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Marcus du Sautoy, Adam Rutherford and Sophia Smith Galer talk to Robert Nisbet

Heard at Hay Festival: three brilliant speakers all on one ticket

Hay Festival 2026, 


The perfect session if you love new ideas, original thinking and passionate speakers.

Here we present the joy of maths, genealogy and language all on one ticket! Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy explains how maths shapes our creativity, geneticist Adam Rutherford will prove that everyone in the audience is of royal descent, and author Sophia Smith Galer talks about how to kill a language. Chaired by former BBC and Sky News correspondent Robert Nisbet. We guarantee you’ll leave having learnt something new – something you Heard at Hay Festival.

Marcus du Sautoy, Adam Rutherford and Sophia Smith Galer talk to Robert Nisbet