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Robert McCrum
Globish
The editor and writer re-examines the linguistic power of the Anglo-American imperium, and stacks up his C21st equation: English + Microsoft = Globish.Hay Festival 2010, Saturday 5 June 2010, 7pm
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Iestyn Edwards
Madame Galina, Forces Sweetheart
An hilarious account of entertaining troops on base in Iraq and Afghanistan, from comic, singer and appallingly plausible 16-stone balletomane, Iestyn Edwards, aka Madame Galina Prima Ballerina. There may be hoofing…Hay Festival 2010, Saturday 5 June 2010, 8.30pm
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Hugh Ambrose talks to Francine Stock
The Pacific
The writer discusses and shows clips from his gripping story following the intertwined odysseys of four US Marines and a US Navy carrier pilot within the Pacific theatre during World War II. Certificate 15.Hay Festival 2010, Saturday 5 June 2010, 8.30pm
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The Intelligence Squared Debate
This House would rescind the UK invitation to the Pope
David Aaronovitch & Johann Hari vs. Helena Kennedy & Phillippe Sands
'This house would rescind the Pope's invitation to the UK'Hay Festival 2010, Saturday 5 June 2010, 9.45pm
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Open Mic 2
Unpublished Writers
Come and join in a brand new venture to share your work with an audience. All readings are (rigorously) 5 minutes long. If you have a ticket and you'd like to read, please email boxoffice@hayfestival.com with 'Open Mic' in the subject line to book a slot. Readings can be prose or poetry. This event will be repeated (with different participants) on 5 June. Paul Blezard MCs.Hay Festival 2010, Saturday 5 June 2010, 9.45pm
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Ian Mortimer
Rewriting History
Since his first book was published seven years ago, Ian Mortimer has challenged conventional understandings of the past. This includes correcting dubious facts as well as reconsidering the ways we 'do' history – from studying a man over the course of a single year to writing history as a guidebook, in the present tense. Here he explains the various approaches that have earned him scholarly respect as well as a place on the bestseller lists.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 9am
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Paul Collier
The Plundered Planet
The visionary economist proposes How to Reconcile Prosperity with Nature. Chaired by Andrew Kelly.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 9am
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Nick Clegg talks to Philippe Sands
The Deputy Prime Minister gives his first public interview, discussing The Rule of Law, Constitutional Reform and the Coalition government.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 9am
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Dan Snow
Death or Victory
The maritime historian provides a riveting account of the death of General Wolfe and The Battle of Quebec and the Birth of Empire.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 10am
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Max Hastings talks to Anne Robinson
Did You Really Shoot the Television?
The journalist discusses his new family memoir.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 10am
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Jerry A Coyne talks to Rosie Boycott
Why Evolution is True
The evidence for natural selection is vast, varied and magnificent, and drawn from many disparate fields of science. Latest research is uncovering a stream of evidence revealing evolution in action – from the actual observation of a species splitting into two, to new fossil discoveries and the deciphering of the evidence stored in our genome.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 10am
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Val McDermid talks to Marcel Berlins
Ratchet plotting of her gripping psychological thrillers has established McDermid and her Hill/Jordan detection team at the very top of crime fiction. She talks about writing, morality, crime and punishment.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 10am
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Martin Amis talks to Peter Florence
The Pregnant Widow
The author revisits the sexual revolution, the 1970s and mortality with savage comedy in his new novel.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 11.30am
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David Aaronovitch
Voodoo Histories
Why do people believe the conspiracy theories around Diana, 9/11, the moon landings and the pseudohistory of the Grail?Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 11.30am
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Laura Cumming
A Face To The World: On Self-Portraits
In this lavishly illustrated talk the Observer art critic investigates the drama of the self-portrait from Dürer, Rembrandt and Velázquez to the present day, considering what these images reveal about the artist’s innermost self and how they relate to us all in strange and intimate ways.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 11.30am
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Frank Westerman
Ararat
An investigation of the fault-line between religion and science, travelling to the site where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah’s Ark ran aground and which has now become a geographical, political and cultural crossroads.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 11.30am
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Roy Noble talks to Nicola Heywood Thomas
Noble Ways: Lay-bys in my Life
The broadcaster dubbed the Voice of Wales is a national treasure as intrinsic to life here as Snowdonia or club rugby. He yarns his career and lifestory with customary care and humour.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 11.30am
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John Simpson
Unreliable Sources
The BBC superheavyweight examines the media’s sometimes questionable role in shaping events and How The Twentieth Century Was Reported.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 1pm
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Patrick Cramsie
The British Library Lecture: The Story of Graphic Design
A magnificent and revelatory study of the development of graphic styles in the West, from the origins of the alphabet itself to the work of the greatest designers and scribes in history.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 1pm
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Carsten Jensen & Joseph O’Connor
Fiction: The Sea
We, The Drowned is a great Danish novel ranging the oceans across a hundred years of C19th and C20th history from the Baltic to Samoa. The Star of the Sea is one of the most successful maritime stories of all time. Chaired by Peter Guttridge.Hay Festival 2010, Sunday 6 June 2010, 1pm
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