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10:0010:00
125. Jess Phillips, Ellie Chowns and Patrick Maguire talk to Julie Etchingham
It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To: Political Analysis
10:00
F14. Rob Biddulph
The Moonhaven Chronicles: The Last Wolf
10:00
126. Sarah Hall and Samantha Harvey talk to Kirsty Lang
The Dance of Nature and Humanity
10:00
F15. Petr Horáček
Blue Monster
10:00
519. BBC Radio 4: Take Four Books
James Crawford talks to Tahmima Anam
10:00
W5. Dance Workshop with Kitsch & Sync Collective
Comedy Dance Theatre
  10:00
127. Short Film Screenings
    10:00
MT7. Make & Take Crafting
Monday Morning Session
10:00 Sold Out
128. Magical World of Tea: Sip, Savour & Blend
Hay Festival 2026 x Bird & Blend Tea Co.
 
        
        
10:15       
        
        
10:30       
        
        
10:45       
        
        
11:00                   
                    
                    
11:15                   
                    
                    
11:3011:30
131. Simon Schama
The Face in the Mirror - Why Artists Paint Themselves
11:30
132. Tim Spector talks to Gaby Huddart
Fermentation: Food to Put You in a Good Mood
11:30
F16. Russell Kane
When Brian Met Terry: A children’s comedy show
11:30
F17. MG Leonard
The Impossible Gladiator
11:30
520. BBC Radio 4: Inside Science
Tom Whipple talks to Helen Czerski and Vincent Doumeizel
           
            
            
11:45           
            
            
12:00      12:00
F18. Hay Festival BIG Bug Mural
With Illustrator in Residence Charlotte Hepburn
12:00
MT8. Make & Take Crafting
Monday Lunchtime Session
   
          
          
12:15         
          
          
12:30                   
               12:35
457. Hay Community Choir
   
                  
12:45                 
                  
                    
13:0013:00
133. John Crace talks to Rosie Boycott
The Bonfire of the Insanities: The Madness of Westminster Life
13:00
134. Ashley Walters talks to Afua Hirsch
Always Winning: A Personal Journey
13:00
F19. Luke Pearson
Hilda and Twig: Hide from the Rain
13:00
F20. Nicola Davies
Skrimsli
13:00
521. BBC: Newscast
Adam Fleming with Katya Adler and Alex Forsyth
13:00
W6. Dance Workshop with Kitsch & Sync Collective
Comedy Dance Theatre
      13:00
135. Daniel Norman and Anna Tilbrook
BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert 1
      
      
13:15     
      
      
13:30         
          
          
13:45         
          
          
14:00                       
                        
                        
14:15                       
                        
                        
14:3014:30
138. Nicholas Stern talks to Katya Adler
The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunities of Climate Action
14:30
F21. Michael Morpurgo in conversation with Clare Balding
Black Beauty
14:30
137. Caitlin Moran talks to Laurence Mozafari
My Life in Books
14:30
139. Helen Oyeyemi talks to Kirsty Lang
A New New Me: Her Latest Novel
14:30
522. BBC Radio 4: A Good Read
Harriett Gilbert talks to Philippa Perry and Stuart Maconie
  14:30
140. 1984 with Sacha Dhawan
Book to Screen: The Read
    14:30
MT9. Make & Take Crafting
Monday Afternoon Session
   
          
          
14:45         
          
          
15:00           
            
            
15:15           
            
            
15:30                       
                        
                        
15:45                       
                        
                        
16:0016:00
141. Sandi Toksvig, Ian McEwan and Minette Batters talk to David Shukman
Heard at Hay Festival: three brilliant speakers all on one ticket
16:00
142. Samira Ahmed and Stuart Maconie
The Beatles: Friends, Fans and Fame
16:00
143. Sarah Churchwell and Simon Schama
America 250: A Declaration of Literary Independence?
16:00
F22. Russell Tovey & Robert Diament talk to Rob Biddulph
Art School (in a Book): A Future Artist’s Guide to Contemporary Art
16:00
523. BBC Radio 4: In Our Time
Misha Glenny with Rhun Emlyn, Helen Fulton and Huw Pryce
    16:00
144. Mysterious Skin
Book to Screen: Film Screening
         
              
              
16:15             
              
              
16:30             
              
              
16:45             
              
              
17:00                       
                        
                        
17:15                       
                        
                        
17:3017:30
145. Ian McEwan talks to Julia Gillard
What We Can Know: A Searing Novel About Climate Change
17:30
146. Hannah Critchlow
The 21st Century Brain: Cutting Edge Neuroscience to Help us Navigate the Future
17:30 Sold Out
F80. Holly Jackson in conversation with Fflur Dafydd
Book to Screen: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
17:30
148. Tanya Sweeney talks to Liz Nugent
Debut Discoveries: Esther is Now Following You
17:30
524. BBC Radio 4: Poetry Please
Roger McGough talks to Alistair McGowan
17:30
149. Arvon Masterclass with Helen Oyeyemi
Fiction Writing Workshop: Tests of Character
17:30 Sold Out
147. Ixta Belfrage and Bel Coelho talk to Polly Russell
Matters of Taste: A Tour Around the Food of Latin America
         
          
          
17:45           
            
            
18:00           
            
            
18:15           
            
            
18:30                       
                        
                        
18:45                       
                        
                        
19:0019:00
150. Ruth Davidson, Julia Gillard, Harriet Harman and Beth Rigby talk to Katya Adler
Women in Politics
19:00
153. Carmen Urbita and Ana Garriga talk to Kim Sherwood
Convent Wisdom: How Sixteenth-Century Nuns Could Save Your Twenty-First-Century Life
19:00
152. Clare Balding talks to Carolyn Hitt
An Evening with the Award-winning Broadcaster
19:00
151. Hans Ulrich Obrist talks to Kirsty Lang
Life in Progress: A Conversation on the Power of Art
    19:00
154. 45 Years
Book to Screen: Film Screening
         
              
              
19:1519:15
525. BBC Radio 4: Front Row – Live
Samira Ahmed and guests
           
            
            
19:30           
            
            
19:45           
            
            
20:00                     
                      
                      
20:15                       
                        
                        
20:30      20:30
155. James Hanning talks to Horatio Clare with guests Derek Addyman and Anne Brichto
The Bookseller of Hay
               
                      
                        
20:4520:45
156. An Evening with Sandi Toksvig
Barrel of Laughs: A Passion for Books
                     
                      
                      
21:00                     
                      
                      
21:15                     
                      
                      
21:30  21:30
157. Marshall Gilmour Webbs
In Concert
                   
                      
                      
21:45                     
                      
                      
22:00                       
                        
                        
22:15                       
                        
                        
22:30