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191. Gordon Corera, Matthew Hutchinson, Patrick Maguire and Penny Mordaunt talk to Robert Nisbet
The News Panel |
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F33. Neill Cameron and Friends
Starring in the Phoenix Comic Show |
10:00
192. Cal Flyn and Charles Foster talk to Sean Fletcher
Awe and Wonder: Where to Go to Feel Inspired |
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F34. Sophy Henn
I Want Everything! |
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193. Ian Williams
Comics as Medicine |
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W9. Comedy Workshop with Melanie Owen
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194. Short Film Screenings |
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195. Graphic Novel Reading Room |
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Wednesday Morning Session |
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196. Magical World of Tea: Sip, Savour & Blend
Hay Festival 2026 x Bird & Blend Tea Co. |
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198. Mel & Sue Should Know By Now
Live Podcast |
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199. Daniel Mendelsohn talks to Chris Power
The Odyssey: Taking on a Masterpiece |
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200. Sophie & Scarlett Rickard and Myfanwy Tristram
Placards & Panels: Graphic Novels as Protest |
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201. Bethany Handley talks to Nicola Cutcher
My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors |
11:30
F35. Louie Stowell
Loki: A Bad God’s Guide to Causing Chaos |
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202. Writers at Work – Awduron wrth eu Gwaith |
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203. Adam Macqueen, Scarlett Maguire and Penny Mordaunt talk to Guto Harri
Beliefs are Optional: The Breakdown of Party Loyalty in UK Politics |
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204. Prue Leith talks to Steve Jones
My Life in Books: Hay Festival Exclusive |
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205. Ijeoma Uchegbu talks to Adam Rutherford
Chain Reaction: The Wondrous Chemistry of Everyday Life |
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F36. Alasdair Beckett-King
Montgomery Bonbon: Scandal on the Stage |
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206. Becky Barnicoat talks to Emma-Jane Unsworth
Cry When the Baby Cries |
13:00 Sold Out
W10. Comedy Workshop with Melanie Owen
Find Your Funny Bones |
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207. Writers at Work – Awduron wrth eu Gwaith |
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208. Pulp Kitchen Podcast LIVE
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209. Guy Johnston and Mishka Rushdie Momen: Grieg and More
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212. Elizabeth Strout talks to Chris Power
The Things We Never Say: The New Novel from the Best-selling Author |
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213. Jana Bakunina and Jamison R Firestone talk to Luke Harding
Understanding Putin’s Russia |
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F37. Beano Boomics with Craig Graham and Mike Stirling
Join the Mischief Squad |
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F38. Wren James
The Victors |
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214. Nate Soares talks to Patricia Clarke
If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies: The Case Against Superintelligent AI |
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215. Wuthering Heights with Vinette Robinson
Book to Screen: The Read |
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217. Ian Hislop talks to Decca Aitkenhead
My Life in Books |
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218. Liz Earle and Prue Leith talk to Gaby Huddart
Growing Old Gracefully |
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219. Adam Henson, Philip Lymbery and Deborah Meaden talk to Sean Fletcher
The Future of Farming |
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220. Astrid Goldsmith talks to Neill Cameron
Debut Discoveries: The Crystal Vase |
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F39. Beth Reekles
For Real This Time |
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Book to Screen: Film Screening |
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222. Ben Elton in conversation with Adrian Edmondson
Barrel of Laughs: What Have I Done? A Memoir |
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223. Jamie Bartlett, Aleks Krotoski, Madhumita Murgia and Nate Soares
Is AI Making Us Stupid? |
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224. Selena Wisnom
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of History |
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225. Ana Kinsella and Maria Semple talk to Steve Jones
Battle of the Best Summer Reads |
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226. Brenda Navarro and Mónica Ojeda talk to Chris Power
Kinship, Memory and Survival |
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227. Gemma Correll
Anxietyland: And Other Adventures in Mental Health |
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228. Ian Hislop, Helen Lewis and Adam Macqueen talk to Andrew Hunter Murray
Private Eye Live: Page 94 Podcast |
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229. Katy Hessel talks to David Olusoga
How to Live An Artful Life |
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230. Jess Robinson
Barrel of Laughs: Life is Rosi – Grandma, Me and our Diaries at 23 |
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231. George E Osborn talks to Robert Nisbet
Power Play: Video Games, Politics and the Battle for Global Influence |
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232. Artistraw Cider & Neal’s Yard Creamery
Matters of Taste: Cider & Cheese Tasting |
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Book to Screen: Film Screening |
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234. Alan Davies
Stand-up Comedy: Think Ahead |
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235. Jerry Brotton with Tim Marshall, David Olusoga and Emma Jane Unsworth
What’s Your Map? Live at Hay Festival |
20:30
236. Harry Baker
Tender: 100 Poems for the First 100 Days of Life |
20:30
237. Tom Bullough, Lucie McKnight Hardy, Martha O’Brien and Sadia Pineda Hameed
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