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David Crystal talks to Peter Florence

David Crystal talks to Peter Florence – An Alphabet (and maybe some punctuation marks too)

Winter Weekend – Celebrating 20 years

Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson
Horatio Clare

Horatio Clare
Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris

Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris
Marie-Elsa Bragg

Marie-Elsa Bragg
Gina Miller

Gina Miller
Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain
Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Chris Haughton and Emily Shuckburgh

Chris Haughton and Emily Shuckburgh

Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2019 – See all events

Afua Hirsch and Henny Beaumont

Afua Hirsch and Henny Beaumont
Tom Holland

Tom Holland
Rupert Read talks to Rosie Boycott

Rupert Read talks to Rosie Boycott
Hallie Rubenhold talks to Peter Florence

Hallie Rubenhold talks to Peter Florence
Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Peter Florence

Bernardine Evaristo in conversation with Peter Florence

Hay Festival 2019 – See all events

Elif Shafak – The Wellcome Book Prize Lecture 2019

Elif Shafak – The Wellcome Book Prize Lecture 2019
Robert Macfarlane talks to Horatio Clare

Robert Macfarlane talks to Horatio Clare
Leila Slimani talks to Philippe Sands

Leila Slimani talks to Philippe Sands
Paul Dolan

Paul Dolan
Emily Maitlis talks to Hannah MacInnes

Emily Maitlis talks to Hannah MacInnes

Hay Festival Cartagena 2019 – See all events

Antonio Caballero and Enrique Santos Calderón in conversation with María Jimena Duzán

Antonio Caballero and Enrique Santos Calderón in conversation with María Jimena Duzán
Patricia Lara and Francisco de Roux in conversation with Juan Carlos Pérez

Patricia Lara and Francisco de Roux in conversation with Juan Carlos Pérez
Wilfrido Vargas in conversation with Camilo Hoyos

Wilfrido Vargas in conversation with Camilo Hoyos
Lydia Cacho in conversation with Jacobo García

Lydia Cacho in conversation with Jacobo García
Michael Pollan in conversation with Rosie Boycott

Michael Pollan in conversation with Rosie Boycott

Hay Reformations

From the Archive

Yuval Noah Harari talks to Anita Anand

Yuval Noah Harari talks to Anita Anand
Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry
Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Martha Kearney

Kazuo Ishiguro talks to Martha Kearney
Colm Tóibín talks to Sarah Churchwell

Colm Tóibín talks to Sarah Churchwell
Antony Beevor

Antony Beevor

Shakespeare

Gregory Doran talks to Clemency Burton-Hill

Gregory Doran talks to Clemency Burton-Hill
Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson
James Shapiro talks to Jerry Brotton

James Shapiro talks to Jerry Brotton
Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer
Stanley Wells and Margaret Drabble

Stanley Wells and Margaret Drabble
Simon Schama

Simon Schama

Science

Hannah Critchlow

Hannah Critchlow
Anne-Marie Imafidon

Anne-Marie Imafidon
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks to Rosie Boycott

Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks to Rosie Boycott
Richard Dawkins talks to Joan Bakewell

Richard Dawkins talks to Joan Bakewell

Fiction

Thomas Keneally talks to Gaby Wood

Thomas Keneally talks to Gaby Wood
Rose Tremain

Rose Tremain
Cressida Cowell

Cressida Cowell
Salman Rushdie talks to Jerry Brotton

Salman Rushdie talks to Jerry Brotton
Graham Swift

Graham Swift
Fay Weldon talks to Rosie Goldsmith

Fay Weldon talks to Rosie Goldsmith

Programme for Schools