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Chloe Dalton talks to William Hague

Raising Hare

Hay Festival 2025, 

When lockdown led busy professional Chloe Dalton to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, the last thing she expected was to be the custodian of a newly born hare. In this heartwarming and life-affirming event, she talks to politician William Hague about finding the creature, alone and no bigger than her palm, and choosing to nurse it and give it a chance at survival.

Dalton is a writer, political adviser and foreign policy specialist. She spent over a decade working in the UK Parliament and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Raising Hare chronicles Dalton’s journey with the hare, from caring for it as a baby to preparing for its return to the wild.