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Mike Berners-Lee, Misha Glenny and Sarah Lamptey talk to Martin Chilton

The News Review

Hay Festival 2025, 

Start the day at Hay Festival with headline guests chaired by editors from The Independent reviewing the news, discussing the headlines and issues of the day, and revealing what’s breaking and trending online. A fascinating look at what’s tickling the nation’s fancy – and driving it to splenetic fury. Bring your coffee!

Among today’s guests are sustainability researcher Mike Berners-Lee, professor in the Institute for Social Futures at Lancaster University and author of There is No Planet B, and geopolitics journalist Misha Glenny, author of McMafia which has been adapted into a major BBC1 drama series.They talk to The Independent's Chief Book Critic, Martin Chilton, and writer and homelessness social activist Sarah Lamptey.

Mike Berners-Lee, Misha Glenny and Sarah Lamptey talk to Martin Chilton