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Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Simon Jenkins and Elif Shafak talk to Jeremy Bowen

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Hay Festival 2026, 

Three brilliant speakers, all with something completely different to say. Enjoy the range and variety of Hay Festival packaged into one entertaining session. This evening, space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock says her destiny was always written in the stars, journalist Simon Jenkins asks whether America can survive Trump, and best-selling author Elif Shafak talks about the power of fiction to connect us all. Chaired by the BBC’s international editor, Jeremy Bowen.

Maggie Aderin-Pocock, Simon Jenkins and Elif Shafak talk to Jeremy Bowen