring story of a burgeoning global family, tenaciously pushing big business to trade more fairly with some of the world’s poorest farmers.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 1pm
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Anthony Giddens
The Politics of Climate Change
‘Politics-as-usual won’t deal with the problems we face, while the recipes of the green movement are flawed at source.’ The eminent sociologist introduces a range of new concepts and proposals to fill in the gap, and examines in depth the connections between climate change and energy security.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 2.30pm
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Emma Bridgewater, Hugh Peachey, Mike Moody and Daniel Butler
The 2009 Country Living Magazine Discussion: Thatcher, Farrier, Cooper…Call Centre Worker?
Rural skills are under threat, and without training for a new generation of craftspeople, the traditions we treasure will exist only in tales of days gone by. Chaired by countryside writer Daniel Butler, who talks to Hugh Peachey, gypsy wagon restorer and stonemason, Mike Moody, chair of the National Heritage Training Group, and entrepreneur Emma Bridgewater. Followed by a single malt whisky sampling by The Balvenie.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 4pm
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Roger Crowley
Empires of the Sea
In the sixteenth century the Mediterranean became the battleground for a titanic maritime struggle between Islam and Christianity. Roger Crowley brings to life this extraordinary confrontation, which set frontiers that hold to this day.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 4pm
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Antony Worrall Thompson, John Vidal, Steve Trent and Jeremy Ryland Langley
Save the Sea
The Environmental Justice Team take on pirate fishing.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 5.15pm
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Julian Orbach talks to Simon Jenkins
Gwynedd: Pevsner Buildings of Wales
The architectural survey examines the treasures of north-west Wales.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 5.15pm
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Nicholas Stern
The Guardian Sessions: Blueprint for a Safer Planet
What 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.
The Guardian Sessions at Hay
For the eighth year, the Guardian is proud to be the headline sponsor of the Hay Festival.
Over the past year, the world has seen momentous change – a deepening economic crisis; the dawn of a new era in America; environmental concerns moving higher up the agenda; and increased challenges to our civil liberties... As the world's leading liberal voice, the Guardian is committed to the exploration and debate of these issues.
At this year's festival, the Guardian Sessions, with insight from leading individuals in their fields, will further examine and debate the most pressing concerns facing us today.
Come and join us.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 6.30pm
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Adrian Lambert
The Rural Media Company presents: Still Life
Eleven-year-old Lauren has almost come to terms with her parents splitting up when a school history project rekindles some very painful memories and a violent and dangerous jealousy. Set in Herefordshire, the film wrestles with isolation and identity in a rural market town, where people quickly learn how to move on rather than move away. Still Life is the Rural Media Company’s latest ambitious community film production created over the course of a year with the people of Bromyard.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 6.30pm
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Chris Blackwell talks to Chris Salewicz
Island Records
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of the groundbreaking label as the founder selects his jubilee tracks and stories.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 6.30pm
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Rick Wakeman talks to Phil Rickman
Grumpy Old Rock Star
The legendary Yes keyboard player is one of the great rock storytellers.Hay Festival 2009, Friday 22 May 2009, 8pm
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Patricia Fara
The Cambridge 800 Series: Science – A Four Thousand Year History
When did science begin? Who did science? How does science change?Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009, 9am
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Philip Delves Broughton
What They Teach You at Harvard Business School
An insider’s account from the Cauldron of Capitalism.Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009, 9am
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Martin Rees
The World in 2050
The Astronomer Royal looks to the future and what we don’t yet know.Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009, 10am
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Howard Davies and Danny Quah
LSE Lecture: Banks, Booms and Busts – Where Next for the Global Economy?
The London School of Economics academics debate the financial crisis and give their views on when and how the world economy will emerge from the current collapse. Chaired by Adam Austerfield.Hay Festival 2009, Saturday 23 May 2009, 10am
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