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Kamran Abbasi, Chris van Tulleken and Rosie Boycott

Dangerous Liaisons: The Shady World of Big Food and Big Pharma

Hay Festival 2026, 

Who really decides what we eat, and which medicines we take? How much is down to what we as consumers need, and how much is decided by power, policy and profit? Doctors Kamran Abbasi, editor-in-chief of the British Medical Journal, and Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People, and the cross bench peer Rosie Boycott expose the networks between government and big business and argue that hidden influences are having a huge impact on public health. Expect a lively, engaging and sometimes shocking discussion.