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Pascale Petit
What The Water Gave Me
The poet reads her new collection, and shows the images by Frida Kahlo that inspired the poems.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 10am
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Fred Pearce
Peoplequake
Mass migration, ageing nations and the coming population crash.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 11.30am
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Sharon Creech & Eleanor Updale
The Unfinished Angel & Johnny Swanson
Two acclaimed authors with a gift for transporting their readers to worlds past and magical come together for the first time at Hay. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare.8–12 yearsHay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 11.30am
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Adrian Tinniswood
Pirates of Barbary: Corsairs, Conquests and Captivity in the 17th-century Mediterranean
Tales of the C17th European renegades and Islamic sea-rovers who terrorised the Mediterranean, trading slaves from Iceland to the New World.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 1pm
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David Kynaston
Tales of a New Jerusalem
The brilliant social historian looks at Family Britain 1951–1957 with its Butlin’s holiday camps, Kenwood food mixers and Hancock’s Half-Hour. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 1pm
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Sally Kindberg & Tracey Turner
The Comic Strip History of Space
From Star Trek to supernovas, this is science as you’ve never seen it before. Sally and Tracey will cover Copernicus and constellations, astronauts and aliens in their super space quiz. Get ready to create your own quirky comic strip and wow your teachers.8–12 yearsHay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 1pm
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Daisy Hay
Young Romantics: The Shelleys, Byron and Other Tangled Lives
The communal existence of the friends and lovers revolving around Leigh Hunt, who rocked early C19th letters.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 2.30pm
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Charles Jencks
The Architecture of Hope: Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
Since the mid-1990s an exciting building project has been underway, new cancer caring centres that offer a fresh approach in architecture and health.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 2.30pm
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Richard Miles
Cambridge Series: Carthage Must Be Destroyed
The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization, Rome’s intolerable rival, and Hannibal’s seat of power. Introduced by Charlotte Higgins.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 2.30pm
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Nick Sharratt
Shark in the Dark
Draw along with the beloved illustrator of Jacqueline Wilson and Jeremy Strong, as he introduces his fin-tastic new book. Don't forget your pad and pencil!Family eventHay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 2.30pm
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Ian Blair talks to Nik Gowing
Policing Controversy
7/7 happened on Blair’s beat as Met Commissioner, and was followed by the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. He was fired by Boris Johnson.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4pm
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Michael Holding talks to Matthew Engel
No Holding Back
Nicknamed ‘whispering death’ and arguably the greatest fast bowler of all time in Clive Lloyd’s legendary team, the Jamaican has become over the last twenty years one of cricket’s most incisive commentators and leaders.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4pm
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Green Dragons’ Den 2
Hay on Earth 2
After two hours of practice and polish, the eight groups from today’s Hay on Earth sustainability workshops have just three minutes to present their ideas to the specialist panel of invited experts and members of the public, who will be asked to vote and comment on the best projects. A final decision on winners will be made by the panel. The winning group receives £10,000 for their project.Entry to this event is free but you must reserve a ticket.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4pm
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Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize
Take a risk and discover what you should be reading this summer. We don’t know who will appear at this event yet, but they’ll be one step away from joining previous prizewinners such as Philip Pullman, Patrick Ness and Meg Rosoff. Participating writers announced in May at: www.hayfestival.com/hayfever. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare.10+ yearsHay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4pm
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Simon Singh
Chiropractic and the Battle for Free Speech
The brilliantly entertaining science writer and Freedom of Speech hero talks about alternative medicine, chiropractic, his infamous libel case and the campaign for libel reform. He is the author of Trick or Treatment, The Code Book, Big Bang and Fermat's Last Theorem.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 4pm
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Madeleine Bunting
The Plot: A Biography of an English Acre
In her search to understand her father and his attachment to his Yorkshire home the journalist excavates the culture and history of a parcel of land remade and retold by generations of its inhabitants.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 5.15pm
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Nicholas Clee
Eclipse
The astounding tale of the C18th champion racehorse who still dominates the global bloodstock market today. Chaired by Corisande Albert.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 5.15pm
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Geza Vermes
Searching for the Real Jesus
The Scrolls scholar examines perceptions of Jesus Christ through the prism of contemporary cultural representations – from The Da Vinci Code and Mel Gibson’s The Passion to Pope Benedict’s Jesus of Nazareth.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 5.15pm
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James Campbell
Comedy 4 Kids
The acclaimed stand-up comic for children returns to Hay. Get ready to giggle your gloves off!*Family event*We think socks get too much attention.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 5.15pm
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Steve Sims talks to Michael Tavinor
Abel Clerk’s Bibel
A questioning, curious and sometimes playful poem of underlying seriousness; heart-warming, sad, violent, tender, sensuous and in sharp focus. Its 81 sections correspond to the Bible from a theologically open viewpoint, for which a narrator provides an overall continuity. Chaired by the Dean of Hereford Cathedral.Hay Festival 2010, Wednesday 2 June 2010, 6.25pm
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