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Jamie Laing, Peter Jones and Aleks Krotoski talk to Decca Aitkenhead

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 all on one ticket! Podcaster and entrepreneur Jamie Laing talks about how to be a good man in today’s society. Historian Peter Jones reveals how self-help worked in the Middle Ages. And journalist Aleks Krotoski discusses the moguls and tech bros who are trying to defy death so they can live forever. Hosted by Decca Aitkenhead, chief interviewer for the Sunday Times. We guarantee you’ll leave having learnt something new – something you Heard at Hay Festival.

Jamie Laing, Peter Jones and Aleks Krotoski talk to Decca Aitkenhead