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Hay Festival 2017

Catch up on events from Hay’s 30th birthday including Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry celebrating Norse mythology

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Hay Festival 2017 – Catch up here

Philippe Sands talks to Stephen Fry

Philippe Sands talks to Stephen Fry
Charlotte Rampling talks to Sarfraz Manzoor

Charlotte Rampling talks to Sarfraz Manzoor
Peter Singer talks to Stephen Fry

Peter Singer talks to Stephen Fry
Tony Robinson

Tony Robinson
Harriet Harman talks to Laura Bates

Harriet Harman talks to Laura Bates

Best Sellers

Yanis Varoufakis talks to Martha Kearney

Yanis Varoufakis talks to Martha Kearney
Jacqueline Wilson talks to Julia Eccleshare

Jacqueline Wilson talks to Julia Eccleshare
Michael Palin talks to John Crace

Michael Palin talks to John Crace
Laura Bates talks to Bryony Gordon

Laura Bates talks to Bryony Gordon
Howard Jacobson talks to John Mullan

Howard Jacobson talks to John Mullan

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

Siddhartha Mukherjee talks to Claire Armitstead

Siddhartha Mukherjee talks to Claire Armitstead
Steve Jones

Steve Jones
Steve Silberman

Steve Silberman
George Monbiot

George Monbiot
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

History

Alison Weir

Alison Weir
Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman
Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson
Max Hastings

Max Hastings
Bridget Kendall talks to Oliver Bullough

Bridget Kendall talks to Oliver Bullough
Bruce Robinson talks to William Sieghart

Bruce Robinson talks to William Sieghart

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