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Four hundred years ago, in a time of turbulence and bloodshed, of struggles for freedom and social upheaval, King James authorised a new version of the Bible. It was another revolution in religion and thinking which now stands as one of the greatest achievements of the English language. We are celebrating the work of those great translators and poets this year and setting their work in the context of the ongoing Enlightenment, of what we know now: what we now know about the universes, about nature, and about the human mind and heart; what we now know about plurality and conviction and faith; what we now know about genesis and exodus, about kings and revelations. On the side of the angels we have a congregation of bishops and theologians and scholars; on the side of mankind we have an array of the world’s greatest cosmologists and philosophers, comedians and storytellers from every continent. Game on. And every night we’ll be dancing and laughing, because you know who has all the best tunes… Please come and join us for a holiday of adventures and imagination here in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It’ll be a blast. CONTENTS OXFAM Please support our charity partners and bring them a bag of books you can spare. Donors will be given a complimentary ticket you can use for any event that’s not sold out on the day. BEIRUT39 Our biennial festival in Lebanon returns in 2012. We are thrilled and honoured to welcome writers from Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Palestine and the Yemen to tell their stories in Hay. HAY Hay is a wonderful town. Please support our shops and businesses while you’re here. Recycle the bags and fill them with books, clothes and crafts to take home… Happy Springtime

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Thursday 26 May 10am 10AM–3PM FESTIVAL SITE

1pm FREE BUT TICKETED

Thursday 26 May

Programme for Schools: Primary The Festival begins with the first of two days of free schools events designed to complement curriculum work, and funded by the Festival. Schools join writers and experts including Kjartan Poskitt, Jenny Nimmo and Professor Mark Brake for events across the day. Full details of this year’s programme and 2012 dates available at hayfestival.org/schools

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The Greenprint Forum

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Nicholas Lowton, Rhoda Lewis, Peter Florence and Friends Genesis

We begin a 96-hour reading of the King James Authorised Version of the Bible that will run in two 4-hour sessions daily in parish churches on either side of the border. Full listings and maps are online at hayfestival.org/bible. All welcome. [3] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Bob Fiddaman (SCIMAC), Molly Conisbee (Soil Association), Jonathon Harrington and Herbert Mwalukomo (Concern Universal) Genetically modified food has been on the agenda for years and the argument rages over the benefits versus the risks. With climate change comes the increased occurrence of extreme weather events from droughts to floods, salination to big freezes. Is GM part of the answer to ensuring food supplies in these conditions or can traditional agriculture cope? Chaired by Louise Gray. Sponsored by E.ON

Full day ticket to all six sessions: events 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 & 10. Sponsored by E.ON

2.30pm

[1] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Richard Benyon MP, Peter Hajipieris, Peter Duncan and Guests With half of all the fish caught in the North Sea thrown back dead, parasites in farmed fish and raising ocean temperatures all causing problems, what is the future for fish? Fisheries minister Richard Benyon joins the Director of Sustainability & External Affairs at Birds Eye, Peter Duncan of the Marine Conservation Society and other guests. Chaired by Geoffrey Lean. Sponsored by E.ON

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Greenprint Forum: Food for Thought

Loaves and Fishes Greenprint is the Festival’s sustainability project. The Greenprint Forum forms part of the programme of managing and mitigating our environmental impact and has been running for five years. Please join in and contribute to the sessions and the debate at hayfestival.org/greenprint.

Greenprint Forum: Fighting for a Sensible Fish Future

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Deborah Doane (World Development Movement) and Mike Verdin (Agrimoney) Greenprint Forum: Bread and Circuses With the steady abolition of regulations on commodity markets during the mid-1990s, food staples such as wheat, cocoa, sugar, meat and coffee are all now global commodities. Has this freedom to speculate in food prices enabled new investment into traditional agriculture, or has it led to unsustainable food price spikes which have little or no bearing on the real cost of food? Chaired by Geoffrey Lean. Sponsored by E.ON

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Mark Lynas in conversation with Jane Davidson

The Massed Choirs

Greenprint Forum: The Planet’s Limits

The four male choirs – Cor Meibion Talgarth Male Choir, Builth Male Voice Choir, Cor Meibion Aberhonddu and Rhayader & District Male Voice Choir – join forces for a special tribute concert in honour of the much loved Brecon and Radnor MP and Festival VicePresident who died last year. Compèred by Glyn Powell. All proceeds will fund free tickets for local schools

6pm Simon Weston talks to Steve Corry Life and Tales In the first of a series of events with soldiers, politicians and journalists discussing conflict resolution, the distinguished Falklands War veteran and charity hero discusses his life and writing, choosing his desert island books, music and films. Sponsored by Coffee Cart Company [7] 6PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Rupert Murray Greenprint Forum Screening: The End of the Line

A Concert for Richard Livsey

8.30pm [10] 8.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Stephen Corry, Toby Nicholas and Joanna Eede Greenprint Forum Screening: Mine – Story of a Sacred Mountain When a giant London-based mining company came to mine India’s Niyamgiri hills for aluminium ore, the only thing standing in their way was the Dongria Kondh tribe. How did the Dongria take the company on – and win back the mountain they revere as a God? Followed by a Q&A chaired by Greenprint Director Andy Fryers. In association with Survival International Sponsored by E.ON

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Thursday 26 May

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It is natural that we focus on individual issues within the environment; however, they are all interconnected and treating issues in isolation risks ignoring the larger impacts. Working within the ecological limits of the planet requires careful management of all resources and we have to prioritise: but what should those priorities be? Environmental campaigner and author Mark Lynas talks to Jane Davidson, former Minister for Environment (Wales) and the new Director of INSPIRE. Sponsored by E.ON

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Can you imagine a world without fish? This compelling documentary looks at the devastating effect of over-fishing and the campaign for a sustainable marine environment. Followed by a Q&A with the Director. Sponsored by E.ON [8] 6PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

Russell Deacon The History of the Welsh Liberal Party An exploration of the development of Wales’ oldest political party, some of its heroes and villains and how its more prominent members have shaped Welsh and British history, with special reference to the late Festival Vice-President and President of the European Movement in Wales, Lord Richard Livsey of Talgarth. Sponsored by The European Movement in Wales and The Liberal Democrat European Group

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Friday 27 May 2.30pm

10am FREE BUT TICKETED

[14] 2.30PM OXFAM STAGE £4

Programme for Schools: Secondary

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Schools join writers and experts including David Almond, James Holland and Simon Scarrow for events across the day. Full details of this year’s programme and 2012 dates available at hayfestival.org/schools.

My Wild and Wonderful Friends The vet tells the tales of his New Forest and Dorset practices. [15] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Simon Baker & Taryn Simon [11] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Jane Williams, Robert Hughes, Thomas Reynolds King James Authorised Version 1 In this first Good Read event celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible, the distinguished panel discuss Exodus, Ruth and Lamentations. In association with The Michael Ramsey Prize

The Tate’s new Photography Curator discusses and shows work from the new exhibition with the featured artist Taryn Simon.


Richard Harries, Christopher Cocksworth, John Inge King James Authorised Version 2

FREE BUT TICKETED

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[12] 10AM FRIENDS CAFÉ

Tate Lecture 1: Can Photography that is Political be Beautiful?

Taking Forward Sustainable Development in Wales Last year at Hay Festival, 22 organisations (including the Festival) signed the Assembly Government’s Sustainable Development Charter. Now numbering over 50 organisations, subscribers to the Charter will come together to share cutting edge approaches to sustainable development that can transform organisations and the communities that they are part of. Supported by the Welsh Assembly Government

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Friday 27 May

10AM–3PM FESTIVAL SITE

The trinity of bishops (Oxford, Coventry and Worcester) discuss Philemon, 1 Corinthians and Jonah. In association with The Michael Ramsey Prize

4pm [17] 4PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £9

Rowan Williams and Simon Russell Beale Shakespeare – Spiritual, Secular or Both?

11.30am Christopher Cocksworth, Robert Hughes, Richard Harries, Angel F. Montoya, David Bentley Hart and Thomas Reynolds chaired by Jane Williams The Michael Ramsey Prize The theologian discusses the books shortlisted for this year’s Michael Ramsey Prize with the shortlisted authors. The books by those present are: Holding Together, Beloved Dust, The Re-enchantment of Morality, The Theology of Food, Atheist Delusions and Vulnerable Communion. Full details at www.michaelramseyprize.org.uk

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Gareth Malone Music for the People The charismatic maestro of The Choir takes us on A Journey through the Pleasures and Pitfalls of Classical Music.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury in conversation with the actor and fellow Michael Ramsey Prize judge. In association with The Michael Ramsey Prize and sponsored by Christ College, Brecon

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Peter Guest

Jeremy Davies, Steve Colling and Jane Davidson

4pm

Find out about what has been uncovered at Caerleon from one the archaeologists investigating Isca’s ancient remains, how the discoveries were made, and why so many people have been inspired to explore one of Roman Britain’s most iconic sites for themselves. In association with Cardiff University [20] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

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Friday 27 May

Cardiff Series 1: The Lost City of the Legion

Changing Consumer: Changing Language Does the emerging language around the low carbon future and how we use energy capture our hearts and minds, convey meaning and drive change? Or leave us cold, cynical and disorientated? New research by E.ON and Onearth explores what turns on and turns off consumers when thinking about energy. Chaired by BBC environment correspondent David Shukman. Sponsored by E.ON

Shield Wall Gripping fiction that reclaims the Saxon history of Ethelred, Edmund and Harold from the Norman conquerors by a multi-award-winning novelist.

6.30pm [24] 6.30PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION FREE BUT TICKETED

5.15pm [21] 5.15PM OXFAM STAGE £5

Colin Humphreys

5.15pm

Reconciling conflicting Gospel accounts and scientific evidence, the distinguished Cambridge physicist reveals the exact date of the Last Supper in a definitive new timeline of Holy Week. In association with Cambridge University [22] 5.15PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Join pupils from a range of local schools as they sing their hearts out. Donations towards the Gwernyfed Cluster School music fund [25] 6.30PM OXFAM STAGE £6

David Shukman in conversation with Andy Fryers Reporting Live From The End of the World The BBC’s Environment correspondent reports from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico and the epicentre of the Pacific earthquake.

Rachel Campbell-Johnston

6.30pm

Cambridge Series 1: The Mystery of The Last Supper

Gwernyfed Cluster Schools Showcase

Mysterious Wisdom

[26] 6.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

The art critic introduces her biography of the Romantic artist and visionary Samuel Palmer. Sponsored by Mostlymaps.com

John Barrow Cambridge Series 2: The Book of Universes The mathematician encounters universes where the laws of physics can change from time to time and from one region to another, universes that have extra hidden dimensions of space and time, universes that live inside black holes, colliding universes, inflationary universes, and universes that come into being from something else – or from nothing at all. In association with Cambridge University

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Anthony Sattin

Victor Gregg & Rick Stroud

Lifting The Veil

Rifleman: A Front Line Life

The travel writer explores Two Centuries of Travellers, Traders and Tourists in Egypt. Chaired by Corisande Albert. Sponsored by Old Chapel Gallery

The amazing life of the paratrooper veteran of Alamein and Arnhem, a Dresden PoW, who served in the security services during the Cold War and was witness to the falling of the Iron Curtain in 1989.


The Ethics of Major Sporting Events As the nation builds to 2012, the panel asks: Why do cities bid? Are the legacies fact or fallacy? Gold medals or Fool’s Gold? Chaired by Jim White. In association with UK Youth [29] 7.45PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Simon Mitton Cambridge Series 3: From Alexandria to Cambridge

Afro Celt Sound System The legendary band return to Hay with their compelling fusion of Irish, African, Indian and global dance-music sounds. ‘Moorish calls to prayer infused with the soft air of western Ireland, floating African whispers which build into whirling dervish Celtic jigs...Hearing is believing.’ Mojo UK. [33] 9.30PM OXFAM STAGE £8

Jason Byrne Cirque du Byrne The freewheeling Irish comedian performs his high-energy stand-up. Pure, mad magic. Sponsored by Communikate

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The historian of astronomy examines Five Books That Changed Our View of the Universe: Ptolemy’s Almagest, Copernicus’ De Revolutionibus, Galileo’s Siderius Nuncius and Dialogo, and Newton’s Principia. A facsimile of the Copernicus manuscript will be displayed. In association with Cambridge University



Trevor Fishlock and Dafydd Elis Thomas Senedd @ 10 The journalist examines the architectural and environmental credentials of Richard Rogers’ iconic Welsh Assembly building, a symbol of both nationhood and new democracy, with the Welsh Assembly’s Presiding Officer. Sponsored by RRA Architects and Oakwrights

Hanif Kureishi, see events 365, 405

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Andrew Jennings, Paul Kelso and Derek Casey

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10am Sue Birtwistle talks to Richard Eyre

EI Breakfast

The producer of both Pride & Prejudice and Cranford reveals the challenges and delights of bringing Elizabeth Gaskell’s much-loved Cranford stories to the screen.

9am

[38] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Julia Hobsbawm, Peter York, Adam Michnik and Alice Sherwood The Editorial Intelligence director and her guests analyse the media stories and comment of the day. Duration 45 minutes. In association with Editorial Intelligence [35] 9AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Huw Bowen, Ray Karl, Ray Howell New History of Wales 1: Celts or Britons?

Adaptation

[39] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Antony Woodward The Garden in the Clouds The hilarious and inspiring story of one man’s unlikely quest to create out of a mountainous Welsh landscape a garden fit for inclusion in the prestigious Yellow Book. A comic masterpiece. In association with The National Trust [HF2] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

James Holland 10+ years

9.30am [40] 10AM SUMMER HOUSE £4 [36] 9.30AM–11AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Kyung-Sook Shin and Jaishree Misra

The Book Show at Hay – Filming

Fictions: Mothers and Daughters

Sky Arts returns with its acclaimed series of The Book Show. Join Mariella Frostrup for an exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival. Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on Saturday 28 May

A special preview reading of the beautiful and multi-million-selling Korean novel Please Look After Mother spinning four perspectives on the central character Son-yo, a mother and wife. And introducing the Keralan best-seller of Indian revelation A Scandalous Secret. Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop

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In the first of five sessions debunking myths and prejudices and rewriting the history of Wales, three historians consider the deep ancestry of the nation. Duration 45 minutes. In association with The Western Mail

Saturday 28 May


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The Secret Mathematicians The author of The Number Mysteries examines how the mathematicians' palette of shapes, patterns and numbers has inspired composers, painters, choreographers and writers.

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Adam Nicolson When God Spoke English The compelling story of scholarship, populism, diversity, unification and language in The Making of The King James Bible. Sponsored by Jesse Norman

[HF1] 10AM OXFAM STAGE £4

Julia Donaldson & Friends 5+ years

[42] 11.30AM OXFAM STAGE £5

Shashi Tharoor Tagore 150 The Indian novelist and politician celebrates the 150th anniversary of the great Nobel Prizewinning Bengali poet, musician and painter. Presented by Hay Festival Kerala

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Marcus du Sautoy

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1pm

[43] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU –WALES STAGE £5

[47] 1PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £6

John Barrow

Steve Jones

The Artful Universe Expanded

The John Maddox Lecture: Incest and Folk Dancing – Why Sex Survives

A look at some of the unexpected ways in which the structure of the Universe, its laws, its environments, and above all its underlying mathematical structure imprints itself on our thoughts, our aesthetic preferences, and our views about the nature of things.

Sir Thomas Beecham once said: ‘Try anything once but incest and folk-dancing’ (he pointed out that brass bands, too, are all very well in their place: ‘in the open air and several miles away’). Sex with a relative is often frowned upon, but is in fact universal, for we all share ancestors in the recent past.


Martina Cole talks to Erwin James The undisputed queen of gangland fiction discusses her manor and her latest novel The Family.

[HF5] 1PM OXFAM STAGE £4

Jason Bradbury 10+ years [48] 1PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Jan Zalasiewicz

Alyxandra Harvey & Marcus Sedgwick

The Planet in a Pebble: A Journey into Earth’s Deep History

12+ years [HF4] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3

Sean Taylor 7+ years [45] 11.30AM SUMMER HOUSE

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Many events in the earth’s ancient past can be deciphered from a pebble: volcanic eruptions; the lives and deaths of extinct animals and plants; the alien nature of long-vanished oceans; and transformations deep underground, including the creations of fool’s gold and of oil...

Luis Rubio Mexico Beyond The Headlines The President of the Centre of Research for Development discusses the political and economic situation in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Supported by The Mexican Embassy


Kishwar Desai and Ann Patchett Fictions: Women’s Lives

Two astounding novels explore mysteries and extremes. Desai’s Witness The Night is set in India and won the Costa First Book Prize. Orange Prizewinner Patchett’s State of Wonder is set in Brazil. Chaired by Lisa Dwan.

12.30pm [HF6] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4 [46] 12.30PM–2PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Deborah Newbold 9+ years

The Book Show at Hay – Filming Sky Arts returns with its acclaimed series of The Book Show. Join Mariella Frostrup for an exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival. Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on Sunday 29 May

[HF7] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3

Hannah Shaw 5–7 years

2.30pm [50] 2.30PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £9

Paul Theroux talks to Rosie Boycott The Tao of Travel The novelist and travel-writer celebrates his fifty years wandering the globe. Sponsored by Hay Book Company

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Richard Dannatt talks to Nik Gowing

Robert Muchamore 10+ years

The forthright Chief of the General Staff (2006–2009) reviews his military career and the current state of the nation’s defences. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Robin Herbert [52] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Sue Flood Cold Places

2.30pm

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Jeffery Deaver talks to Stephanie Merritt Carte Blanche The superstar American thriller-writer launches his contemporary James Bond novel, and discusses his relationship with Ian Fleming and his iconic hero.

Colin Thubron, Tiffany Murray, Anthony Sattin, David Shukman Ox-Travels 1 Four Meetings with Remarkable Travellers from our new Oxfam anthology. Chaired by series editor Mark Ellingham. In association with Oxfam [57] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Jean-Claude Carrière This is Not the End of the Book The great French playwright and screenwriter develops the ideas in his long conversation with Umberto Eco about the future of the book in a digital age. Chaired by Alex Butterworth. Sponsored by The Society of Indexers [58] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Don Paterson talks to Owen Sheers

4pm

The wildlife photographer records her adventures in the polar regions – camping on the floe edge with Inuit hunters in the Canadian high-Arctic, watching polar bears hunting, diving with leopard seals in the Antarctic and sailing with Russian IceBreakers. Chaired by Hannah Rothschild. Supported by Film Agency for Wales


Saturday 28 May

Leading from the Front

A conversation with the winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, whose latest awardwinning collections have been Rain, Orpheus, Nil Nil and God’s Gift To Women.


Michael Lamb Cambridge Series 4: Angels, Demons, Dunces The social and developmental psychologist examines our inconsistent views of children in the legal system. In association with Cambridge University

[HF10] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

Olivia Party 3–5 years [HF11] 4PM THE HEXAGON £3

Hannah Shaw & Sean Taylor 5–7 years

[HF8] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Mark Walden 10+ years


Rob Lowe talks to Mariella Frostrup Stories I Only Tell My Friends The Hollywood star of The West Wing and Brothers and Sisters makes some new friends... Sponsored by Soho House Rumer, see event 77

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Paul O’Grady talks to Sandi Toksvig

Colin Thubron

The Devil Rides Out

To a Mountain in Tibet

The entertainer writes autobiography like a dream – a very funny, moving and riveting one. Sponsored by Caple Security Services

Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world’s mountains. Isolated beyond the central Himalayas, it is claimed by myth to be the source of the universe created from cosmic waters and the mind of Brahma. Chaired by Mick Brown. Sponsored by Radnor Arms Camping


Fiona Reynolds, Rosie Boycott, David Aaronovitch, Mat Roberts The National Trust Debate: When It Comes To Heritage, Britons Care More About Trees Than Buildings


The Government suggestion to sell off Forestry Commission land caused a revolt in Britain. What does this say about what we really care about? What does it say about our national identity? In association with The National Trust

The film-maker (The Crying Game, Michael Collins) and writer (The Past, Sunrise With Sea Monster) discusses his haunting and thrilling new novel about identity, duality and loss.

Neil Jordan talks to Rosie Goldsmith Mistaken

5.30pm

Eduardo Sacheri talks to Philippe Sands The Secret in their Eyes The Argentinian author discusses his noir thriller that won the 2010 Best Foreign Film Oscar.

Joanna Trollope talks to Rosie Boycott Daughters in Law

7pm

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The acute chronicler of English mores and manners scrutinizes mother-love in her new novel. Sponsored by Castle House Hotel [67] 7PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £7


Gareth Peirce

Timothy Brook

British Complicity in Torture: Can We Stop?

Vermeer’s Hat

The lawyer examines the practice of deportation to countries that practice torture and the issues of availability of data and secret courts. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor.

A work of compelling brilliance that maps the rapidly expanding C17th world and the dawn of the global age through the work of one of its greatest painters, from the beaver-trappers of Canada and the silver mines of the Americas to Delft itself and the China seas.


Carnival Spectacular 7+ years Supported by Concern Universal

[HF12] 5.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

David Almond & Patrick Ness 12+ years

8.30pm 7pm


Sandi Toksvig & Sue Perkins [63] 7PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £10

Brian Cox chaired by Paul Nurse The Royal Society Lecture 1: Wonders of the Universe The laws of light, gravity, time, matter and energy that govern us here on Earth are the same as those applied throughout the Universe. In association with The Royal Society

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Sandra and Susan Give A Lecture We’ll learn stuff, and it’ll be funny. Sponsored by the Blue Boar Inn

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Henning Mankell talks to Sarah Crompton

Josie Long, Elis James, Josh Widdicombe, The Behemoth and Henry Widdicombe

The Swedish theatre director, AIDS campaigner and creator of Wallander discusses his work and his experiences a year ago on the Flotilla to Gaza with The Telegraph Arts Editor. Sponsored by Samantha & Robert Maskrey

Machynlleth Comedy Festival Gala A ‘disgustingly talented’, multi-award-winning, new generation of comedy stars in a variety show put together by our fabulous sister-festival in Machynlleth. Joyous.


John Waters talks to Helena Kennedy Role Models

8.30pm

The cult film director (Hairspray, Cecil B Demented) and author talks about the sublime and extreme influences on his life and work from Tennessee Williams to the insane martyr Saint Catherine of Vienna. Sponsored by FW Golesworthy’s


Andrew Ruhemann talks to Francine Stock

Saturday 28 May


The Animator, The Meerkat and The Gorillaz The Passion Pictures producer discusses and shows his 2011 Oscar-winning short The Lost Thing and explains his ground-breaking animation work with Alexander ‘Simples’ Orlov and the Gorillaz, among other seminal characters.


John Hegarty talks to Dylan Jones Hegarty on Advertising: Turning Intelligence into Magic Four decades of wisdom and insight from the man who put Nick Kamen into a laundrette for Levi Strauss and gave Audi the immortal Vorsprung durch Technik. He talks to the Editor of GQ. Sponsored by Savage & Gray

10pm [75] 10PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7

Melinda Hughes and Jeremy Limb Kiss and Tell Salacious, sophisticated, satirical cabaret. [76] 10PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5


Reza Aslan Tablet and Pen: Literary Landscapes from the Modern Middle East A mesmerising selection of the best Middle EastArabic, Persian, Turkish and Urdu writers – from the famed Arab poet Khalil Gibran to the Turkish Nobel Prize-winner Orhan Pamuk. Chaired by Kathryn Gray.

CHINA with Sabotage Sister Multi-media performance by poet, film-maker and novelist Xiaolu Guo and her syndicate.


Rumer in concert A stripped-down, acoustic set from the sublime singer. The songs on her debut album Seasons of My Soul draw on a rich and complex personal history. Her track Aretha is a masterclass in classic, soulful songwriting, while Slow is the ultimate torch song for unrequited love. Sponsored by GL Events Snowdens

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Sunday 29 May 10am

[79] 9AM OXFAM STAGE £5


Julia Hobsbawm with David Aaronovitch, Peter York, Allison Pearson and Douglas Alexander

Meghnad Desai LSE Lecture 1: The Rediscovery of India

The Editorial Intelligence director and her guests analyse the media stories and comment of the day. Duration 45 minutes. In association with Editorial Intelligence

‘How an old civilisation became a new nation after four thousand years of history and four centuries’ engagement with Europe; why it has succeeded as a democracy and why it is a miracle economy.’ In association with the London School of Economics



Huw Bowen, Chris Williams, Huw Pryce

Adam Nicolson and Sarah Raven

EI Breakfast 2

New History of Wales 2: Wales – Nation, Region, Province, Principality

9am

Where is Wales and what is Wales? What’s the relationship with England, Europe and the world? Duration 45 minutes. In association with The Western Mail

Smell of Summer Grass: Pursuing Happiness – Perch Hill 1944–2011 The story of the years spent in finding and building a personal Arcadia, sometimes a dream, sometimes a nightmare, by the writer and his wife, cook and gardener Sarah Raven. Chaired by Rosie Boycott. Sponsored by Smallfarms, Hay-on-Wye

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Sunday 29 May

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Magnus Mills talks to Alice Jones Screwtop Thompson The novelist reads from and discusses his story collection. ‘Magnus Mills’ unerringly sharp eye for human foibles combines with a dry deadpan wit to create comic genius.’ The Independent. Duration 45 minutes. Sponsored by Herdmans Coaches


Timothy Brook and Xiaolu Guo China Two views of the emerging superpower from the distinguished sinologist, author of Troubled Empire and The Confusions of Pleasure and the novelist and performer whose books include A Concise ChineseEnglish Dictionary for Lovers and UFO In Her Eyes. Chaired by Rosie Goldsmith.

[HF14] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

Judith Oakley 8+ years


Mary Hooper & Linda Press-Wulf 10+ years

10am [82] 10AM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £6

Mary Warnock Dishonest To God The moral philosopher argues that to value religion as the essential foundation of morality is a profound and probably dangerous mistake. Chaired by David Aaronovitch.

[86] 10AM SUMMER HOUSE £5

Evelyn Juers House of Exile A unique imagining of the unconventional love affair between the writer and political activist Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger – a tall, blonde ex-barmaid twenty-seven years his junior – recounting their flight from Nazi Germany in 1933, to France and then to Los Angeles. Chaired by Hannah Rothschild. Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts [HF16] 10AM THE HEXAGON £3

Rainbow Magic Fairy Party 3–5 years

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11.30am



AC Grayling

Liz Pichon 7+ years

Sunday 29 May

The Good Book

1pm



Polly Toynbee & David Walker

VS Naipaul

The Verdict

The London Library Lecture

Did Labour policies worsen the recession? Why did social mobility slow down on Labour’s watch? Has SureStart improved the prospects of tomorrow’s children? Does politics ever actually change anything? Sponsored by The Open University in Wales

The Nobel Laureate, author of A House for Mr Biswas, The Enigma of Arrival, A Bend in the River and The Masque of Africa charts his development as a writer and his relationship with his family in his Letters Between a Father and a Son. Chaired by Alexander Waugh.

[89] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5


Allison Pearson talks to Tiffany Murray

Michael Scheuer talks to Nik Gowing

I Think I Love You A witty and poignant story about a young girl who falls hopelessly in love with her teenage pin-up and some twenty years later, with her life in pieces all around her, finally gets to meet him.

The former head of the CIA’s Bin Laden Unit profiles the remarkable leadership skills, strategic genius, and considerable rhetorical abilities of the Saudi dissident who became America’s ‘Most Wanted’ on 11 September 2001.



Mohsin Hamid and Dinaw Mengestu talk to Kathryn Gray

Peter Conradi and Mark Logue talk to Mark Skipworth

Fictions: Strangers and Lovers

The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved The British Monarchy

Moth Smoke, by the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is a story of love and estrangement set in Pakistan; How To Read The Air shares the Ethiopian-American context of Mengestu’s brilliant debut Children of the Revolution.

[HF18] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3

Rainbow Magic Fairy Party 3–5 years

Osama Bin Laden

1pm

11.30am

Drawing on the wisdom of 2,500 years of contemplative non-religious writing on all that it means to be human, from the origins of the universe to small matters of courtesy and kindness in everyday life, the philosopher has created a secular bible. Sponsored by Transatlantic Films

The inside story from the authors of the book edited from speech therapist Lionel Logue’s diaries. Mark Logue is his grandson. In association with the WI

[91] 11.30AM–1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

The Book Show at Hay – Filming Sky Arts returns with its acclaimed series of The Book Show. Join Mariella Frostrup for an exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival. Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on Monday 30 May

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Annalena McAfee and Esther Freud talk to Rosie Boycott

Javier Cercas

Fictions: Insiders The Spoiler is a dark satire of the newspaper industry set in 1997 written by the founding editor of Guardian Review. Freud’s Lucky Break is a magical chronicle of a generation of drama students in their quest for glittering prizes. Sponsored by Timkcbooks.com [HF19] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

Beast Quest Duel 7+ years [HF20] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3

Louise Yates 5–7 years


Paul Nurse The Royal Society Lecture 2: Darwin and Milton – Two Views of Creation

2.30pm

The Nobel biologist and President of the Royal Society compares the visions of two of the Greatest Britons of all time. In association with The Royal Society [97] 2.30PM OXFAM STAGE £6

Raja Shehadeh talks to Johann Hari A Rift in Time: Travels with my Ottoman Uncle The great Palestinian writer introduces his family memoir that maps the fortunes of his uncle, a dissenting journalist in what was then the Ottoman Empire and the landscape and struggles of the Jordan Rift Valley. He talks to his fellow Orwell Prize-winner.

The Raymond Williams Lecture: The Anatomy of a Moment In February 1981, just as Spain was finally leaving Franco’s dictatorship and during the first democratic vote in parliament for a new prime minister, Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into the Spanish parliament and began firing shots. Only three members of Congress defied the incursion and did not dive for cover. The pre-eminent Spanish novelist discusses the relationship between history and fiction. Chaired by Jon Gower. Sponsored by New Spanish Books [99] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £8

Gilbert & George talk to Michael Bracewell The artists discuss their pictures with the author of the text for The Complete Postcard Art of Gilbert & George. Sponsored by Pembertons


Ha-Joon Chang Cambridge Series 5: 23 Things They Don’t Tell You About Capitalism The economist turns all received wisdom about free markets, globalization and the digital revolution on its head and offers an utterly compelling alternative. Chaired by Jesse Norman of the Treasury Select Committee. In association with Cambridge University [HF21] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Dan Freedman 9+ years [HF22] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £3

Caryl Hart 3–5 years


Nigella Lawson talks to Joan Bakewell The Rose Gray Tabletalk A conversation about food with the domestic goddess whose latest book is Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home. Sponsored by Claridge Nursing Homes Limited

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2.30pm

Sunday 29 May

1pm

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4pm

4pm [105] 4PM SUMMER HOUSE £6

John Kampfner, Helena Kennedy, Philippe Sands, Ann Clwyd and others

Don Paterson Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnets The poet gives his own illuminating commentary on Shakespeare’s poetry. Chaired by Ben Crystal.

The Case of Bradley Manning The Chief Executive of Index, the Chair of the all-party Human Rights group at Westminster and a panel of leading British lawyers discuss the case of Private Bradley Manning, currently being held in extreme solitary confinement without charge in a military detention centre at Quantico’s Marine Corps Base in Virginia. They consider the US Government’s reaction to the WikiLeaks scandal and the Rule of Law. Further speakers will be announced in May.

Peter Lord & Gideon Defoe 7+ years


Niall Ferguson The Barclays Wealth Lecture: Civilization – The West and The Rest If the West’s ascendancy over the last 500 years is based on six ‘killer applications’ – competition, science, democracy, medicine, consumerism and the work ethic – then what happens now? [107] 5.30PM OXFAM STAGE £7

[103] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Simon Armitage

Linda Grant talks to David Aaronovitch

The Pembertons Poetry Reading The poet introduces and reads work selected from his collections, from Zoom and Kid to Tyrannosaurus Rex Versus The Corderoy Kid and Seeing Stars. In association with The British Council

4pm

We Had It So Good This is a great novel from the Orange Prizewinner; a chronicle of the baby-boomer generation that stands with the best of Roth and Lessing. [104] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Dambisa Moyo talks to Bronwen Maddox

5.30pm

[HF23] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

5.30pm

Sunday 29 May



Norma Percy talks to Sarfraz Manzoor Retrospective

The Prospect Platform: How The West Was Lost The Western economies should forge closer ties with the emerging economies, rethink trade barriers, overhaul their tax systems, and address the three essential ingredients for growth – capital, labour and technology – to halt the squandered advantages of the last 50 years. Chaired by the Editor of Prospect. In association with Prospect Magazine

A discussion with the pre-eminent international affairs documentary film-maker whose meticulous work includes The Death of Yugoslavia, Iran and the West, Israel and the Arabs, Elusive Peace and The Fall of Milosevic.


Chris Priestly 9+ years [HF25] 4PM THE HEXAGON £3

Louise Yates 5–7 years

Bob Geldof, see events 410, 423

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7pm



Polly Samson and Gaynor Arnold talk to Sarah Crompton

Izzeldin Abuelaish talks to Rosie Boycott

Fictions: Shorts

I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’s Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity

A reading and discussion about the art of the short story with two outstanding writers of the form. Samson’s collection is Perfect Lives, Arnold’s is Lying Together. [110] 5.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Ox-Travels 2


More meetings with remarkable travellers from the new Oxfam anthology. Chaired by Sarah Miller, editor of Conde Nast Traveller. In association with Oxfam

Fictions: The High Stylists


Ally Kennan & Tim Bowler 12+ years

Robert Coover and DBC Pierre talk to Gaby Wood Coover’s Briar Rose & Spanking the Maid form a pair of ground-breaking, darkly playful novellas. Booker-winner Pierre’s Lights Out In Wonderland pushes a global odyssey to extremes.

7pm

Raja Shehadeh, Horatio Clare, Oliver Bullough, Michael Jacobs

The doctor’s three daughters were killed by Israeli shells on 16 January 2009, during the IDF’s incursion into the Gaza Strip. His response to this tragedy made news and won him humanitarian awards around the world. In association with Palfest.org

[116] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6


David Bailey talks to Dylan Jones Heroes The photographer recorded Camp Bastion in Afghanistan last year in aid of Help For Heroes. He was accompanied by the GQ Editor.

Terence Blacker and Derek Hewitson Taboo-Be-Do Two: Lyrics May Offend By popular demand the satirists and musicians raid the archives of folk, blues, music hall and pop again to bring us more outrages, prejudices and hang-ups in a light-hearted history of the music taste forgot.

8.30pm [112] 7PM OXFAM STAGE £6

Tristram Hunt

7pm

The English Civil War at First Hand The historian uses contemporary witness accounts to analyse the divisions and massacres and seismic changes wrought on the C17th British Isles. Sponsored by The Swan at Hay [113] 7PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7

Owen Sheers talks to Francine Stock Resistance – The Movie The novelist and screenwriter previews clips from the counterfactual film of the novel launched here two years ago – a thriller set up in the Olchon Valley above Hay during the Nazi occupation of Britain. In association with Herefordshire Libraries

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Terry Jones, Gavin Pretor Pinney and Tibor Fischer join John Mitchinson Unbound Join the ex-Monty Python writer and performer, along with cloud-guru Gavin Pretor-Pinney, Booker-shortlisted novelist Tibor Fischer and others to launch Unbound – a revolutionary new way for writers to publish new book projects by involving readers directly.

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8.30pm

9.45pm Mark Watson with Eric Lampaert and Joel Dommett

Free Speech Cabaret Gala

Stand-up

Shafak talks about her life as a female novelist in Turkey. Samuel Johnson Prize-winner Funder introduces her forthcoming novel based on the true story of anti-Nazi campaigners in the 1930s. The Human Rights barrister discusses freedom of speech and the Rule of Law. All proceeds to support the Hay Festival B39 project in Beirut. Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts In association with Google

The award-winning comedian headlines an evening of sparkling comedy. He really does make the world substantially better. Sponsored by The Flower Shop


David Miliband talks to Matthew d’Ancona The politician discusses life beyond the front bench and the leadership issues with the Sunday Telegraph columnist. [120] 8.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Bronwen Maddox, Jeremy Bowen, Adam Michnik Revolutions and Headlines From the Velvet Revolutions to Tahrir Square and the turmoil in Libya, how does the media sensationalise, record and understand revolution? The Prospect Editor is joined by the BBC Middle East Correspondent and the editor-in-chief of Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza.


Don Van Natta talks to Philippe Sands On The Record Twice a Pulitzer Prize-winner, the New York Times Investigative Correspondent discusses his work on al Qaeda, Bill and Hillary Clinton, extraordinary rendition and the NoTW Met-celebrity phonehacking scandal.

9.45pm

8.30pm


Elif Shafak, Anna Funder and Helena Kennedy compèred by Sandi Toksvig

Sunday 29 May



Open Mic compèred by Lisa Dwan Roll up! All readings are (rigorously) 5 minutes long. If you have a ticket and you’d like to read, please email [email protected] with ‘Open Mic’ in the title line to book a slot. Readings can be prose or poetry. All proceeds to support the education initiatives of the Festivals of Literature Charitable Trust


Brecon Jazz Presents

The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble The horn-wielding band of brothers from Chicago fuse jazz beats with hip-hop and are guaranteed to set hearts racing and the joint jumping. ‘I can’t get enough of these guys. They soothe the soul’ – Barack Obama.

Shappi Khorsandi, see event 380

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[129] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU –WALES STAGE £6

Julia Hobsbawm with Johann Hari, Mark Skipworth and Stefan Stern

David Baddiel talks to David Aaronovitch

EI Breakfast 3

The comedian and writer discusses his fundamentalism satire movie The Infidel and his very funny and profoundly moving new novel The Death Of Eli Gold.

The Editorial Intelligence director and her guests analyse the media stories and comment of the day. Duration 45 minutes. In association with Editorial Intelligence

10am

Monday 30 May

9am

[130] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5 [126] 9AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Huw Bowen, Martin Johnes, Aled Jones, Peter Stead New History of Wales 3: Public History Ivory Tower or public realm - what is the point of Welsh history in the C21st? Duration 45 minutes. In association with The Western Mail

Matthew Rice and Emma Bridgewater talk to Tristram Hunt The Lost City of Stoke-on-Trent

A fanfare for one of the great cities of the world’s first industrial revolution, from its C18th zenith with Wedgwood and Spode to the post-war dereliction. [HF28] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4


Jasper Fforde 10+ years

Abdelkader Benali talks to Eric Akoto East is West

[131] 10AM SUMMER HOUSE £5

The Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist, a Beirut39 star, and one of the most acute and thoughtful commentators on migrations and multiculturalism discusses his travels in the Middle East with the editor of Litro. Duration 45 minutes.

Zaiba Malik talks to Jo Glanville We Are A Muslim Please The award-winning investigative journalist analyses her British and Muslim identities, growing up in Bradford in the 70s and 80s and working undercover and in extreme circumstances in Bangladesh and in the heart of her family.


10am

King James Authorised Version 3 In this third Good Read session on the Bible the writers enjoy The Song of Solomon, Job and Ecclesiastes. Sponsored by Herefordshire Churches Tourism Group

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AA Gill talks to John Mitchinson AA Gill is Further Away Travels and food and stories with the iconoclastic journalist. [133] 11.30AM OXFAM STAGE £6

Orlando Figes talks to Oliver Bullough

11.30am

Joan Bakewell, Daisy Goodwin, Michael Morpurgo

11.30am

[HF27] 10AM OXFAM STAGE £3

Crimea

Kipper & Friends 3+ years

A magisterial account of the terrible C19th war of land and religion that gave us The Charge of the Light Brigade, Sebastopol and Florence Nightingale as it pitted Imperial Russia against Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. Sponsored by Pembertons

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11.30am

1pm Michael Wood

Fictions: The Comedians

Fifteen hundred years of English history told through the archaeology, records and DNA of the village of Kibworth in Leicestershire. Spellbinding.

11.30am


Mark Watson and Catherine O’Flynn talk to Stephanie Merritt

Watson’s Eleven is a tale of love and loss, Scrabble and six degrees of separation. O’Flynn’s Birmingham-set The News Where You Are spins around intimate absences and banal news presences. [135] 11.30AM–1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

The Book Show at Hay – Filming

Sky Arts returns with its acclaimed series of The Book Show. Join Mariella Frostrup for an exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival. Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on Tuesday 31 May [136] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

Dai Smith talks to Guto Harri In The Frame


The Etherington Brothers 7+ years [HF30] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3

Caryl Hart 3-5 years [137] 11.30AM–1PM SUMMER HOUSE £5

Christopher Morgan Jones and Sergei Kostin talk to Max Easterman Fictions: What’s Secret Now? Former intelligence operative Morgan Jones yarns an intrigue of contemporary Russia in An Agent of Deceit. Kostin is Russia’s leading espionage expert and spy novelist, whose latest book is published as Death of the White Mouse. In association with Academia Rossica


India Knight talks to Lynn Barber Comfort and Joy ‘I loved Comfort and Joy, a hilarious, bawdy yet touching portrait of Christmas over three years’ – Jilly Cooper. [140] 1PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Patrick Barkham Butterfly Isles: A Summer in Search of Our Emperors and Admirals A joyful celebration of the extraordinary physical beauty and amusingly diverse character of our 59 species of butterfly. In association with The National Trust [141] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Sarah Winman, Téa Obreht, Mirza Waheed and Sam Leith talk to Lisa Dwan Fictions: Waterstone’s Eleven

1pm

From Rhondda heroes chasing the American dream to rioters staking a claim in their society this is a powerful alternative history of C20th South Wales, offered from the personal viewpoint of the cultural historian.

The Story of England

Monday 30 May

[134] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU–WALES STAGE £5

We profile four of the emerging novelists championed in the Waterstone’s new writing promotion. Winman’s When God Was a Rabbit is a family story set over four decades; Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife resonates over three generations in the Balkans; Waheed’s The Collaborator is set in the heart of terrible conflict in 1990s Kashmir. Leith’s The Coincidence Engine conjures The Directorate of The Extremely Improbable and a chase across America. In association with Waterstone’s [HF31] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie 3-5 years [HF32] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3

Penny Dale 3-5 years

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1pm [142] 1PM SUMMER HOUSE £6


Mrs Moneypenny

Gwyneth Lewis and Niall Griffiths

Austerity Britain

New Stories from the Mabinogion

The FT’s cult columnist and presenter of the Channel 4 series Superscrimpers looks at the state we’re in...

Two more new versions of the Welsh mythologies. Lewis spins the tale of Blodeuwedd, the woman made of flowers, into a sci-fi setting in The Meat Tree. Griffiths conjures an Iraq-bound squaddie and a Cardiff gangsta in The Dreams of Max and Ronnie. Sponsored by The Bowie Gallery



Eric Hobsbawm talks to Tristram Hunt

Axel Scheffler 3-5 years

How To Change The World: Tales of Marx and Marxism

[HF35] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £3

As the free market reaches its extreme limits in the economic and environmental fallout, a reassessment of capitalism’s most vigorous and eloquent enemy has never been more timely.

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Bjorn Lomborg talks to Rosie Boycott Smart Solutions to Climate Change: Comparing Costs and Benefits The Danish economist discusses the likely costs and benefits of a very wide range of policy options, including geo-engineering, mitigation of CO2, methane and ‘black carbon’, expanding forest, research and development of low-carbon energy and encouraging green technology transfer.

Mini Grey 5-7 years [147] 2.30PM SUMMER HOUSE £4

Signe Johannsen The Secrets of Scandinavian Cooking Scandilicious treats. The young chef is steeped in Scandinavian traditions and modern British cuisine, having worked for Heston Blumenthal at the Fat Duck at Bray.


Martin Rees The Royal Society Lecture 3: From Here To Infinity

Jonathan Stroud 10+ years

The astronomer revisits the subject matter of his 2010 Reith Lectures, boldly exploring the challenges facing science in the C21st. In association with The Royal Society


Daisy Goodwin and SJ Parris talk to Diana Quick Fictions: Period Pieces Goodwin’s My Last Duchess is a tale of love and money as an American princess is pitched into C19th English society. Prophecy is a C16th thriller set within the sectarian espionage of Elizabeth I’s court.

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Bettany Hughes The Hemlock Cup: Socrates, Athens and the Search for the Good Life The classicist and historian profiles the soldier, lover, democrat, philosopher, and vigorous citizen of one of the greatest capitals on earth, until his beloved Athens turned on him, condemning him to death by poison.

4pm

[HF33] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4

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4pm [HF36] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4


David Sedaris chaired by Johann Hari


Patrick French India The author discusses his Intimate Portrait of 1.2 Billion People. Presented by Hay Festival Kerala

4pm

Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk An hour with the sardonic wit and satirist, one of America’s finest humorists. Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop [151] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £6

Tony Wrigley Cambridge Series 6: Opening Pandora’s Box – A New Look at the Industrial Revolution All material production requires energy. All preindustrial economies derived the bulk of their energy from agriculture. Production horizons were tightly bounded. The use of fossil fuel overcame this limitation. Chaired by George Monbiot. In association with Cambridge University [HF37] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Geraldine McCaughrean & Candy Gourlay 9+ years


Hisham Matar talks to Bronwen Maddox Fiction: Anatomy of a Disappearance When a loved one disappears how does their absence shape the lives of those who are left? The Booker-shortlisted (In the Country of Men) Libyan-born novelist in conversation with the Editor of Prospect.

Monday 30 May

Charlie Higson & Darren Shan 10+ years

5.30pm


Fiona Dunbar 9+ years [155] 5.30PM THE MOOT £4

Jasmine Donahaye, Niall Griffiths, Horatio Clare, Jem Poster Bird Writing The writers discuss the attraction and challenge of writing about birds. In association with Planet Magazine


Mini Grey 5-7 years

5.30pm [HF39] 5.30PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £8

Sponsored by Aquila Trust Mid-Wales Music Fund [152] 5.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5


Barry Cryer Butterfly Brain Join old Baz on an alphabetical, hypothetical journey from A to Z. Have you noticed that all the letters in the alphabet are in the right order? With Colin Sell at the P&O. Sponsored by Coffee Shop Isis

Hugh Aldersey Williams


Periodic Tales: The Curious Lives of the Elements

Creating a Sane Society

A wondrous tour and cultural history of the elements. Popular chemistry as a dazzling entertainment.

Oliver James

7pm

Michael Morpurgo, John Tams & Barry Coope 7+ years

7pm

The author of Affluenza, How Not To F*** Them Up and Britain on the Couch examines what effect ‘the new austerity’ may have on the ways in which people perceive themselves, their aspirations, relationships and professional lives.

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Jeremy Leggett, Jim Watson and Nick Butler

Stella Duffy, Sara Maitland, Robert Appleby and Tim O’Brien chaired by Jim al Khalili

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Nef Debate 1: What if Oil Hits $200 a Barrel? Are we ready for the end of cheap oil, or does it mean the end of civilisation as we know it? Chaired by Andrew Simms. The New Economics Foundation (nef ) is sponsored by The Ecology Building Society

Bio-Fiction: Mapping Science’s Eureka Moments

[159] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

The history of science is often told through the breakthroughs and bolts-from-the-blue that change the game, shift the paradigm. Put under any scrutiny, however, the reality of scientific progress is much more gradual, complex and fortuitous. In partnership with the Institute of Physics

Richard Gwyn and Horatio Clare talk to Gwen Davies


The Vagabond’s Breakfast & Truant Two literary confessions of vagrancy, escape and redemption. In association with The New Welsh Review

John Niven talks to James Dean Bradfield Merthyr Rock Presents: The Second Coming

8.30pm

Monday 30 May

7pm

JC is back, in NY and looking to reach the people through a TV talent contest. The satirist is in conversation with the Manic Street Preacher.


Paul Merton’s Impro Chums

8.30pm

Fantastic tumbling laughter spun from audience suggestions, starring Richard Vranch, Lee Simpson, Suki Webster, Mike McShane and Paul Merton. Sponsored by Semaphore, Cardiff [161] 8.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Bjorn Lomborg Cool It – Screening Ondi Timoner’s film follows Lomborg on his mission to bring the most affordable and smartest solutions to climate change, environmental pollution and other major problems in the world. 87 mins. Followed by Q&A. [162] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6

Muntu Valdo in concert The magical guitar and harmonica troubadour from Cameroon plays a set from his debut album Gods & Devils: ‘a rapturous record that shudders with joy and passion’ – NME.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo Joseph Shabalala’s Zulu choir bring their swooping harmonies and intricate rhythms back to Hay with classic hits from Graceland and music from their new album Songs From A Zulu Farm. In association with Open Book Festival, Cape Town

10pm [166] 10PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6

Esteban Antonio Ha Shem in concert The renowned classical and flamenco guitarist presents the Ha Shem, the only grand concert harp guitar in the world, a major revolution in the advancement of the guitar since 1880 combining plucking and bowing techniques, creating a completely new sound and electrifying performance.

01497 822 629

Tuesday 31 May 9am [167] 9AM OXFAM STAGE £5

10am [427] 10AM–1PM RICHARD BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP £8

Aine Venables Workshop: Cutting and Sticking for Grown-ups

Beneath the romance and lies, Picardie examines the myth-maker and couturier who conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic, best-selling perfumes and the most successful fashion brand of all time. Duration 45 minutes.


9am

Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life


John Kenyon CADW Lecture 1: The Medieval Castles of Wales The Head Librarian of Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, and one of the UK’s leading authorities on castles, traces the origins of medieval castle architecture in Wales. Duration 45 minutes. [169] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Nicholas Humphrey Soul Dust: The Magic of Consciousness How is consciousness possible? What biological purpose does it serve? Is it in fact nothing less than a magical-mystery show that we stage for ourselves inside our own heads? Duration 45 minutes. [170] 9AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

Anita Sethi Anita’s Adventures in Wonderlands

Michael Wood The Other Versions The historian looks at Athelstan, Wycliffe, Tyndale and the other, earlier versions of the Bible that informed the King James Authorised Version. [172] 10AM OXFAM STAGE £6

Jim al Khalili Pathfinders: The Golden Age of Arabic Science The physicist champions 700 years of astounding achievement from the Syrian astronomer Ibn alShatir, whose manuscripts would inspire Copernicus’s heliocentric model of the solar system, to the C9th zoologist al-Jahith, who developed a theory of natural selection a thousand years before Darwin. [HF41] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Axel Scheffler & Diana Quick 7+ years [173] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £8

Keith Jeffery and John Scarlett MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909–1949 The distinguished academic discusses his history with the former Director General of MI6. [174] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

9.30am [426] 9.30AM–1.30PM CUSOP VILLAGE HALL £5

Safety in the Hills John Wilks, formerly of Ordnance Survey and experienced hill-walker, introduces your family to safe hill-walking and basic map and compass skills. 10 years–adult Sponsored by Brecon Beacons National Park, Local Access Forum and Ramblers Cymru

Shireen Jilla and Caroline Michel, Stephen Kelman and Jo Unwin talk to Rosie Goldsmith The First Novel – Exiled

10am

The journalist and writer has been travelling the world for a year on a Winston Churchill Fellowship – from searching for her father’s childhood home in Kenya to six Hay Festivals and life-changing encounters in Asia, the Antipodes and South America. Duration 45 minutes.

Work with last year’s Hay Festival Artist in Residence to create your own mixed media artwork. Bring along any maps or graphics to use and your imagination... 16+ years

Tuesday 31 May

Justine Picardie talks to Hannah Rothschild

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How do you get from wanting to write to actually publishing your first novel? The authors and agent provide a study for Kelman’s ground-breaking bestseller Pidgin English and Jilla’s debut novel Exiled – a dark, dysfunctional family psychodrama, played out against the backdrop of privileged society in New York City’s Upper East Side.

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1pm

Tuesday 31 May

10am [HF42] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

[HF45] 1PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £4

Sarah McIntyre 5+ years

Malorie Blackman 12+ years

11.30am


Simon Blackburn

[HF43] 11.30AM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £4

Michael Morpurgo 7+ years In association with The British Council [175] 11.30AM OXFAM STAGE £6

Tim Smit The Eden Project at Ten

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Come and join us to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Cornwall’s iconic centre for horticulture and biodiversity with its director. Chaired by Andy Fryers. Sponsored by BWA Designs [176] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Stephen Bourne

11.30am

Cambridge University Press has adopted the young giant panda Jian Qiao at the Chengdu Research Foundation in China. The CEO reports on the practicalities and symbolism of this new relationship, and we’ll meet Jian Qiao on the big screen. [177] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Jon Bisson Cardiff Series 2: Combat Veterans and PTSD Since its introduction as a psychiatric diagnosis in 1980, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has evoked considerable debate; its existence has been questioned and its prevalence contested. This session will explore PTSD in veterans and challenge some widely-held beliefs. Chaired by Rosie Boycott. In association with Cardiff University [178] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Ken Elias talks to Ceri Thomas

The philosopher explores the relationship between language and action, pragmatism, pluralism and practical reasoning. In association with Cambridge University [180] 1PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7

Clive Oppenheimer Cambridge Series 9: Eruptions That Shook The World The volcanologist explores geological, historical and archaeological records to ask how volcanic eruptions have shaped the trajectory of human society through prehistory and history. He looks at the evidence for volcanic cataclysm and considers how we can prepare ourselves for future catastrophes. In association with Cambridge University [181] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Roy Foster Words Alone A wonderful understanding of WB Yeats and Irish literary traditions in the C19th.


Edward St Aubyn talks to Oliver James At Last The conclusion of the darkly humorous Melrose novels analyses society and family with clear-eyed elegance. The film of Mother’s Milk will be previewed tonight at 8pm with a Q&A with the director. See event [204]. [HF46] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Ciaran Murtagh 7+ years

Thin Partitions An illustrated conversation surveying forty years of the esteemed Glynneath artist’s work with collage and photomontage. [HF44] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Oliver Jeffers 12 years–adult

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Cambridge Series 7: Panda-monium – Social Responsibility in China

Cambridge Series 8: Practical Tortoise Raising


Sarah McIntyre & Anne Cottringer 3-5 years

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Jonathan Lemalu

Harriet Walter talks to Rosie Boycott

Swansongs 1: Schwanengesang

Facing It

In the first of four lunchtime concerts featuring the final thoughts and farewell compositions of some of history’s greatest musical minds, the New ZealandSamoan bass-baritone gives a complete performance of Schubert’s posthumous lieder series. The concerts will be recorded as part of BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert series.

The actor and photographer shows and discusses her portraits – Reflections on the Images of Older Women. In association with The Women’s Institute

Tuesday 31 May

[183] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6

[HF48] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Nikalas Catlow, Tim Wesson & YOU! 7+ years

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Dragons’ Playground Clever Stuff Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Den will be telling their stories, practising their pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if they win in the Den. Today focuses on reducing the impact of the stuff we make, buy, use and recycle every day. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF

2.30pm [425] 2.30PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION TICKETS RELEASED 28 MAY

The Telegraph Debate


John Sutherland and John Crace Who’s Afraid of The Classics? What makes a classic work of literature? Just as importantly, who decides? Is a forgotten classic an oxymoron? Did Jane Austen write the same book several times over? Who reads late Henry James? Why do so many male modern novelists love Lolita? Be honest: have you read Midnight’s Children? These are issues that fascinate the superprof and the satirist. Join them for an offbeat look at the questions most writers and critics go out of their way to avoid.

Anne Wareham talks to Tim Richardson The Bad Tempered Gardener The story of the Veddw, the iconoclastic Monmouthshire garden she created with her husband Charles Hawes, and her provocative, anti-establishment opinions about gardening, aesthetics and conservation. The Veddw will be open to the public this morning. Full details at veddw.com. Sponsored by Natur Cymru [HF49] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Kevin Crossley-Holland 10+ years


Maureen Lipman I Must Collect Myself The writer and actress entertains with some of her Choice Cuts From a Long Shelf-Life. [189] 4PM OXFAM STAGE £5

Frederick Taylor Exorcising Hitler An utterly compelling and resonant study of The Occupation and Denazification of Germany – a multi-generational process of understanding, reeducation and re-imagining. Chaired by Rosie Goldsmith.

4pm

This session will be driven by the world news agenda. The exact content and participants will be determined the week before the Festival.



Phil Grabsky and Tom Morris Adaptation The theatre director has been the creative force behind two of the most fantastic stage adaptations of recent times – the National Theatre’s War Horse and Bristol Old Vic’s Swallows and Amazons. Sponsored by Laura Hurley Racing

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Michael Holroyd

Amrita Narlikar

A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers

Cambridge Series 10: The Rise of New Powers and the Challenges of Global Trade Governance

The biographer (George Bernard Shaw, Lytton Strachey, Augustus John) discusses the treasure-trove of hidden lives, uncelebrated achievements and family mysteries in this masterly inquiry into the biographer’s art. [192] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE FREE BUT TICKETED

Green Dragons’ Den: The Final 1 Clever Stuff

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Five participants, four dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books, and a chance to win £10,000 for their project. Collection for the Festival’s Greenprint initiatives. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF

No good deed goes unpunished: the WTO’s timely response to accommodate the new powers – Brazil, China and India – at the heart of its decision-making has created new opportunities but also generated unanticipated new problems. What insights can be learnt about the rise of new powers within the WTO and other multilateral organizations? In association with Cambridge University

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Shaun Hill talks to Matthew Norman True Taste Chefs of Wales 1

The Michelin-starred chef-patron of the legendary Walnut Tree near Abergavenny, in conversation with the food critic of The Daily Telegraph.


Anne Marie Conway 7+ years


Jenni Murray talks to Diana Quick


Eat My Shorts: Blast From The Past 5 years–adult Supported by the BFI & Film Agency for Wales

7pm

My Boy Butch

5.30pm

The broadcaster recounts her great love for Butch the chihuahua, whose arrival coincided with the devastating discovery that she had breast cancer. In association with Breast Cancer Haven [194] 5.30PM OXFAM STAGE £6

David Lodge talks to Stephanie Merritt A Man of Parts The comic master’s new novel about the life of HG Wells. [195] 5.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Richard Cohen Chasing The Sun From Galileo and Homer to macro astronomy and bird migration – a brilliant tour of the cultural and scientific history of The Star That Gives Us Life.

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Jo Brand Can’t Stand Up for Sitting Down The comedy circuit, rally driving, marathon running, TV tarting wild years retold in glorious style to Peter Florence. Sponsored by The Old Black Lion Hotel [199] 7PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Kevin Greenbank and Annamaria Motrescu Cambridge Series 11: The Reel Raj – Cinefilm and Audio Archive An overview of the digital holdings of the Centre of South Asian Studies and their potential in the teaching of British and South Asian imperial history. Chaired by Hannah Rothschild. In association with Cambridge University

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David Gilmour

Ann Pettifor and Paul Ellis in conversation with Tony Greenham

The Pursuit of Italy: A History of a Land, its Regions and their Peoples A tour of Europe’s most assertively regional state and its leaders from Cicero and Virgil to Machiavelli and the Medici, Garibaldi and Cavour, and the rather less inspiring political figures of the C20th.

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Nef Debate 2: What if the Banks Crash Again? Last time we came within hours of the cash machines running dry. The next crash could be bigger, is there a plan B? The New Economics Foundation (nef ) is sponsored by The Ecology Building Society


Eric Siblin with Natalie Clein The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece

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The music critic rhapsodises about Bach and the missing manuscript of the iconic suites, and the legendary Spanish Catalan cellist Pablo Casals and his historic discovery of the music. Illustrated by the cellist Natalie Clein. [202] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5

Andy Rouse RSPB Cymru Lecture The charismatic and irreverent superstar wildlife photographer talks about his work and shows some of his astounding images. In association with RSPB Cymru

Tuesday 31 May


8.30pm [206] 8.30PM RICHARD BOOTH’S BOOKSHOP £12

Natalie Clein The Bach Cello Suites The emerging superstar cellist plays a concert of two of Bach’s suites – Suite No.1 in G major BWV1007 and Suite No.5 in C minor BWV1011 with Thomas Larcher’s Sonata for Solo Cello, written for her in 2006. See event [201].


[203] 7PM SUMMER HOUSE £5

Jim Perrin and Mark Cocker talk to Rosie Boycott Ty Newydd Nature Writing The day tutors discuss their own recent works – Perrin’s West: A Journey Through the Landscapes of Loss and Cocker’s masterpiece Crow Country. Theatre practitioner Gerald Tyler, trumpeter Tomos Williams and writer Jon Gower team up to explore Perrin’s high art, with visuals by film director and choreographer Grant Gee. In association with Literature Wales

Arthur Smith Exposed The grumpy, cantankerous, deeply loved and outrageously funny comedian brings his new show to Hay.


Ojos de Brujo 10th Anniversary Concert


The sensational Catalan band fuse flamenco’s driving rhythms with hip-hop, funk, punk and other stray sounds snatched from the Barcelona street. Sponsored by ZIMS

Gerry Fox Q&A with Hannah Rothschild Preview Screening: Mother’s Milk We’re thrilled to be screening a preview of the feature film of Edward St Aubyn’s novel by awardwinning documentary maker and artist Gerry Fox. It stars Jack Davenport, Diana Quick and Anabel Mullion. Followed by Q&A with the director.

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Michael Wright Je t’aime à la Folie

Rachel Hewitt Map of a Nation: A Biography of the Ordnance Survey

The bucolic French provincial life is twisted with an improbable transatlantic love affair. [210] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Gerry Gilmore Cambridge Series 12: Past, Present and Infinite Future? Was there anything before the beginning? Why does science claim to know the apparently unknowable? Where do I come from? What do we know about the infinite future? In association with Cambridge University [HF52] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

StoryBoard & YFA 9+ years [211] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

10am

Katherine Quarmby Scapegoat: Why We Are Failing Disabled People The campaigning journalist traces the history of disability and our discomfort with disabled people, from Greek and Roman culture through the Industrial Revolution and the origins of Britain’s asylum system to the eugenics movement and the Holocaust, ‘Ugly Laws’ and ‘Community Care’.

‘An endlessly absorbing, lively and informative narrative that highlights the Ordnance project’s legion of draughtsmen, surveyors, dreamers and eccentrics’ – The Observer. In association with The National Trust [HF54] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Philip Ardagh 7+ years [215] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU–WALES STAGE £6

Russell Stannard The End of Discovery The Open University’s Emeritus Professor of Physics explores the scientific frontiers and the limitations of the human brain. He asks whether we are approaching the boundaries of the knowable. Sponsored by The Open University in Wales [HF55]11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATIONTHEATRE £4

John Connolly 10+ years [HF56] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Emily Gravett 5-7 years [HF57] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3

Layn Marlow 3-5 years


Lauren St John 9+ years [212] 10AM THE MOOT £4

John Boyne talks to Paul Blezard The Absolutist The new novel examines the events of the Great War from the perspective of two young privates, both struggling with the complexity of their emotions and the confusion of their friendship.

11.30am [213] 11.30AM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £6

James Cracknell and Brian Moore talk to Mark Skipworth Sportswriters The Telegraph’s world champions and sportswriters talk shop – rowing, rugby and Olympic ideals – with the Saturday Editor. Sponsored by Grant Thornton

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Stuart Rose, Peter Marks, Kamal Ahmed Business No Longer As Usual Can big business be truly sustainable? Join the architect of M&S Plan A and Co-op’s CEO. Chaired by the Business Editor of the Sunday Telegraph. Sponsored by Grant Thornton [HF58] 1PM OXFAM STAGE £4

Caroline Lawrence 9+ years Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop [217] 1PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6

Carol Klein Life in a Cottage Garden A year in the Gardener’s World presenter’s garden at Glebe Gottage. Sponsored by Wyevale Nurseries Ltd

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Michael Brooks

Iain Sinclair The Gwyn Jones Lecture Unstitching The Borderland

13 Things That Don’t Make Sense

1pm

From the celestial irregularities that led Copernicus to realise that the Earth goes around the sun to the placebo effect: The Most Intriguing Scientific Mysteries of Our Time.

A consideration (and celebration) of the concept of borderland, that mysterious fold in the map. Geography. Literature. Myth. The peculiar pleasure of facing in two directions at one time. In association with Literature Wales

[219] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5 [223] 2.30PM OXFAM STAGE £6

If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home

Ian Stewart Mathematics of Life Unlocking the Secrets of Existence

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up?

How mathematicians and biologists are working together on the genome, picking apart the hidden complexity of animals and plants to throw fresh light on how they interact, and how changes in biological diversity affect the planet’s ecological balance. Chaired by Jesse Norman.


David Bedford 3-5 years

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Lucy Worsley

Wednesday 1 June


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Leonard Elschenbroich Swansongs 2 In the second of four lunchtime concerts, the brilliant young virtuoso performs sensuous late sonatas for cello and piano by Debussy and Beethoven. The concerts will be recorded as part of BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert series.

1.30pm [221] 1.30PM–3PM SUMMER HOUSE FREE – DROP IN

Dragons’ Playground Field to Fork Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Den will be telling their stories, practising their pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if they win in the Den. Today focuses on improving the way we grow, transport, process and use the food we eat. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF

Digby Jones talks to Andrew Simms Fixing Britain: The Business of Reshaping Our Nation

The former Trade Minister and CBI Director General, now firmly and widely back in the private sector while remaining an active crossbencher in the Lords, prescribes a future for industry and politics. He is joined by author and nef Fellow Andrew Simms. Sponsored by Grant Thornton [HF60] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Judith Kerr 9 years–adult [225] 2.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

John Gimlette Wild Coast Travels on South America’s Untamed Edge The travel writer returns to Guyana, the Wild Coast in South America, to discover his ancestral colonial history – one of brutal, cruel and often uncomfortable truths. Chaired by Anita Sethi. [HF61] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Ali Sparkes & Graham Marks 9+ years [HF62] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £3

Layn Marlow 3-5 years

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Roy Hattersley

Lewis Wolpert talks to Rosie Boycott

The Great Outsider

You’re Looking Very Well: The Surprising Nature of Getting Old

A portrait of David Lloyd George and a study in charisma, coalition and flouting of conventions. Sponsored by Grant Thornton

Why must we age? And how should we cope with our physical decline?

5.30pm

Wednesday 1 June

4pm

[231] 5.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU–WALES STAGE £5 [227] 4PM OXFAM STAGE £6

John Polkinghorne Cambridge Series 13: Quantum Theory The mathematician, theoretical physicist and priest explains the strange and exciting ideas that make the subatomic world so different from the world of the every day. In association with Cambridge University [228] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Jane Brown The Omnipotent Magician A landscape of the great garden and nature designer Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown. Chaired by Hannah Rothschild. [HF63] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £3

Frank Close Neutrino What are these most enigmatic particles in the universe? And how may they have shaped the balance between matter and anti-matter? [232] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Ruth Padel The Housman Lecture The Name and Nature of Poetry The 2011 lecture is given by the poet and writer whose recent books have been Darwin – A Life in Poems and On Tigers in Red Weather.


Simon Wright talks to Carolyn Hitt True Taste Chefs of Wales 2 The True Taste 2010–11 Champion from the Carmarthenshire restaurant Y Polyn was formerly the editor of the AA restaurant guide.

Where’s Spot? 3-5 years [HF66] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £3

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Green Dragons’ Den: The Final 2 Field to Fork Five participants, four dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books, and win a chance of £10,000 for their project. Collection for the Festival’s Greenprint initiatives. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF [HF64] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Joanna Nadin & Tamsyn Murray 10+ yrs

Eat My Shorts: Happy Days! 5+ years [234] 5.30PM THE MOOT £4

Caroline Hands The China Project The Herefordshire painter reflects on her life and work in China over the last seven years, and what she’s learned in the rich exchange of ‘ways of seeing’.


Larry Lamb talks to George Lamb Mummy’s Boy The cult actor (Gavin & Stacey, East Enders) talks to his DJ and presenter son.


Flat Stanley 5-7 years


John Gimlette, Ruth Padel, Tom Bullough Ox-Travels 3 More meetings with remarkable travellers from the new Oxfam anthology. Chaired by Peter Florence. In association with Oxfam

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8pm [242] 8PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Anna Pavord The Curious Gardener

Mark Redknap Discovered in Time

Reflections on the weather, soil, English landscape and the gardening year from the author of The Tulip. Sponsored by The Old Railway Line Garden Centre and Coffee Shop

The Keeper of Archaeology at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales examines the relationship between casual or amateur archaeologists and the role of museums and curators in shaping the national ‘story’. In association with the National Museum of Wales


Leo McKinstry chaired by Paul Blezard [243] 8PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

A hymn to the fighter plane that made up over half Fighter Command’s flight in the Battle of Britain and its revolutionary design.

Talking to Terrorists


Peter Taylor talks to Guto Harri Forty years of investigative reporting from Bloody Sunday to Guantanamo Bay in A Personal Journey from the IRA to Al Qaeda.

Anna Coote, Neal Lawson & Mark Boyle

8pm

Nef Debate 3: What if a 21-Hour Working Week Became the Norm?


Is it time to rethink the working week? We’re surrounded by overwork and unemployment, overconsumption and too little time to do things. Chaired by Andrew Simms. nef is sponsored by The Ecology Building Society

Are you still the person who lived fifteen, ten or five years ago? Fifteen, ten or five minutes ago? What and who is the real you? Does it remain constant over time and place, or is it something much more fragmented and fluid?


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Hurricane: Victor of the Battle of Britain

Oliver James, Cassandra Jardin, Judith Woods and Victoria Woodhall How to Manage Big Family Issues of the 21st Century Influential family journalists and authors address some of the most pressing issues facing parents today. Chaired by Susanna Reid. In association with UK Youth

Wednesday 1 June


Julian Baggini The Ego Trick


Dara O’Briain The comedian brings his stand-up magic back to Hay. Sponsored by West Ent Productions [246] 9.30PM OXFAM STAGE £15


Germaine Greer, Philippe Sands, John Mitchinson

Penguin Café in concert Brecon Jazz presents The show-stopping festival band play their Hay debut with their wonderful eclectic mix of global sounds and their easy, captivating stage presence. Sponsored by Shepherd’s Ice Cream

Going, Going – Best of British In three short counterblasts, festival guests champion three national treasures that are endangered by our lack of care. Greer talks about English bluebells; Sands talks about the sheikh up of football club ownership; Mitchinson mourns the quite interesting loss of lunch – a potential disaster for work and play. All proceeds support free tickets for schools. Sponsored by Merchant and Mills

9.45pm [424] 9.45PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.50

Idiots of Ants The brand new sketch show from the dynamic comedy quartet. ‘Rock ‘n’ roll hysteria meets sharp and brilliant comedy.’ Time Out.

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Thursday 2 June [247] 10AM OXFAM STAGE £6


Daniel Swift

Dan Cruickshank

Bomber County

The Country House Revealed

In early June 1943, James Eric Swift, a pilot with 83 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, boarded his Lancaster bomber for a night raid on Münster and disappeared. Searching for his grandfather, the author examines the relationship between the bombing campaigns of the Second World War and poetry.

The scholar and broadcaster examines the nation’s most spectacular piles in A Secret History of the British Ancestral Home. Chaired by Paul Blezard. Sponsored by www.countrypad.co.uk

[HF67] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £3

Peter Rabbit Puppet Show 3–5 years [248] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Edward Docx and Rahul Bhattacharya talk to Anita Sethi Fictions: Hearts of Darkness Docx’s scientist finds extremes of love and horror deep in the South American jungle in his novel The Devil’s Garden. In Bhattacharya’s The Sly Company of People Who Care an Indian journalist ventures into the dark rainforest interior of Guyana.

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Andrew Simms, Caroline Lucas and Charlie McConnell

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Is Small Still Beautiful? On the 100th anniversary of the birth of EF Schumacher, author of the landmark book Small Is Beautiful, Caroline Lucas MP, leader of the Green Party, is joined by Andrew Simms, author and Fellow of nef (the new economics foundation) and Charlie McConnell, director of Schumacher College, to ask if the message of the book is more relevant today than ever. With a personal message from Schumacher’s former colleague George McRobie. Chaired by Andy Fryers. Sponsored by Caplor Energy


Justin Lewis Cardiff Series 3: Climate Change and the Media How have the media informed – or failed to inform – our understanding of climate change? Ranging from news coverage of the environment to the role of advertising in shaping a consumer culture. Chaired by Rosie Boycott. In association with Cardiff University [HF70] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4

Korky Paul 5–80+ years [252] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

David Acheson Mathematics, Magic and the Electric Guitar Why are so many people scared of maths? It’s full of wonderful surprises that anyone can enjoy, from mind-reading tricks with the number 1089 to helping to play the electric guitar. [253] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £6

Simon Garfield Just My Type: A Book About Fonts About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, and about Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. Sponsored by Madebyfinn.com


Ali Sparkes 7+ years


Andy Briggs 9+ years [HF69] 10AM THE HEXAGON £3

Flat Stanley 5–7 years

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[257] 1PM THE MOOT £4

Alex Scarrow 10+ years

Paul Henry & Patrick Jones

Thursday 2 June

The Brittle Sea, Hafan Cymru [254] 1PM OXFAM STAGE £5

Ulinka Rublack Cambridge Series 14: Dressing Up – Cultural identity in Renaissance Europe The historian will show why clothes made history and history can be about clothes. Her research imagines the Renaissance afresh by considering people’s appearances: what they wore, how this made them move, what images they created, and how all this made people feel about themselves. In association with Cambridge University

Henry reads and discusses his New and Selected Poems. The individual human voice, the ragged vagaries of the heart and soul, the joys and sorrows of family life feature here but this poetry is personal without being confessional, preferring tender observation to sensationalism or didacticism. Jones reads writing arising from his work with victims of domestic abuse. Chaired by Benna Waites. [258] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6

Elias String Quartet and Xuefei Yang


Swansongs 3

Ted Nield

In the third of four lunchtime concerts, the BBC R3 New Generation artists are joined by the Chinese guitarist to play Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F Minor, opus 80, solo guitar works by Bach and Poulenc, and the fireworks of Boccherini’s ‘Fandango’ Guitar Quintet. The concerts will be recorded as part of BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert series.

Incoming! Or, Why We Should Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Meteorite

1pm

470 million years ago, a stupendous collision in the Asteroid Belt bombarded the Earth with meteorites of all sizes. A revolutionary idea is emerging that the resulting ecological disturbance may have been responsible for the single greatest increase in biological diversity since the origin of complex life.

1.30pm


Anthony Kenny Reflecting on the history of philosophy from Thales to Derrida, the philosopher considers the enduring influence, for good or ill, that Aristotle exercised not only on philosophy but also on science. [HF73] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE FREE BUT TICKETED

Ladybird Live 0–3 years [HF74] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Joanna Nadin 7+ years


Dragons’ Playground Home and Hearth Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Den will be telling their stories, practising their pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if they win in the Den. Today focuses on scaling up the good practices that save money and energy while reducing impact on the environment. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF

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Martin Harper, Stuart Etherington, Justin Davis Smith, Jesse Norman

Gillian Clarke

Volunteering and The Big Society

The British Council Poetry Lecture: Nothing Is Until It Has A Word

What can you do? How can you make a difference? How will the Government’s plans for a Big Society work? Chaired by Andy Fryers. In association with RSPB Cymru

The National Poet of Wales reflects on her Laureateship, and the place of poetry in the life of the nation. In association with The British Council



Peter Atkins

Andy Stanton 7+ years

On Being While acknowledging the comfort some find in belief, and with his usual economy, wit and elegance, unswerving before awkward realities, the Professor of Chemistry presents A Scientist’s Exploration of the Great Questions of Existence.


David Cordingly The Spanish Gold


Alison Smith Tate Lecture 2: Watercolours


The curator of the blockbuster Watercolours exhibition explores the medium with illustrations from C12th illuminated manuscripts to the work of Kapoor and Emin. Chaired by Hannah Rothschild.

Andrew Robinson Sudden Genius? Mozart and Marie Curie

Where’s Spot? 3–5 years

Insight into two of the ten arts and sciences lives featured in his revelatory study of The Gradual Path to Creative Breakthroughs. Robinson is also the author of the Genius book in the Very Short Introductions series.


[267] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE

Lizzie Collingham

FREE BUT TICKETED

[HF75] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £3

The Taste of War: World War Two and the Battle for Food Tracing the interaction between food and strategy, on both the military and home fronts, this wideranging, gripping and dazzlingly original account demonstrates how the issue of access to food was a driving force both within Nazi policy and for the Allies. [HF76] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Ellie Sandall 5–7 years

Green Dragons’ Den: The Final 3 Home and Hearth Five participants, four dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books, and win a chance of £10,000 for their project. Collection for the Festival’s Greenprint initiatives. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF [HF78] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Tamsyn Murray 5–7 years [HF79] 4PM SUMMER HOUSE £4

Guy Bass 5–7 years

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The true story of the C18th Governor of the Bahamas and his mission to clean up the high seas – Woodes Rogers and the Pirates of the Caribbean.

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Germaine Greer

Philip Wilcocks, Tom MacSweeney, John Gould, Julian Lewis and Bil Loth

The Forgotten Tradition: The Psalms and English Poetry

Island Race Maritime experts and Navy top brass discuss the most urgent issues around the threat to the marine environment of deepwater drilling, the fisheries crisis, trade safety and piracy. In association with the Maritime Foundation



Tony Fitzjohn talks to Ben Fogle

Wendy Cope

Born Wild

Family Values

A story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation in Kenya and Tanzania. Sponsored by Interactivities Outdoor Adventures

From a motorway service area to her ambivalent relationship with religion, from childhood and love to ageing, the poet covers a wide range of experience in her new collection.

[HF80] 5.20PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7


5.20pm

Some of the greatest treasures of the English language were written for the Coverdale Bible, the Bible Shakespeare read, and the Geneva Bible that was suppressed by order of James I. In association with The British Council

James Campbell 7+ years Rachel Polonsky Cambridge Series 15: Molotov’s Magic Lantern A luminous, original and unforgettable exploration of a country and its literature, viewed through the eyes of Vyacheslav Molotov, one of Stalin’s fiercest henchmen. In association with Cambridge University [271] 5.20PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

James Sommerin talks to Mark Skipworth True Taste Chefs of Wales 3 The celebrated chef from the Michelin-starred Crown at Whitebrook talks to the Saturday Editor of The Telegraph.

Jon Ronson The Psychopath Test From the cells of Broadmoor to the corridors of power and the world’s top boardrooms, the investigative humorist looks at where true madness lies, and what passes for ‘normal’. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor. [275] 6.45PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6

Mavis Nicholson talks to Sarah Crompton What Did You Do in the War, Mummy?

6.45pm


Thursday 2 June


The broadcaster has interviewed women from lumber-jills and landgirls to undercover spies and entertainers about the new freedoms, the make-do and mend, the hopes and the fears, as well as the post-war adjustments they had to make.


Eat My Shorts: Animation Imagination 5 years–adult

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Thursday 2 June

6.45pm [276] 6.45PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5


Niall Griffiths, Cynan Jones and Christien Gholson talk to Susie Wild

Chris Evans talks to Anne Robinson

Ten Pound Poms, Fish Caught in the Wind and Everything I Found on the Beach

Top chat about the broadcaster’s new volume of memoirs.

Griffiths emigrated to Australia as a seven year old. Thirty years later he revisits and remembers why he left in the first place. Jones’s second novel Everything I Found on the Beach returns to the west Wales coast in the shape of a taut sharp thriller. Wandering American poet Gholson’s novel is about a shoal of fish and the dance troupe who once got naked at the Vatican.

Memoirs of a Fruitcake


Stephen Anderton Christopher Lloyd: His Life at Great Dixter The gloriously eccentric and opinionated ‘Christo’ was probably the greatest C20th English plantsman, and his East Sussex garden is a national treasure. [280] 8PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

[277] 6.45PM STARLIGHT STAGE

Tricia Jones, Terry Jones, Caryn Franklin and Dylan Jones

Who Needs Our Aid Most?

i-D Covers 1980–2010

In the light of the DFID reassessment of budget priorities, how should we target our overseas aid? India and China where there is most poverty, or Somalia and Libya?

The founders of the iconic style and design magazine talk about its 30-year history. Sponsored by i-D Magazine [281] 8PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £6

Penelope Vogler Great Food Chris Evans will be broadcasting the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show LIVE from Hay Festival on Friday 3 June. Tune in, as the winners of the 500 Words writing competition are announced.

Penguin’s Great Food series brings together the sharpest, funniest, most delicious food writing from the past four hundred years. The editor discusses cooking from old recipes and invites the audience to try some tastes from the past. Chaired by John Mitchinson.


Dara O’Briain The comedian returns to Hay with his show. Sponsored by Baskerville Hall Hotel & Clyro Court [283] 9.30PM OXFAM STAGE £7

Monarchy Soaring synths and euphoric basslines from two of the foremost disco house/electro pop musicians around.

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Chris Evans, see event 278

8pm

The Concern Universal Youth Debate

FREE BUT TICKETED

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Friday 3 June 9am

hayfestival.org

10am [288] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

William Cohan

James Holland

Money and Power

The Battle of Britain

The skinny on Goldman Sachs – heavily embargoed until publication. Hmmm. Duration 45 minutes.

The historian tells the stories of the few who did so much for the many in the five months in 1940 that saved Britain.


[289] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Henry Worsley

Clive Aslett

In Shackleton’s Footsteps

Villages of Britain: The Five Hundred Villages That Made The Countryside

A homage in travel and spirit to Ernest Shackleton one hundred years after the peerless leader and explorer ventured to the South Pole and returned. Chaired by Paul Blezard. Duration 45 minutes.

Friday 3 June


The history of the countryside, told through some of its most noteworthy settlements. Sponsored by AJ Jones & Sons

Hector Abad Faciolince talks to Rosie Boycott

The Great Lie

Oblivion

The octogenarian novelist’s first novel features a young buck getting tangled in webs of spies, actors, intrigue and adventure in Christopher Marlowe’s London. Duration 45 minutes.

A heartrending, exquisitely-written memorial to the author’s father, Hector Abad Gomez, whose criticism of the Colombian regime led to his murder by paramilitaries in 1987. Supported by Embajada de Colombia and EPM

9am


Myrrha Stanford-Smith talks to David Crystal

10am


[287] 9AM THE MOOT £6

Jane Shilling talks to Sarah Crompton The Stranger in the Mirror ‘I looked in the mirror one morning, and saw the face of a stranger. Who was she, this haggard, bunfaced woman with the softening jawline, the downturned mouth, the world-weary air of a woman who hasn’t had what she wanted from life, and knows she isn’t going to get it now? Why, it was no one else but me, myself and I.’ Duration 45 minutes.

10am [HF82] 10AM OXFAM STAGE £4

Andy Stanton, Jeremy Strong & Tamsyn Murray 7+ years


Jonny Duddle 5–7 years [HF84] 10AM THE HEXAGON £3

Thomas Docherty 3–5 years [291] 10AM THE MOOT £5

Brenda Maddox, Peter Conradi, Tom Bullough At the Bright Hem of God The authors discuss how the wild, rural landscape of Radnorshire inspires thier work and that of others before them, from Gerald of Wales to Vaughan and Traherne, Francis Kilvert, Eric Gill, David Jones and Bruce Chatwin.

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11.30am

11.30am

[HF85] 11.30AM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £4

[296] 11.30AM THE MOOT £4

Jacqueline Wilson 9+ years

Simon Thirsk and Tessa Hadley Fictions: Dragons


David Edgerton Britain’s War Machine The compelling new history shows WWII in a new light, showing Britain as far from the plucky underdog, but as a wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart of a global production system. [293] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Hadley’s The London Train is a remarkable portrayal of a man and woman whose lives collide on the Cardiff to London train. In Thirsk’s Not Quite White, the young Jon Bull is sent by Westminster to Wales’ last remaining Welshspeaking town to see why all attempts to bring it into the twenty-first century have failed. Chaired by Anita Sethi.

1pm

Andrew Davies Masterclass South Riding


The screenwriter analyses key scenes in his adaptation of Winifred Holtby’s great Virago classic in conversation with Peter Florence.


Jeremy Strong 7+ years Hugh Thomas

[294] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

John Lister-Kaye

11.30am

The nature writer’s close observation of his Scottish home also forges wonderful connections between the most unlikely subjects, from photosynthesis and the energy cycle to Norse mythology, to weasels and perfume and to the over-population of our planet. Chaired by Corisande Albert. In association with The National Trust [295] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

John Carey, Judy Golding and Tobias Hill William Golding Centenary

Join the Nobel Laureate’s daughter and biographer and the poet and author of The Love of Stones and The Cryptographer to celebrate the novelist whose work included The Lord of the Flies, Rites of Passage, To The Ends of the Earth and The Spire. [HF86] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Ed Vere 3–5 years

The Hispanist historian cross-examines The Spanish Empire of Charles V – a time of unprecedented colonial conquest and subjugation in South America. Chaired by Revel Guest. [298] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6

Virginia Nicholson Millions Like Us

The social historian examines the decade that revolutionised gender relations in C20th Britain in her Women’s Lives in War and Peace, 1939–1945. [299] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Alex Voorhoeve LSE Lecture 2: Can We Trust Our Moral Intuitions? In 2008, Dr Hootan Roozrokh was charged with hastening the death of a patient in order to extract his organs for transplantation before these organs deteriorated. The author of Conversations on Ethics explores how far we can trust our judgments and intuitive and emotional responses to such crises. [HF89] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4


Mat Head 5–7 years

Hilary McKay 9+ years [HF90] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3

Thomas Docherty 5–7 years

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1pm

At The Water’s Edge: A Personal Quest for Wildness

The Golden Age

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1pm

Nicky Clayton

The Sky’s Dark Labyrinth

Cambridge Series 16: The Ape On Your Bird Table

1pm


Stuart Clark

[301] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6

Igor Levit Swansongs 4 In the last of four lunchtime concerts, the young German pianist gives a complete performance of Beethoven’s last major work for piano, the monumental Diabelli Variations, Op.120. The concerts will be recorded as part of BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert series.

1.30pm

Crows are as smart as apes. They manufacture tools, they are socially sophisticated, and they plan where to cache tomorrow’s breakfast. These findings have led to a re-evaluation of avian cognition, and resulted in a theory that intelligence evolved independently in apes and crows. In association with Cambridge University

Friday 3 June

[300] 1PM THE MOOT £4

This is the story of Kepler and Galileo, two men whose struggle with themselves, with the forces of reaction and with the evidence changed not simply themselves but our world.

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2.30pm


Rob Penn It’s All About The Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels This is the story of a journey to design and build a dream bike of perfect components – parts that set the standard in reliability, craftsmanship and beauty – and of how the bicycle has changed the course of human history. In association with The National Trust


Dragons’ Playground Connecting Communities Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Den will be telling their stories, practising their pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if they win in the Den. Today focuses on finding new and better ways to bring together the shared interests of local councils, businesses, communities and the third sector to build resilience and reduce impacts. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF

2.30pm [HF91] 2.30PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £4

Michelle Magorian 10 years–adult [303] 2.30PM OXFAM STAGE £8

David Crystal

Jason Byrne, see event 33

Begat The Linguistics Prof plays with the extraordinary impact and influence of the King James Bible on the English language. In association with The British Council

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2.30pm

3.45pm



Phil Rickman, Belinda Bauer, Elly Griffiths

Toby Harnden

Rural Noir: Down these mean lanes Rickman’s Merrily Watkins series is one of the great treasures of contemporary crime fiction set in the Border Country. Bauer’s Exmoor thriller Blacklands won the CWA Gold Dagger. Griffiths’ forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway goes down the mean lanes of Norfolk. Chaired by Paul Blezard.

Dead Men Risen: The Welsh Guards and the Real Story of Britain’s War in Afghanistan The Telegraph’s US editor had unprecedented access to the battalion over the last fifteen years, and specifically in the extreme conditions of Helmand in 2009. At the time of going to press the MOD has just bought and pulped the entire print run of this book. We’ll follow that story too... [311] 3.45PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE


Guy Bass 7+ years [HF93] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £3

Mat Head 5–7 years

3.45pm

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Green Dragons’ Den: The Final 4 Connecting Communities Five participants, four dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, minds and cheque books, and win a chance of £10,000 for their project. Collection for the Festival’s Greenprint initiatives. In association with the Welsh Assembly Government and TYF


Alexander McCall Smith talks to Anne Robinson


Kate Wilson Parents

The prolific, witty and endlessly inventive author discusses his career and the third in his Corduroy Mansions series of novels.



5.15pm

Chris Stringer The Royal Society Lecture 4: The Origin of Our Species The pre-eminent palaeontologist asks: can we define modern humans, and how can we recognise our beginnings in the fossil and archaeological record? What of language, art, diet, society? Has human evolution stopped? In association with The Royal Society


John Goodall CADW Lecture: Medieval Castles An ambitious and groundbreaking journey depicting the English castle and its architecture from the C11th to the C17th.

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Adam Stower 3–5 years


Kevin McCloud 43 Principles of Home

5.15pm

3.45pm

A Conspiracy of Friends

The design guru looks at the internal spaces of home and celebrates Enjoying Life in the 21st Century. Sponsored by American Hardwood Export Council [313] 5.15PM OXFAM STAGE £6

Eoin Colfer and Mark Billingham In Conversation The old pro crime master, creator of the DI Thorne series, discusses the dark side with the ingenious creator of Artemis Fowl, who launches his first adult crime novel Plugged.

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Mark Beaumont talks to Rob Penn There are some tales to tell from the young Scot’s adventure 18,000 miles around the world on two wheels in 194 days and 17 hours. [315] 5.15PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £8

James Cowan


Christopher Brookmyre, Philip Kerr and MR Hall talk to Marcel Berlins Fictions: Crimes and Misdemeanors Brookmyre’s latest Glaswegian crime satire is Where The Bodies Are Buried. Kerr’s seventh Bernie Gunther thriller is set in Cuba, a Soviet POW camp, Paris and Berlin of the 1930s, 40s and 50s. Hall is the creator of the coroner Jenny Cooper and has written for Judge John Deed and Kavanagh QC.

Counter-Insurgency in Iraq and Afghanistan The Brigadier commanded the Black Watch in Iraq and the multinational 11 Brigade in Helmand. He is now Head of Counter-Terrorism in the Ministry of Defence. Chaired by Dylan Jones, editor of GQ.

Bryn Williams True Taste Chefs of Wales 4 The chef patron of Odette’s and author of Bryn’s Kitchen discusses his cooking with QI gastronome John Mitchinson.


Olivia Laing To The River: A Journey Beneath The Surface The Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941, from source to sea. Laing excavates all sorts of stories from the Ouse’s marshy banks, from the brutal Barons’ War of the C13th to the ‘Dinosaur Hunters’, the C19th amateur naturalists who first cracked the fossil code. [321] 6.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED


Meg Rosoff Teens – hf2 Supported by CILIP Carnegie Medal


David Millar talks to Jeremy Whittle Racing Through The Dark

6.30pm

The cyclist was a Tour de France stage-winner who got banned for doping. He is now a part-owner of the Garmin-Chipotle team and a key figure of the World Anti-doping Agency’s athletes committee. He talks to his co-writer and author of Bad Blood. [318] 6.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5

Montagu Don and Derry Moore Great Gardens of Italy To appreciate a garden fully you must also know something of the food grown and eaten in the area, of the politics, religion and weather, and of the dreams for the garden’s future as well as the glories of its past. Sponsored by Baileys Home Store

Luc Delany, Dan Sutch and John Dunford Safety and Exploration in a Digital Age

6.30pm


Friday 3 June

The Man Who Cycled the World

6.30pm

What are the challenges and opportunities for the next generation using the internet? How do we ensure young people are safe, but encourage creative exploration and learning? This lively panel debate will bring together a range of experts from Facebook, academia and the media to discuss how to encourage responsible uses of the Internet that support creative exploration. Chaired by Andrew Harvey. In association with UK Youth and Nominet Trust [322] 6.30PM THE MOOT £5

Magsie Hamilton Little talks to Andrew Davies Dancing with Darkness: Life, Death and Hope in Afghanistan An extraordinary personal journey of understanding, from the witnessing of 7/7 in London to the heart of an Afghan community in Kabul.

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8pm

9.30pm



Eliza Carthy Band

Lisa Forrell talks to Revel Guest

The multi-award-winning iconic folk star takes off in a new direction with her new album, with a harder string line, and driving drums and bass. The performance is visceral, emotional, exciting and full on. Sponsored by Stage Electrics

Madame Ida Preview Screening and Q&A



Peter Godwin talks to Richard E Grant

Howard Marks talks to Jon Gower

The Fear: The Last Days of Robert Mugabe

Mr Nice talks nasty with the launch of his Cardiff-set crime novel Sympathy for the Devil.

In 2008 after the election Mugabe lost, the journalist travelled widely through his home country to see the torture bases, the burned villages, the death squads, the opposition leaders in hiding, the last white farmers, the churchmen and the diplomats putting their own lives on the line to stop the carnage.

Roland Emmerich talks to Francine Stock Anonymous – Screening

8pm

The director discusses and previews clips from his forthcoming historical thriller, which stars Rhys Ifans and Vanessa Redgrave. John Orloff ’s script plays with the intrigues of the Elizabethan court and the age-old authorship debate surrounding the works of William Shakespeare. [326] 8PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £10*


Cerys Matthews Ten years after the former Catatonia superstar serenaded Bill Clinton at Hay, she returns to the festival with music from her beautiful albums Tir (land) and Dwr (water). Sponsored by Stage Electrics [331] 10PM OXFAM STAGE £8

Mitch Benn Hilarious solo performance from the Now Show star and best musical comedian in Britain, loved forever for his magical I’m Proud of the BBC song. Sponsored by Ascari Café

Victoria Coren talks to Rosie Boycott For Richer For Poorer: Confessions of a Player Miserable at an elegant day school for girls, the writer finds an escape in the mysterious world of poker. Twenty years later, she has won a million dollars and forgotten to have children. *If you pull a 2, 3, 4 or 5 from a pack on entry we’ll give you your money back [327] 8PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Matthew Bishop & Michael Green The Road From Ruin The Economist writers propose their overhaul of financial regulation, government spending and business values in their manifesto for A New Capitalism for a Big Society.

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Paul Merton, see event 160

10pm


The director previews her short movie about the last day in the life of Ida Rubinstein, the dazzling star of the Ballets Russes, and one of the 20th century’s most extraordinary figures. Courtesy of Parkville Pictures

01497 822 629

Saturday 4 June 9am

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10am [HF98] 10AM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £4

Anne Robinson, Rosie Boycott, Gaby Wood and Kitty Corrigan

Eoin Colfer 9+ years

Women in Journalism


New research shows the media is getting more male, even in the areas of features and lifestyle. Why? How? Duration 45 minutes. Sponsored by Proexport Colombia

Maya Jasanoff


Huw Bowen, Katharine Olson, Chris Evans New History of Wales 4: Global Nation

9am

Isolated provincials or a global people? Where is Wales in the world? Duration 45 minutes. In association with The Western Mail [334] 9AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4

Siddhartha Deb

Liberty’s Exiles Extraordinary tales of the defeated individuals who left America after the British departed in 1783 to seek refuge elsewhere in the British Empire. Chaired by writer and critic Michael Prodger.

Saturday 4 June



Rolf Heuer talks to Jon Snow Discovery The Large Hadron Collider is now running at CERN in Geneva, the world’s greatest collaborative science project, and its most exciting. The Director General discusses what might be discovered and what’s at stake.

The Beautiful and the Damned A panoramic portrait of the new India from its least advantaged countryside to its high-tech tiger economy. Duration 45 minutes. [335] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Clare Jacob, Ceri Radford and Amy Sackville talk to Peter Florence The First Novel


Robert MacCurrach In The Bend Of The River A personal view of the Danube province of Vojvodina in northern Serbia. Chaired by Paul Blezard. Duration 45 minutes. [HF97] 9AM THE HEXAGON £3

Cerys Matthews 5+ years [340] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Grahame Davies talks to Merryl Wyn Davies The Dragon and the Crescent Nine centuries of contact between Wales and Islam. Chaired by the Director of the Muslim Institute. [HF99] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

David Roberts 5–7 years [341] 10AM THE MOOT

FREE BUT TICKETED

Paolo Piccirillo, Kallia Papadaki, Anna Lewis and Susanne Heinrich Scritture Giovani 2011 Young writers from Italy, Greece, Wales and Germany discuss their stories commissioned on the theme of ‘Names’. Chaired by Daniel Hahn, Chair of the BCLT. In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and Literaturfestival Berlin Sponsored by Fondazione Cariplo and Illy Coffee

10am

The challenge of starting out met in three ways: Jacob’s Ophelia in Pieces charts the fall and rise of a young lawyer; Radford (who attended the Festival’s Beacons Project when she was at school) conjures a comic gem of a life-crisis in A Surrey State of Affairs; Sackville’s award-winning The Still Point is an intriguing family story set across a hundred years. Duration 45 minutes.


Adam Stower 3–5 years

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11.30am

1pm



Alfred Brendel talks to Nicola Heywood Thomas

Vanessa Redgrave talks to Philippe Sands

The pianist and poet discusses his life and work. Supported by The Elmley Foundation [343] 11.30AM OXFAM STAGE £9

Sherard Cowper Coles talks to Anne Robinson Cables From Kabul The grandee diplomat was Britain’s Afghan Envoy and special representative for Pakistan 2007–2010. He argues for constructive engagement in the pursuit of conflict resolution.

A conversation with the actress and campaigner. [349] 1PM OXFAM STAGE £8

John Julius Norwich The London Library Platform: The Popes The historian surveys the rich and controversial history of the papacy from St Peter to Benedict XVI today. [HF102] 1PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4

Garth Nix & Sean Williams 9+ years [350] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7


James Attlee

11.30am

Moonlight and its meanings, from the kitsch to the sublime – in the modern world, the ancient world, in art, books, music and in science. [345] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7

Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan and Andre Vincent Early Edition 1 The satirists rip up the weekend papers. Sponsored by Dai & Chris Davies, The Newsagents [346] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £7

Ed Stourton Diary of a Dog Walker The journalist considers his Time Spent Following a Lead – and the conversations, engagements and digressions that he and his best friend encounter.

How To Avoid Getting Killed In A War Zone The frontline journalist reviews best practice with the Médecins Sans Frontières Director in her Essential Survival Guide for Dangerous Places. [351] 1PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Stella Tillyard and Andrew Miller talk to Rosie Boycott Fictions: Then and Now The historian’s first fiction Tides of War is an epic, panoramic novel about love and war, set in Regency England and Spain during the Peninsular War; Miller’s Pure is set in 1785, as a young engineer is charged with demolishing Paris’ oldest cemetery. [HF103] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Ian Whybrow 5–7 years [HF104] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3


Tracey Corderoy 3–5 years

Johnny O’Brien 9+ years [HF101] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3

Tracey Corderoy 3–5 years [347] 11.30AM SUMMER HOUSE £4

Deborah Kay Davies and Tahmina Anam talk to Ariane Koek Fictions: Survival True Things About Me is a novel about a woman, about risk and sex and survival. The Good Muslim is a family love story set in Bangladesh and explores the challenges of peace in the long shadow of war.

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[352] 1PM SUMMER HOUSE £4

Tom Anderson and Eurig Salisbury A Brief History of Welsh Rhyme The travel writer and the poet discuss the legacy of Welsh rhyme and its influence today. Presented by Literature Wales

1pm

Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight

Rosie Garthwaite and Marc DuBois talk to Jim Naughtie

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2.30pm


Marcus Brigstocke talks to Peter Florence

Melvyn Bragg

God Collar

The Book of Books: The Radical Impact of the King James Bible, 1611–2011

A special preview of the comedian’s book questioning atheism, faith and the meaning of life. [354] 2.30PM OXFAM STAGE £7

Simon Schama and Simon Sebag Montefiore

2.30pm

Two Jews... The two historians from very different backgrounds reflect on their identities and their experiences of being Jewish. Sponsored by The Open University in Wales [356] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Mansoura Ez Eldin, Kamel Riahi and Youseff Rakha talk to Ariane Koek

This became the Bible of wars, of politics, of struggles for democracy and freedoms. It defined attitudes to modern science, education and sex. Sponsored by Hay Deli [359] 4PM OXFAM STAGE £7

Amanda Foreman talks to Philip Bobbitt A World on Fire The historian looks at the American civil war and the role of the Britons caught up on both sides of the conflict. [360] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7

Brave New Worlds

Louis Begley talks to Philippe Sands

Three of the extraordinary writers from Egypt and Tunisia who are part of the Beirut39 project discuss their work and their countries’ revolutions. In association with Literature Across Frontiers and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction

The novelist and screenwriter discusses his work, including About Schmidt and the Holocaust classic Wartime Lies.

Wartime Lies

Rosamond McKitterick Cambridge Series 17: History, Memory and Ideas About the Past The historian mines the cultural memory of the Dark Ages and shows how medieval ideas about the state echo down the ages. In association with Cambridge University [HF105] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4

Jason Wallace, Jim Carrington & Irfan Master Teens – hf2

John Gray The Immortalization Commission The great and terrible implication of Darwin’s ideas was that natural selection made humans into animals like any other, doomed one day to disappear from the face of an uncaring Earth. The refusal to follow this logic and to insist instead on our immortality resulted in a series of experiments that carry on to the present day, some of which ravaged whole countries and some of which generated more private forms of pain.

4pm

[361] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7 [357] 2.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Saturday 4 June




Sofi Oksanen and Sonia Faleiro talk to Rosie Boycott

Jon Blake & David Roberts 9+ years

It’s All True Purge is a hauntingly intimate portrait of one family’s shame against a backdrop of European war. Beautiful Thing, one of the most original works of non-fiction from India in years, is a vivid and intimate portrait of one reporter’s journey into the dark, pulsating and ultimately damaged soul of Bombay.

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Lucy Christopher & Gill Lewis 9+ years

Peter Cox & Keren David 12+ years

Supported by RSPB Cymru

7pm

5.30pm



The novelist discusses his latest book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ and the state of the British library system.

Mohamed ElBaradei talks to Jon Snow The Rotblat Lecture 2011: The Age of Deception – Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times The Egyptian Nobel Laureate and Presidential candidate describes his work as the lead UN weapons inspector in Iraq. Beamed in live from Cairo. [364] 5.30PM OXFAM STAGE £9

Philip Pullman talks to Rosie Boycott


Simon Hoggart A Long Lunch – My Stories And I’m Sticking To Them The humorist and political analyst sketches some parliamentary and media gems from his trove of forty years on Fleet Street.

7pm

Saturday 4 June

4pm

Howard Jacobson talks to Peter Florence The Finkler Question


The Booker winner discusses his comic masterpiece.

Ralph Fiennes talks to Francine Stock Coriolanus


Lisa Appignanesi talks to Hanif Kureishi

The actor and director discusses and previews clips from his modern war-zone film of Shakespeare’s play.

5.30pm

All About Love The writer tangles with the paradoxes of love through the span of our lives – from rapturous love to love in ‘marriage’, in the family and in friendship. [366] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6

Emma Rothschild


Martin Davidson talks to Simon Schama The Perfect Nazi The historian’s investigation: Uncovering My SS Grandfather’s Secret Past And How Hitler Seduced A Generation.

The Inner Life of Empires Tracing the lives of a single Scottish family whose eleven siblings roamed the globe to seek their fortunes, the historian explores the great elements of the C18th world: empire, politics, slavery, warfare and Enlightenment thought and sensibility. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor. [367] 5.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £6

Philip Ball


David Vann and David Bezmozgis talk to Jon Gower Fictions: Great American Novels Two of America’s brightest and best: Vann’s Alaskan novel Caribou Island is a beautiful portrait of marriage and dreams. Bezmozgis’ The Free World is a tragic and comic tale of passage from Communist Russia to the West.

Nature’s Patterns Scientists have found that there is a patternforming tendency inherent in the basic structure and processes of nature, so that from a few simple themes, and the repetition of simple rules, endless beautiful variations can arise.

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FREE BUT TICKETED

Gwyneth Lewis talks to Raymond Tallis The Lapidus Conversation The poet reads her works and discusses creative writing and mental health. In association with Lapidus Cymru

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8pm


Bandemonium Ceilidh

Kevin MacDonald talks to Francine Stock

Dancing shoes, please, for a joyful family evening of reeling with the 22-piece Herefordshire party band. No experience needed.

8.30pm

Life in a Day – Screening The director introduces his astounding documentary film about a single day on earth, edited from the thousands of videos uploaded to YouTube on 24 July 2010.


10pm

Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Fiennes, Jay Sanders, Philippe Sands, Damian Lewis and Gillian Anderson


Hay Festival and The Tricycle Theatre, London present: Torture Team


Gary Shteyngart talks to Gaby Wood

8.30pm

Super Sad True Love Story A comic love story masterpiece set in a catastrophically fallen USA, from the author of Absurdistan. Magic. [377] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Nicky Clayton & Mark Baldwin The Royal Society Lecture 5: Ballet Rambert The scientific advisor to the ballet company and its artistic director discuss the cross-currents between choreography and cognition. In association with The Royal Society

Shappi Khorsandi The brilliant Anglo-Iranian stand-up in her brand new show. She’s feisty, flirty and effortlessly funny, and she handles every subject with a razor sharp wit, softened only by her deliciously dizzy delivery and endless charm. ‘Britain’s best young female comic by any yardstick’ – The Guardian. [381] 10PM OXFAM STAGE £10

The Portico Quartet The London band with their distinctive sound driven by use of the hang percussion instrument are the rising superstars of British jazz and world music. They play music from their albums Knee-Deep In The North Sea and Isla.

10pm

An inquiry into the interrogation techniques used by the American administration and military in Guantanamo and beyond. When do lawyers who authorise abuse cross a line into criminality? Directed by Indhu Rubasingham. In association with Amnesty International: Celebrating 50 Years of Human Rights campaigning

Saturday 4 June

[374] 8PM HAY COMMUNITY CENTRE £5 (UNDER 14S FREE BUT TICKETED)


Paul Blezard MCs Open Mic 2 Roll up! All readings are (rigorously) 5 minutes long. If you have a ticket and you’d like to read, please email [email protected] with ‘Open Mic’ in the title line to book a slot. Readings can be prose or poetry. Sponsored by The River Café, Glasbury


David Wengrow What Makes Civilization? The archaeologist relates the ‘birth of civilization’ in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq) to other more recent attempts at reshaping the world order to an ideal image.

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Sunday 5 June 10am



Philip Bobbitt

Peter Snow

Is a War on Terror Absurd?

To War With Wellington

The answer from the author of The Shield of Achilles and Terror and Consent might surprise you, and might also tell us something about the nature of war in the C21st. Duration 45 minutes.

A profile of Britain’s greatest military commander From the Peninsula to Waterloo. Chaired by Michael Prodger. [390] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7


Huw Bowen, Madeleine Gray, Martin Johnes New History of Wales 5: The Welsh People Religion, politics, education and popular culture. What type of people are we? Duration 45 minutes. In association with The Western Mail

Vanessa Redgrave A World I Loved A reading from Wadad Makdisi Cortas’ haunting and beautiful memoir of Lebanon and the Middle East. [391] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5

Philip Ball [385] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Maggie Ross talks to Rachael Kerr Silence

9am

The Anglican solitary and theologian, whose Writing the Icon of the Heart has been described by Rowan Williams as ‘a really transformative book’, explains how ‘the work of silence’ can help us toward a deeper understanding of God. Duration 45 minutes.

FREE BUT TICKETED

Kate Brotherton-Ratcliffe, Tim Martin, Fiona Gray and Bruce Gray The Renaissance of Talgarth Mill The restoration of Talgarth Mill, derelict for 70 years, into a functioning artisan bakery is nearly complete. Duration 45 minutes. [387] 9AM SUMMER HOUSE

Unnatural – The Heretical Idea of Making People The writer delves beneath the surface of the cultural history of ‘anthropoesis’ – the artificial creation of people – to explore what it tells us about our views on life, humanity, creativity and technology. And what it tells us about the soul. [392] 10AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Ed Vulliamy

[386] 9AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE

FREE BUT TICKETED

Hay and District Writers Circle

Amexica The harrowing story of the extraordinary terror unfolding along the US-Mexico border – this is the secret war of drugs, gangs and guns that is destroying thousands of lives. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor. In association with Hay Festival Xalapa [HF109] 10AM–5PM STARLIGHT STAGE DROP IN – DONATIONS ON DOOR

Haiti Kids Kino Project Families Supported by Film Agency For Wales

New Work The local writers’ club members share their work.


Evan Davis Made in Britain

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What matters is what sells and for how much – from manufacturing to technology, design and the services industries. Sponsored by Haybookcases.com

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Mark Malloch Brown talks to Jim Naughtie

John Heilbron

The Oxfam Lecture: The Unfinished Global Revolution

A profile of the Renaissance genius that celebrates the 400th anniversary of the publication of Siderius Nuncius – The Starry Messenger, one of the turning points of science that changed perceptions of the perfection of the heavens and the centrality of the Earth forever.


Howard Jacobson, Maggie Ross, Roy Strong King James Authorised Version – Genesis, Psalms, Revelations


Steve Bell If Bursts Out The outrageous and savage satirist draws the madness of the world and the ugliness of politics with cruel brilliance.

Three of the hugest and most contentious books are on the table for this Good Read conversation.


[396] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £15 (INCLUDES TASTINGS)

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Simon Hoggart Life’s Too Short to Drink Bad Wine: 100 wines for the discerning drinker By popular demand, the journalist and wine writer leads another tasting. Sponsored by Tanners Wines [397] 11.30AM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Philip Pullman, Dai Smith, Richard Davies and Jon Gower Make Room for the Jester We celebrate Stead Jones’ classic tale – a haunting journey from the edge of childhood into a threatening adult world – now published in the Library of Wales series.

Sonia Faleiro, John Julius Norwich, Peter Godwin Three more Meetings With Remarkable Writers from our new Oxfam anthology.

1pm

11.30am

National governments are no longer equipped to address complex global issues, from climate change to poverty. International organizations have not yet been empowered to step into the breach.

Galileo

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Justine Roberts and Amy Chua Motherlove What constitutes encouragement, discipline and abuse? The Mumsnet chief goes toe to toe with the terrifying author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. [HF111] 1PM THE HEXAGON £3

Viv Schwarz 5–7 years [403] 1PM SUMMER HOUSE £5

John Williams Miss Shirley Bassey


Lynne Chapman 3–5 years


Simon Sebag Montefiore

The meteoric life – from the vibrant, multicultural oasis of Tiger Bay in the Cardiff docklands through the club-lands of Soho and Las Vegas to New York’s Carnegie Hall. Helluva soundtrack too.

2.30pm

Jersualem


The biography of the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgment Day and the battlefield of today’s clash of civilizations. Chaired by Clemency Burton-Hill.

Simon Schama talks to Peter Florence An Historian’s Alphabet A mesmerising tour of passions and digressions from Austerity to Zabaglione. Sponsored by Claridge Nursing Homes Limited

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4pm



Hanif Kureishi

The Annual Hamlin Lecture

Collected

Bob Geldof talks to Peter Florence

We celebrate the publication of the novelist and screenwriter’s Collected Essays and Collected Stories. Chaired by Ariane Koek.

…and rock ’n’ roll


Francis Pryor

The sixth in a series of conversations over the last twenty years with the musician, campaigner and businessman focuses on song-writing, the environment and African trade. Sponsored by ORConsulting – ‘The Art of Seeing Differently’

The Birth of Modern Britain Ranging over topics as diverse as the birth of modern agriculture, the growth of towns and cities, and the development of roads, canals and railways, the historian takes us on A Journey into Britain’s Archaeological Past: 1550 to the Present. Chaired by Michael Prodger.


JMG Le Clezio A conversation with the French Nobel Laureate, whose translated novels include The Interrogation, The African, Desert, War and The Book of Flights. [412] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6


Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan and Andre Vincent Early Edition 2 The satirists rip up the Sunday papers. [408] 2.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £5

Onora O’Neill Cambridge Series 18: Is Toleration Still A Virtue?

2.30pm

The philosopher is an exacting examiner of great issues such as freedom of speech, assisted suicide and stem cell research. Here she explores one of the fundamental assumptions of liberal societies. In association with Cambridge University [409] 2.30PM SUMMER HOUSE £5

Jo Shapcott Of Mutability The poet’s new collection won the Costa Book of the Year Award. In a series of poems that explore the nature of change – in the body and the natural world, and in the shifting relationships between people – Shapcott looks freshly but squarely at mortality. [HF112] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £3

Lynne Chapman 3–5 years

Katherine Swift and Mirabel Osler The Morville Hours, The Rain Tree Swift’s The Morville Hours is a history of all the people who’ve lived in a special Shropshire house, and an exploratory journey through the seasons and the self in the form of a medieval book of hours. Osler’s The Rain Tree is a graceful and profoundly affecting meditation on the pleasures of writing, gardens, travel and food. [413] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4

Jonathon Harrington, Rosie Boycott, Colin Spedding, Christie Peacock, Denis Murphy Food Security What can we do? Encourage organic farming? Eat less meat? Reduce food waste? Support GM plant breeding? Grow our own? Sponsored by RM Jones Pharmacy [414] 4PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE FREE BUT TICKETED

Mansur Rajih, Pegah Ahmadi and Basim Mardan talk to Shenaz Kedar People Power in the Middle East Exiled writers from Yemen, Iran and Iraq discuss their work and the upheavals in the Middle East with the director of the Shahrazad project. In association with the Writers’ Centre Norwich [HF113] 4PM THE HEXAGON £3

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Jonathon Porritt in conversation with Andy Fryers

FREE BUT TICKETED

The WWF ambassador examines the evolution of conservation. What have we learnt, and how do we address the challenges facing us for a sustainable future where people and nature thrive? In association with WWF

Roy Strong, Peter Florence, Ian Charlesworth Revelations, conclusion The full reading of the King James Authorised Version that’s been running through the week comes to an end. [421] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO


Roy Strong Visions of England

5.30pm


FREE BUT TICKETED

Julie Grigg, Roger Hammond, Jonathon Harrington, Barney Sampson Two Towns, One World – From Hay to Timbuktu and Back Again Motorbikes for midwives, linking schools, improving access to ante-natal care – just some of the successful twinning projects to date. Now the twinning story of Hay-on-Wye and Timbuktu takes a new turn. Sponsored by Hay & District Chamber of Commerce

Paul Nieuwenhuis Cardiff Series 4: The Car of the Future


The car is clearly not sustainable now, but can it adapt or evolve, or will it have to go, as some have suggested? How will we use it and how will it be made? Chaired by Rosie Boycott. In association with Cardiff University

Iain M Banks talks to Paul Blezard


8.15pm

Raymond Tallis talks to David Papineau Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Mankind Welcome to an all-out assault on the ‘Neuromythology’ and pseudo-Darwinian thought that is increasingly dominating discussion of human nature. Tallis pulls the rug from under neuro-aesthetics, evolutionary economics, neurotheology and other fashionable pseudo-disciplines. [419] 5.30PM ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE £4

7pm

This is England seen not through its warring monarchs and global traders, but as conceived as a nation in the cultural imagination – through the works of Shakespeare and Turner and Elgar and Wordsworth.

Sunday 5 June

The World Wildlife Fund at 50

Surface Detail The ninth book in the acclaimed Culture series is a huge sci-fi highlight.

[423] 8.15PM BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION £10*

Bob Geldof ’s Last Night Party The house band return from their tour of Hay Festivals in Mexico, Colombia and Kerala to play a joyful celebration concert to end the festival. Geldof ’s new album How To Compose Popular Songs That Will Sell is fantastic. *All proceeds will fund our work in Kenya and South Africa

Dermot Healy talks to Glenn Patterson Long Time, No See An epic in miniature peopled by a cast of innocents and broken misfits; the lyrical power of Healy’s new novel casts a miraculous literary spell. In association with Irish Pages

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Storytelling in The Moot

Storytelling in The Moot The Storytelling Bazaar in The Moot

THURSDAY 2 JUNE

In celebration of our Storymoja Hay Festival in Nairobi, Cat Weatherill brings together a week of international storytelling for children and adults in a Hay Bazaar of tall tales and wonders. Entry is free. All donations will contribute to funding the Festivals of Literature Charitable Trust's education work in Africa.

[986] 2.30PM THE MOOT

[980] 1PM THE MOOT

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Family Story Bazaar 1 Fizzy, funny stories from Nairobi-based Joshua Muraya and Hay favourite Cat Weatherill. 7+ years FREE

– DROP IN

Joshua Muraya: Living Memories Our visiting guest storyteller from Storymoja Hay Festival Nairobi tells a series of true stories based on Kenya’s struggle for independence. 16+ years [982] 7PM THE MOOT

FREE

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Adult Story Bazaar 1 Copenhagen comes to Hay as Denmark’s leading storyteller Kasper Sorensen storms the stage with Joshua Muraya (Kenya) and Cat Weatherill (UK).

WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE [983] 1PM THE MOOT

FREE

Family Story Bazaar 2 Storytelling mischief and magic from Kasper Sorensen (Denmark) and Joshua Muraya (Kenya). Boys will be boys! 7+ years [984] 4PM THE MOOT

FREE

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Cat Weatherill: The Woman Who Married The Moon Polyamory and toy boy lovers, elegantly explored by the inimitable Cat Weatherill. 16+ years [985] 7PM THE MOOT

FREE

FREE

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Adult Story Bazaar 3 Roguish masculine energy from Kasper Sorensen, seductive feminine charm from Cat Weatherill and infectious warmth from Joshua Muraya.

FRIDAY 3 JUNE [989] 2.30PM THE MOOT

FREE

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Family Story Bazaar 4 Three dynamic storytellers from three different countries present a joyous riot of stories. Featuring Cat, Kasper & Joshua. 7+ years FREE

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Cat Weatherill: The Siren Wife Adultery, murder and luscious women... Full blooded folktales from Italy, compellingly told with passion and grace. 14+ years [991] 5.15PM THE MOOT

FREE

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Adult Story Bazaar 4 A final chance to catch the unique story-spinning talents of Cat Weatherill (UK), Kasper Sorensen (Copenhagen) and Joshua Muraya (Nairobi).

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Adult Story Bazaar 2 Three dynamic storytellers from three different countries work wonders with words. Featuring Joshua Muraya, Cat Weatherill and Kasper Sorensen.

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Denmark’s finest storyteller presents a glorious love story set during the British bombardment of Copenhagen in 1807. 16+ years

[990] 4PM THE MOOT – DROP IN

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Kasper Sorensen: The Great Fire of Copenhagen

[988] 7PM THE MOOT [981] 4PM THE MOOT

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Cat & Kasper, two of Europe’s most playful storytellers, working together. Awesome! 7+ years [987] 4PM THE MOOT

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Family Story Bazaar 3

Weekends at The Moot Highland Park presents Keynotes at Hay

Over both weekends of the festival, drop into The Highland Park Keynotes area (The Moot), in the central garden, to enjoy complimentary tastings and listen to a wide range of authors as they give insight into the motivation behind their work, read out small passages and answer any audience questions. Highland Park Single Malt Scotch Whisky has been made with the same enduring belief and integrity since 1798. It’s characterised by a rounded smoky sweetness, drawn from the aromatic Orkney peat, and the 18 Year Old was awarded ‘The Best Spirit in the World’ for the second consecutive year in 2009.

‘Experience the best in literature with the best spirit in the world.’ F. Paul Pacult’s Spirit Journal 2009 SATURDAY 28 & SUNDAY 29 MAY SATURDAY 4 & SUNDAY 5 JUNE 12.30PM–12.50PM 2PM–2.20PM 3.30PM–3.50PM 5PM–5.20PM

Weekends at The Moot

A range of free intimate readings from some of the Festival’s best talents, accompanied by complimentary drams of Highland Park Single Malt Whisky.

It continues to inspire passion in both literary and single malt enthusiasts the world over and Highland Park are delighted to be staging a full range of performances from some of the best talents at the festival. Don’t forget to enter the prize draw, for a weekend trip to the spirit's spiritual home in Orkney, after enjoying one of these perfectly balanced malt whiskies. The readings will last approximately 15 minutes.

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Offsite Trips & Adventures

Offsite Trips & Adventures Several of our partners and friends have exclusive events around the region throughout the week. For all the outdoors events and walks we recommend walking boots and warm and waterproof clothing. Please bring packed lunches.

EVERY DAY FRIDAY 27 MAY–SUNDAY 5 JUNE 11AM–5PM DAILY COURTYARD, UPPER HOUSE, DISCOED, NEAR PRESTEIGNE, LD8 2NW FREE ENTRY

Discoed Ceramic Exhibition Clive Bowen, Jason Braham, Jonathan Chiswell-Jones, Andrew Crouch, Edmund de Waal, Jack Doherty, Bridget Drakeford, Mark Griffiths, Jonathan Heale, Sophie MacCarthy, Yen Robinson, Phil Rogers and James & Tilla Waters Amazing quality furniture can be seen and bought in the showroom of John Nethercott & Co. on the west side of the yard. In St Michael’s Church on the south side of the yard there will be an exhibition and sale of contemporary ceramics.

Funds raised on the ceramic exhibition will go to the Friends of St Michael’s Restoration Fund. Contact for further info: David Hiam, tel: 01547 560 246.

TUESDAY 31 MAY [874] 9AM–4.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £10

St Fagans: National History Museum Take a walk around Wales from Celtic times to the present day and see Welsh history come alive at Wales’ most popular heritage attraction and one of Europe’s leading open-air museums. [875] 9.30AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £9

Stephen Marsh Smith River Walk 1 Join the Wye & Usk Foundation trip around the Wye and its tributaries near Hay to see the rare and unusual creatures that live in the river, and to see what progress is being made to restore the run of salmon. [876] 10AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £9

Kathy Laws National Trust Begwyns Walk A moderately strenuous walk across the Begwyns with the National Trust archaeologist looking at how the landscape has been used over the centuries. [877] 10.30AM–4.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £12

John Kenyon CADW: A Tour of Raglan and Chepstow A fascinating full-day tour to two of south-east Wales’ greatest historical treasures, Raglan Castle and Chepstow Castle, both in the care of CADW, the Welsh Assembly Government’s historic environment service.

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[878] 7PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £5

Rev Ian Charlesworth and Richard Stockton St Matthew’s Church, Llandefalle and The Felin Fach Griffin An evening pottering around Llandefalle Church, tucked away off the beaten track. The Parson and the Publican share their pleasure in such things and then invite you to join them down the pub for supper.

www.theparsonandthepublican.com [879] 7PM–9.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £15

National Trust Croft Castle Walk Croft Castle is a remote castellated manor house set amongst beautiful Herefordshire countryside and run by the National Trust. A unique opportunity to have a private tour of the house or a guided walk to look at the many veteran trees with one of our rangers. Followed by time to enjoy the beautiful walled garden.

WEDNESDAY 1 JUNE [880] 9.30AM–1.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £22

Brooke Boothby and Harry Legge-Bourke A Tour of Glanusk Estate A rare opportunity to go behind the scenes at the beautiful ancestral home of the Legge-Bourke family. A Historic Houses Association event. [881] 9.30AM–3PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £15

Rob Reith National Trust Pen y Fan Walk A strenuous 5-mile walk led by the National Trust access warden, to the top of the highest point in southern Britain. Good boots, wet weather gear and warm clothing essential. [882] 9.30AM–4.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE £8 (MINIBUS PROVIDED FOR RETURN)

Gwilym Hughes CADW: Llanthony Priory Walk

CADW’s Chief Inspector will lead this energetic guided hike from the Festival site to historic Llanthony Priory. Walking boots essential. [883] 11.30AM–12.30PM MEET AT THE CLOCK TOWER IN HAY FREE BUT TICKETED

Judith Alfrey CADW: Get To Know Hay 1 Join CADW’s Head of Regeneration and Conservation as she explores the unique architectural character of Hay-on-Wye. [884] 2.30PM–3.30PM MEET AT THE CLOCK TOWER IN HAY FREE BUT TICKETED

Judith Alfrey CADW: Get To Know Hay 2 Join CADW’s Head of Regeneration and Conservation as she explores the unique architectural character of Hay-on-Wye.

FRIDAY 3 JUNE

[885] 9.30AM–4.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £12

[891] 9AM–NOON MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £8

Jeremy Knight CADW: The Three Castles Tour

Paul Benham Primrose Earth Awareness Trust: Site Visit

The three castles of Grosmont, Skenfrith and White are a fascinating trio of historic sites. Join the author of CADW’s official guidebook to these border castles, for a memorable day out.

The permaculture pioneer and PEAT Centre Director guides us around the Centre for Sustainable Food – the most productive acre and a half in the UK, and a blueprint for future food security.

[886] 9.30AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £9

[892] 10AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE £6

Stephen Marsh Smith River Walk 2

Rob Dingle From Bluff to Book Town Along the Offa’s Dyke Path

Join the Wye & Usk Foundation trip around the Wye and its tributaries near Hay to see the rare and unusual creatures that live in the river, and to see what progress is being made to restore the run of salmon.

Join the National Trail Officer and National Park leaders on this lovely 7-mile walk to the top of Hay Bluff for stunning views of the surrounding countryside before returning to the town along a pretty section of the Offa’s Dyke Path National Trail which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

[887] 10AM–5PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE £4 (BUS PROVIDED FOR RETURN)

In association with the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority

Milling Around Talgarth

A linear 8-mile walk across the tops of the Black Mountains to visit a restored flour mill and water wheel in the heart of Talgarth.

In association with the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority [888] 10AM–2.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £18

The King James Bible and Other Treasures A trip to the National Library of Wales in Aberystwyth to see their first edition King James Authorised Version Bible and a wealth of other unique highlights of the collection in this exclusive guided tour hosted by senior curators.

www.llgc.org.uk [889] 7PM–9.30PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £6

National Trust Brilley Walk A short guided walk through an old Welsh Border farm. Learn about our SSSI woodland, how we plan to manage it to return it back to coppice and how we will improve the habitat to benefit the priority bird species and dormice present in the woodland. [890] 7PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE £5

Rev Ian Charlesworth and Richard Stockton Priory Ruins, Church and The Bull’s Head, Craswall Craswall Priory (ruined) and Parish Church lure the Parson and the Publican to their wonderful setting, nestling in the bosom of a hidden valley in the Black Mountains. A convivial supper in the Bull’s Head to follow.

www.theparsonandthepublican.com

Offsite Trips & Adventures

THURSDAY 2 JUNE

[893] 3PM–5PM HEREFORD CATHEDRAL £20

The Treasures of Hereford Cathedral Library Staff lead a guided tour of the Chained Library, the redesigned Mappa Mundi exhibit, the new King James Bible exhibition and other treasures not normally on public display. [894] 6PM–7PM CIDER MUSEUM, HEREFORD £5

Murray Mylechreest Thomas Andrew Knight and the 1811 Pomona Herefordiensis A lecture about the life and work of this pioneer in plant breeding and physiology, forerunner to Darwin and Mendel, and second President of the Royal Horticultural Society.

DURING THE FESTIVAL

Fair on the Square 28, 29, 30 MAY, HAY MARKET SQUARE

Quirky and colourful, offering three days of lively entertainment for all in the heart of Hay. Morning children’s workshop sessions, quality live music with the best acts from across the Welsh Marches music scene and hilarious family theatrics from street performer Joe May in Joseph D’Amour Bouffon Searches for Love – ‘The best street show I have ever seen’ Steven Berkoff. Contact: Juliet Noble 07970 556 813

Giffords Circus 2011 War And Peace At The Circus CASTLE GROUNDS, HAY-ON-WYE

The epic Russian novel re-imagined for a family audience. Expect thrilling scenes, new costumes and choreography, and an original score by the Circus band. Tickets – Adults £20, Children (under 16s) £12 Booking line 0845 459 7469 / giffordscircus.com

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Sky Rainforest Rescue

Visit us at The Telegraph Tent to meet our best known names in the paper including Henry Winter, Helen Yemm and Matt the Cartoonist; experience our latest iPad app or simply come and relax with a book.

Come and visit the Sky Rainforest Rescue experience and enjoy the thrill of the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest is a unique natural habitat, home to thousands of amazing plants and has one of the highest diversities of life on Earth. Sky Rainforest Rescue is a three-year campaign in partnership between Sky and WWF to help save 1 billion trees in the rainforest of Acre in northwest Brazil. To kick-start this project, our aim is to raise £2 million from the British public and Sky will match it to our campaign total of £4 million. Giving just £20 could help save 1,000 trees. Come and see why it’s important to preserve our vibrant rainforest.

Sky Arts Den Join us in the Sky Arts Den where you can relax and enjoy performances in between your festival events. Or learn something new and perhaps unlock a hidden talent with a range of workshops throughout the day. From live opera and jazz to art workshops and dance classes, all activities are free of charge. You can sign up for a workshop the day before the workshop takes place or simply turn up on the day and take part.

Sky Arts Get Creative Fund If you’re over 18 with a creative passion you’d love to pursue, why not let us give you a helping hand? Kickstart your creativity and apply for our Sky Arts Get Creative Fund. The most inspiring entry of the festival will win £1,000 towards an artistic course of their choice (terms and conditions apply). Visit the Sky Arts Den for details.

Pembertons Pembertons is proud to once again be the official book seller of Hay Festival. We will be stocking books for all authors appearing and holding signings after each of their events. Please note that only one book per person not purchased from Hay Festival official booksellers will be accepted for signature by the author at Pembertons bookshop. Open from 9am till late daily.

Onsite Extras

The Telegraph Tent

Onsite Extras Onsite Extras

HAY FEVER COURTYARD An area on site for the whole family – play in the garden, pick up a snack in the coffee shop or relax with a book on our giant beanbags. It’s also home to our main venue, the Starlight Stage, and our workshop space, The Hexagon, as well as lots of lovely extras – see the full map on page 73. Make and Take is back, with crafting between 10am and 5pm every day. Herefordshire-based charity Concern Universal will be putting a global spin on activities across Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning. The Lost Child Point can also be found within this tent. The Mess Tent is home to the brilliant We Are Words + Pictures on the first weekend and our Easy Peasy Cookery School for the rest of the week. Mini Pembertons will be selling lots of wonderful picture books. The super writers and illustrators with events in The Hexagon will be signing here. The Telegraph What On Earth? Giant Wallbook sits at the heart of the courtyard. Its creator, science writer Christopher Lloyd, will be at the wall every day in his coat of many pockets for a free talk at 12pm and 3pm daily, Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June. More details online at hayfestival.org/hayfever.

Scribblers Hut Home to the hf2 teen programme, in association with UK Youth – the leading Youth Work Charity in the UK specialising in the development and delivery of non-formal learning.

FOOD & DRINK Festival Food Hall Locally produced delicious food to feast on.

Café Môr Come and enjoy the unique seafood menu at Café Môr, based on the best of Pembrokeshire’s produce, where we use seaweed to enhance the food and delight the tastebuds! From delicious hot seashore wraps and crab sandwiches with Welsh Sea Black Butter to the sweet delights of Sea Spaghetti Chocolate Chip cookies, there is something for everyone.

Welsh Venison Centre Local farmers, butchers and retailers with a farm and farm shop overlooking Llangorse Lake. Delivering produce direct from producer to consumer in a sustainable environment, Welsh Venison Centre are delighted to offer Hay-goers the healthy venison option and will be open every day with a varied menu. The farm shop is well worth a visit.

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Lotty’s Pure Indulgence Based in Bromyard, Lotty’s offers a delicious range of home-made cuisine. From our tasty savoury tarts and our new vegan Thai curry, to our famous decadent organic gluten-free Belgian chocolate brownies and cream. Come and indulge at Lotty’s!

The Granary As always, Hay institution The Granary will be serving up their great vegetarian menu of soups and other delicious dishes.

The Market Garden A great selection of freshly-made salads and take-away snacks for the health conscious festival-goer: pick and mix your own combination of leaves, pasta, vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds and other yummy salad ingredients, and enjoy in the sun.

Shepherds Irresistible ice creams and sublime sorbet, all freshly made in the Golden Valley. Don’t bleat about the bush. Flock to Shepherds.

Graze at Hay Festival A modern contemporary menu with a flavour of Wales, previously the Blas restaurant: steaks, fish and more great hot dishes with fantastic Welsh tapas, wines and Champagne to enjoy in the sun. Capital Cuisine and Graze look forward to welcoming you.

Ascari Café Open daily 8.30am–9pm, providing a wide range of freshly-cooked food made from locally sourced produce. Serving the only full English breakfast on site, lunch, dinner and snacks available throughout the day. Reservations taken for evening meals: call 01432 265 147 or 07812 998 944, or email [email protected].

Xtreme Organix Using organically-farmed meat from Maes-y-Garn Farm, only a mile from Hay Festival, for breakfasts, home-made burgers, stir-fries and wraps, and chilled drinks from local producers.

Friends Café A hub of activity during the festival, where you’ll catch those sold out events relayed live from the Barclays Wealth Pavilion on screen. The café is open early for your first shot of coffee through to the call for last orders at the end of the day. Join your friends or come and make new ones here.

Festival Bar Real ale, local cider or a glass of chilled fizz. Enjoy a drink in the festival bar and gardens.

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Art Meets Matter

Hay Festival Shop

Art Meets Matter has been a significant fixture at the Hay Festival since 2006 with award-winning designs based on Penguin paperbacks, as well as Faber and Faber poetry, A–Z maps and many more fun things. In our constant mission to bring something special to Hay visitors, this year it’s the turn of the new Penguin Bookchase board game. You’ve tried the original – now try the Penguin version. Great for all ages. Warning: much head-scratching may ensue!

Situated in the Box Office and full of fabulous Festival merchandise.

The Bowie Gallery

Exploring Churches. Churches tell many stories – of families, political intrigue, great wealth, architecture, social change and as churchyard havens for wildlife. Here people have come and still come, generation on generation, seeking the place of their ancestors, or a source of fascination and awe. Come and share our story.

Amnesty International

Showing the very best of contemporary ceramics and jewellery from the UK, this nationally acclaimed gallery relocates from its premises in the heart of Hay to the Festival site. Treat yourself to something special to remind you of your visit to the Festival and take a little bit of Hay home with you. www.hayclay.co.uk Twitter @bowiegallery

Cafédirect Discover the award-winning taste of Cafédirect coffee in the upcycled Cafédirect Container House. Designed by Wayne Hemingway, the Cafédirect House is the perfect place to chill out, try some delicious coffee and enter the competition to win a year’s supply of coffee!

Christ College, Brecon

Hay & District Chamber of Commerce Volunteers from the Hay & District Chamber of Commerce will be on site from 10am to 6pm daily with all you need to know about Hay and the surrounding area.

Herefordshire Churches Tourism Group

History Wales – Hanes Cymru History Wales – Hanes Cymru sees Cadw, the Welsh Assembly Government’s historic environment service, Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Historic Houses Association and History Research Wales joining forces to promote and raise awareness of the rich and varied heritage of Wales.

London Library

An HMC Independent Boarding and Day School for Boys and Girls, 11–18 years. At Christ College, education is about learning with enthusiasm and enjoyment; living and growing in a culture where every individual counts and where staff and pupils are passionate about what they do; it is about challenges and adventures of every sort; all conducted around our inspiring campus on the outskirts of Brecon.

Drop by The London Library stand to learn more about this unique literary establishment and the benefits of being a member of the world’s largest independent lending library. With over one million books in 50 languages available to borrow, a postal loans service for those living outside London, a wealth of electronic resources and unlimited loan periods, membership of the Library is simply bliss for bibliophiles. www.londonlibrary.co.uk

Eat Natural

Merchant & Mills

Eat Natural, makers of the popular fruit and nut bars and range of Toasted Mueslis, is proud to be back again at the Hay Festival. Guests can come along to our stand to find out how simple and lovely our bars and mueslis are – just full of wholesome, honest goodness. People will be able to find out all about our campaign to save Britain’s dwindling red squirrel population too. See you there!

National Trust

Garden in Transition 2011 To design this year’s Garden in Transition we are working with Hereford Art College students and Transition Hay-on-Wye. The students have been asked to take the principles of permaculture and interpret them in producing work for the Garden. The winning designs will then be installed in the Garden for the duration of the Festival – please do visit. ‘The

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Amnesty is delighted to be working with the Hay Festival this year to mark our 50th anniversary. Come and visit us to find out how you can join 3 million people worldwide in making a stand for human rights.

excitement and creative buzz of working with the Hay Festival is immense. Opportunities like this rarely come along and all of our students are thrilled to be a part of it. Permaculture will play an important part in their lives and this project gives them the chance to explore it creatively.’ James Smith, Extended Diploma Course Leader.

Merchant & Mills is at the cutting edge of the current sewing renaissance. We will be showing new patterns, tools, kits, notions and a range of exquisite British fabrics. We are thrilled to return to the Hay Festival (our 2010 launch pad) where you can try our dresses before buying the pattern. Enjoy a taste of the great outdoors at the National Trust stand and find information on our Hay events programme, our ‘away day’ walks on the Begwns, the Brecon Beacons, Brilley Estate and Croft Castle & Parkland; browse the outdoors shop and enjoy a range of outdoors activities. There’s the chance to help create a poem about the countryside; find out about the landscapes and houses you can visit nearby and buy or renew your membership.

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Onsite Extras Oxfam

Wales the True Taste

Oxfam’s back at Hay and, as ever, you’ll find our bookshop is bursting with brilliant books for everyone. We’re also asking festival-goers to donate books – part of our nationwide appeal for an extra 330,000 books in 3 weeks. Whether you bring or buy, you’ll be helping fight poverty worldwide.

Visit Wales the True Taste Pavilion. Food and drink has an important role to play in Wales – it puts the country on the world culinary map with a deserved reputation for quality and taste. We pride ourselves on producing some of the finest food and drink in the world, including our succulent Welsh lamb, unique artisan cheeses and refreshing homemade ciders.

Proexport Colombia Colombian Caribbean jewel Cartagena has been home to Hay Festival Cartagena since 2006. This amazing country offers a variety of landscapes, from the snowcapped peaks of the Andes Mountains, to the beaches of the Caribbean Sea, the exuberance of the Amazon, and the arid deserts of La Guajira. Come and visit us at our stand for more information.

RSPB Help us celebrate 100 years of the RSPB in Wales! Attend one of our Centenary Talks, join in on our Hay Fever and hf2 activities, or drop by our stand to chat about how becoming a member will support our conservation work. Nature is amazing – help us keep it that way! www.rspb.org.uk/wales

Spanish Tourist Board Spain is a land of heritage, nature, art, architecture, gastronomy, and amazing and varied scenery. Visit us to find out about Hay Festival Segovia and many other wonderful cultural destinations. Drop by to enter the draw to win a fantastic short break to the enchanting UNESCO World Heritage City of Cuenca. www.spain.info

The Unbound Pledging Shed A world first for Hay! Unbound is a new company enabling readers to directly fund the work of their favourite writers and to stay in contact with them (and other readers) through the writing of the book. The Unbound website is launching at Hay on 29 May with an event in the Festival programme featuring Terry Jones (ex-Monty Python), Gavin Pretor-Pinney (The Cloud Spotter’s Companion) and Rupert Isaacson (The Horse Boy) introducing their latest book ideas. Readers will also be able to visit the world’s first Unbound Pledging Shed on site throughout the Festival, to meet famous authors, watch their pitches and pledge support for their new book ideas. Join the revolution and visit the Unbound Shed: books are now in your hands!

Voices for the Library Voices for the Library aims to share positive stories from public libraries; provide factual information about library usage; provide spokespeople for the media; be a voice for communities and individuals to speak out about the value of public libraries; and support local campaigns to save libraries.

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Wiggly Wigglers Just outside the Sky Arts Den is the Wiggly Garden from Wiggly Wigglers. If you are a budding Tom, Barbara, Jerry or Margo, Wigglys have everything to make your ‘Good Life’ easy. Drop round to find out about worms, wildflowers, composting, GYO and lots more. Keep an eye on the Wiggly blackboards for more info during the festival.

ZIMS Beautiful handmade shoes carefully stitched by skilled Spanish shoemakers for a local company. In sumptuous soft leathers and suedes and a range of natural colours, there is a pair of ZIMS for everyone. Stylish, fun and comfortable – perfect for the discerning festival-goer. Come and see us at our stand. www.zimshoes.com

Friends of Bill Meeting – Friends of Bill W THE DRILL HALL, LION STREET

Daily reflections at 8.30am–9.30am Friday 27 May–Sunday 5 June.

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Hello! Welcome to our half-term, hand-picked line-up of live events, workshops and expeditions.We can’t wait to get started and with an even bigger programme this year, there’s even more for tots, teens and in-betweens to get involved with. Hay is all about discovery, so to help you pick out which events are perfect for you and your amigos we’ve created three strands to sit alongside our suggested age ranges:

Rib Ticklers Giggles, laughs, chortles, it’s all good. But be careful, jaw ache may set in.

Goosebumps All things spooky and scary. Consider yourselves lucky these are in daylight hours!

Knapsacks & Ginger Beer The essentials to any adventure and boy, are there escapades aplenty here.

Our blog is constantly being updated over at hayfestival.org/hayfever – this year sees guest contributors taking to their keyboards to give you a peek behind the scenes of Hay. A big thank you to The Headley Trust for kindly supporting all Hay Fever’s projects across the year. Thanks also to Hannah Shaw, our wonderful illustrator, who has brought to life our sheep neighbours, just over the hedge from Dairy Meadows, having a festival of their very own. And last but by no means least, a big cheer must go to all the artists, publishers, sponsors and volunteers who make Hay Fever so darn special each and every year.

Artwork © 2011 Hannah Shaw

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Young Friends Sign up at the Friends Desk with the lovely Olga to receive advance booking (really handy for those small workshops!) and special ticket offers during the festival. Plus priority entrance to all the main stages and a snazzy Young Friends card.

Safety Policy Children aged 12 years and under must be accompanied at all times by a parent or guardian, including during events, unless otherwise stated.The lost child point is located in the Make and Take Tent in the Hay Fever Courtyard.

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This mahoosive book will make you feel like a Borrower.There’s also the added bonus of it telling you pretty much everything you need to know about Earth. Fact. Christopher Lloyd, science writer extraordinaire and its wonderful author, will be at the wall every day in his coat of many pockets for a free talk. 12pm and 3pm from Saturday 28 May to Sunday 5 June.We’ve scribbled loads more about this online at hayfestival.org/hayfever…

10am and 5pm every day.We’ll be creating all kinds of wonderful bits and bobs, so pack lots of imagination. Herefordshire-based charity Concern Universal will be putting a global spin on activities across Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning.

Make and Take is back, so the whole family can get crafting with Hannah between

The Mess Tent What On Earth? Giant Wallbook

home to the brilliant We Are Words + Pictures on the first weekend and our Easy Peasy Cookery School for the rest of the week.

(yes, our very own bookshop!) selling lots of wonderful picture books.The super writers and illustrators with events in The Hexagon will be signing here, so make sure you flash a great big smile to anyone sat at our blue gingham table.

Mini Pembertons

is our very own courtyard within the main festival site – how lucky are we?! Home to our main venue, the Starlight Stage, and our workshop space, The Hexagon, as well as lots of lovely extras, including…

[HF1] 10AM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

[HF4] 11.30AM, THE HEXAGON, £3

[HF9] 4PM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

Julia Donaldson & Friends A Jolly Jamboree

Sean Taylor Purple Class

Robert Muchamore CHERUB’s Recruiting...

Join this beloved children’s writer and her lively cast, for stories and songs about dragons, ladybirds and cave babies. Meet Julia’s latest hero The Rhyming Rabbit, and be prepared for a guest appearance by the Gruffalo himself. 5+ years

Snappy, short stories about the craziest class ever.With plenty of mishaps and mayhem along the way this will be a hoot and a half. 7+ years [HF5] 1PM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

The author of CHERUB and Henderson’s Boys discusses a not-sotypical writing day and previews People’s Republic, the first in his brand new series of CHERUB adventures, out in August. 10+ years

[HF2] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Jason Bradbury Dot Robot: Cyber Gold

[HF10] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Join our favourite presenter of The Gadget Show as he introduces his new high-octane techno-thriller. Warning: may contain robots, breakdancing and gaming talk! 10+ years

James Holland Duty Calls: Dunkirk Join war historian and presenter of BBC2’s Battle of Britain as he takes us into the heart – and horror – of the Second World War through the eyes of a 16-year-old Private. 10+ years [HF3] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Alyxandra Harvey & Marcus Sedgwick Afterlives The pages of Haunting Violet and White Crow seep with atmosphere; their writers reveal how they weave secrets and mystery into their gothic dramas. Chaired by Jonathan Douglas. 12+ years


Deborah Newbold Macbeth A lyrical storytelling of royalty, madness and betrayal. An ideal introduction to Shakespeare and ‘the Scottish play’ from the Shakepeare’s Globe storyteller. Duration 45 mins. 9+ years

Come and meet this gorgeous little pig – listen to her latest adventures, sing songs and twirl to your heart’s content. 3-5 years [HF11] 4PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Hannah Shaw & Sean Taylor The Grizzly Bear With The Frizzly Hair

[HF7] 1PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

With lots of rhythm and rhyme it’s time to see if you can help Rabbit out of a tricky spot of bother along with the wonderful creators of Crocodiles Are The Best Animals Of All. 5-7 years

Hannah Shaw Sheepy Shenanigans

[HF12] 5.30PM, ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE, £4

Hay Fever’s official illustrator for 2011 lets us in on her drawing top tips and reads some of her baa-rmy stories.Then it’s your turn to make your very own Hay Fever sheep to hop home with. 5-7 years [HF8] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Mark Walden Super-Villains,Video Games & General Evilness Could you cut it at the Higher Institute of Villainous Education? Come and scheme with one of the most dastardly writers we know, as he gives us a sneak peek of H.I.V.E. 7 before its autumn release. 10+ years

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Olivia Party

David Almond & Patrick Ness My Name is Mina, A Monster Calls Two intensely personal and truly outstanding novels from two esteemed writers. Chaired by Jonathan Douglas. 12+ years [HF13] 7PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £2

Carnival Spectacular A colourful and lively display of art, drama, dance and song from Hereford College of Art students and Hampton Dene Primary School, drawing inspiration from Concern Universal’s work in Brazil. 7+ years Supported by Concern Universal


[HF17] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Judith Oakley Seashore Safari

Liz Pichon Oodles of Doodles

Starfish, crabs, jellyfish…Beaches are full of amazing wildlife, if only you know where to look. Join Judith, a passionate marine biologist, and discover the sandy secrets of British seasides. 8+ years

Meet Tom Gates – master of excuses, expert doodler and comic story writer extraordinaire. His journal (The Brilliant World of Tom Gates – obviously!) is pretty awesome and his creator is going to show you how yours can be too. Bring a pad and pencil! 7+ years


Mary Hooper & Linda Press Wulf Fallen Grace, Crusade Immerse yourselves in worlds gone by – the smog of Victorian London, the aromas of 13th century France and the heat of Jerusalem – with two stories of friendship, loss and love. Chaired by Peter Florence. 10+ years [HF16] 10AM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Rainbow Magic Fairy Party Don your best fairy wings and pop along for some fairy fun, glittery games and plenty of pretty prizes. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years


Rainbow Magic Fairy Party See event [HF16] [HF19] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Beast Quest Duel

[HF22] 2.30PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Caryl Hart How to Grow A Dinosaur Gardening has never been so wild! Join us to hear all about what happens to Albie when he plants some very special seeds, before collecting your own jungle seeds to grow at home. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years [HF23] 4PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5

Calling all valiant knights and questors! Six mystical beasts are guarding magical golden armour for the evil wizard Malvel. Help the good wizard Aduro, in this interactive event, to solve cryptic puzzles and free the beasts from Malvel’s evil spell. Exclusive goodies for all participants!. 7+ years

Peter Lord & Gideon Defoe with John Cassy Pirates!


Join the master of macabre as he dwells on all things gruesome and grisly. It doesn’t get more nail-biting than this – no, seriously! 9+ years

Louise Yates Frank & Teddy Make friends with Professor Frank Mouse and meet his lovely Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning creator. Collecting, making and mending has never been so much fun! Duration 40 mins. 5-7 years

The film-maker and founder of Aardman joins the author of the Pirates! series to present a tantalising glimpse of their upcoming animated collaboration. 7+ years [HF24] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Chris Priestly Tales of Terror


Louise Yates Frank & Teddy See event [HF20]

[HF21] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4


Dan Freedman Football Frenzy

Ally Kennan & Tim Bowler Quarry, Buried Thunder

Meet FA insider and author of Golden Goal and Shoot to Win as we challenge your footie knowledge and talent for some serious prizes. 9+ years

Dangerous secrets and deadly traps from two award-winning writers who know exactly what makes a page-turning thriller. Chaired by Pete Hurley. 12+ years

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Kipper & Friends

Penny Dale Dinosaur Dig!

Geraldine McCaughrean & Candy Gourlay Pull Out All The Stops, Tall Story

Come and meet your favourite little dog Kipper, created by Mick Inkpen. Hear all about his friends, including Wibbly Pig, and join in as wonderful storyteller Liz Fost leads us in stories and songs. A party not to be missed. 3+ years

It doesn’t get messier than diggers, dinosaurs and dirt! Come armed with your loudest ROAR and biggest STOMP as we meet the creator of this unique picture book. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years


[HF33] 2.30PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES

Jasper Fforde The Last Dragon Slayer

STAGE, £4

The creator of Thursday Next and Shades of Grey introduces the first in a new trilogy fizzing with energy and dry-humour. 10+ years [HF29] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Jonathan Stroud Bartimaeus Fantasy prequels don’t come more magical than this. The Ring of Solomon takes us back to 950 BC Jerusalem – so whether you’re an established or future fan, this is a must. 10+ years

The Etherington Brothers Monkey Nuts


This dynamic duo (of Dandy fame) introduce us to the world’s only tapdancing, banana-loving, rust-fighting, coconut-talking, crime-busting organisation! Join in for high fives galore and some awesome comic jamming. Bring a pad and pencil! 7+ years

Join this treasured author/illustrator as he introduces us to two very special toddlers as they discover friendship and sharing. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years


Caryl Hart Supermarket Zoo We all know supermarkets can be pretty boring, but what if instead of groceries, you could pop penguins and chameleons in your trolley? Join us for a shopping trip like no other, packed with imagination. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years [HF31] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Anna Kemp & Sara Ogilvie Rhinos Don’t Eat Pancakes What would you do if you found a purple rhino chomping pancakes on your sofa? Join the fabulous team behind Dogs Don’t Do Ballet as they introduce you to Daisy and her unlikely new friend. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

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Axel Scheffler Pip & Posy


Mini Grey Paper Treasures Come and meet the much-adored creator of The Adventures Of The Dish And The Spoon and Three By The Sea. Packed full of handmade surprises, tips on how to make your very own book and a sneak peek at Traction Man and the Beach Odyssey out in July. Duration 40 mins. 5-7 years [HF36] 4PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £4

Charlie Higson & Darren Shan The Dead, Ocean of Blood In this ‘dream team’ event Hay brings together for the very first time two of the biggest names on the horror circuit. Join them as they talk the undead and their future plans. 10+ years

Humour and quirkiness sit at the very heart of these two new adventures; join their authors as they reveal how they put spark into their writing. Chaired by Sarah McIntyre. 9+ years [HF38] 4PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Mini Grey Paper Treasures See event [HF35] [HF39] 5.30PM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £8

Michael Morpurgo, John Tams and Barry Coope War Horse: A Musical Reading A live storytelling of this modern classic, with music and songs from the National Theatre production. 7+ years Sponsored by Aquila Trust Mid-Wales Music Fund [HF40] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Fiona Dunbar Ghostorama Enter a world of phantom science teachers, dead celebrities and some very spooky goings on…Join Fiona Dunbar on her ghostly quest with her new character Kitty Slade; together you will create a spooky mystery story…and solve it! 9+ years



Oliver Jeffers Illustration Masterclass

Kevin Crossley Holland Bracelet of Bones

The star behind Lost and Found and The Heart and the Bottle gives us a rare insight into his unique illustrative style. 12 years–adult Supported by CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal

[HF45] 1PM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

Malorie Blackman Boys Don’t Cry [HF41] 10AM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £6

Axel Scheffler & Diana Quick Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats Whiskers at the ready! Live drawing from one of our most treasured illustrators, accompanied by readings of TS Eliot’s renowned poems from the beloved English actress. Dressing up actively encouraged. 7+ years

Noughts and Crosses touched us all and Hay is delighted to welcome Malorie back with her startlingly fresh look at teenage fatherhood. 12+ years [HF46] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Ciaran Murtagh A Prehistoric Poo Party Star of CBBC’s The Slammer joins us for comedy, capers and cave-boy antics with his latest Charlie Flint adventure. 7+ years



Sarah McIntyre Cartoon Creations

Sarah McIntyre & Anne Cottringer When Titus Took The Train

Hurrah! We’ve got our hands on this inspired illustrator and comics creator for a whole hour. So come and meet her cartoon friends and learn super-secret tips on how to invent your own characters. Bring a pad and pencil! 5+ years


Anne Marie Conway Star Makers Club It’s time to shine! Join the creator of this snazzy new drama club series as she introduces Polly, Sam and Phoebe: three girls with big dreams, but maybe a few butterflies too. 7+ years [HF51] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Eat My Shorts Blast from the Past! From early Victorian optical imagery to hilarious silent experimental film, this shorts selection charts the development and discovery of the moving image. And trot home with your own optical toy to try out. Introduced by the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. 5 years–adult Supported by the BFI & Film Agency for Wales

All aboard! With bandits in fisticuffs and an avalanche of giant boulders, not to mention a T-Rex, it’s time to muster all your courage for a very special journey. Perilous adventure awaits. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

[HF43] 11.30AM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

[HF48] 2.30PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4

Michael Morpurgo An Elephant in the Garden

Nikalas Catlow, Tim Wesson & YOU! Mega-Mash Ups

The nation’s favourite storyteller joins us to look at his latest gem. Limited signing. 7+ years In association with The British Council

The captivating author of the Arthur trilogy returns to Hay with his new Viking Saga. Chaired by Peter Florence. 10+ years

What happens when Ninjas meet Pirates in a haunted museum, or Robots take on Gorillas in the desert? Well, that’s up to you… Bring a pad and pencil! 7+ years

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StoryBoard & Young Film Academy EUREKA!

Layn Marlow How Many Sleeps?

Layn Marlow How Many Sleeps?

We all know birthdays can never come quickly enough! And Toast, a little field mouse, is no exception. Join the illustrator behind Puddle’s Big Step for Toast’s story and lots more. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

See event [HF57]

Have you ever had an idea for a brilliant movie? This is your chance to have that dream come true at a cinema near you. Help us launch a pioneering project at Hay: a major motion picture, made for kids, by kids. The story starts here, so bring your imagination.This is brainstorming for the big screen… Duration 75 mins. 9+ years [HF53] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Lauren St John Laura Marlin Mysteries Messages in bottles, forbidden caves; adventure is never far away when Laura moves to Cornwall in this new Blue Peter award winning series from the beloved creator of White Giraffe. 9+ years [HF54] 11.30AM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4

Philip Ardagh When Bunnies Turn Bad Beardy Ardagh (it’s ok, we’re allowed to call him that!) shows just what it is that would make any sane-minded person avoid visiting Grubtown for business or pleasure at all costs, and exactly why we love it so. 7+ years [HF55] 11.30AM, ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE, £4

John Connolly Hell’s Bells A strange novel for strange young people. Is that you? Connolly invites us in to witness the coming of a sequel to the demonically dark The Gates. 10+ years [HF56] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Emily Gravett Wolf Won’t Bite! A whistle-stop tour of the two-time Greenaway Medal-winning illustrator’s favourite creations; from her adventurous meerkat to her three new cheeky little circus pigs. 5-7 years

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[HF58] 1PM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

Caroline Lawrence The Western Mysteries Yee-hah! Saddle up as the creator of The Roman Mysteries reveals her brand new series at Hay. Some rootin’ tootin’ prizes for the bestdressed cowboys and cowgirls. 9+ years [HF59] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

David Bedford Animal Magic! Join us as we hear all about George the zebra, Morris the mole and his mole babies. Don’t forget your dancing shoes! Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years [HF60] 2.30PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4

Judith Kerr My Henry Judith’s creations sit at the heart of every good bookshelf. Gather round as she introduces her charming new picture book and looks back on Mog, The Tiger Who Came To Tea and When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit. 9 years–adult [HF61] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Ali Sparkes & Graham Marks Spies, Lies and Bad Guys Two top writers take a closer look at edge-of-your-seat drama. Frozen in Time and Mean Streets:The Chicago Caper are bursting with conspiracy and danger, but how do they come up with all their ideas? 9+ years

[HF63] 4PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £3

Where’s Spot? Spot the playful puppy is coming to Hay for a game of hide and seek, with plenty of storytelling and songs along the way. 3–5 years [HF64] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Joanna Nadin & Tamsyn Murray Ghosts, Gossip & Glee Join the lovely authors of Buttercup Mash and My So-Called Phantom Lovelife for a chat about their new characters Buttercup Jones and Skye Thackery. 10+ years [HF65] 4PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Flat Stanley One day Stanley wakes up as flat as a pancake, but why worry? He can fly like a kite! Join us to hear his story and make your very own Flat Stanley to pop in the post. 5-7 years [HF66] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Eat My Shorts Happy Days! Memories are made of this. From films featuring the iconic Saturday matinée to information shorts telling us how to sneeze properly – a look at how things used to be. Introduced by the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. 5 years–adult Supported by the BFI & Film Agency for Wales

[HF67] 10AM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £3

[HF73] 1PM, ELMLEY FOUNDATION THEATRE,

[HF79] 4PM, SUMMER HOUSE, £4

FREE BUT TICKETED

Peter Rabbit Puppet Show

Ladybird Live

Hop along to this charming storytelling show where The Tale of Peter Rabbit is brought to life. Help Peter escape from Mr McGregor’s garden and send him on his journey. 3-5 years

Stories, songs and rhymes galore for tinies from a professional storyteller. Duration 20 mins. 0-3 years

Guy Bass Monster Mischief!


Ali Sparkes S.W.I.T.C.H.


Joanna Nadin Penny Dreadful Penny is a magnet for disaster.Take cover as her creator shares tales of mischief-making, mayhem and…hairdressing?! 7+ years

Boy or insect? Josh and Danny are in big bug trouble! Come and hear how to write creepy crawly adventures and why you might want to think twice before squishing ants in the future. 7+ years

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[HF69] 10AM, THE HEXAGON, £3

See event [HF63].

[HF75] 2.30PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES £3

Where’s Spot?

Flat Stanley See event [HF65] [HF70] 11.30AM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £4

Korky Paul Winnie the Witch Have fun with The World’s Greatest Portrait Painter and Dinosaur Drawer! Join Korky for an energyfilled event of quick sketching and story-book adventure. 5-80+ years [HF71] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Andy Briggs Tarzan:The Greystoke Legacy With the blessing of the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate, comes a Tarzan for the 21st century.The author of Villain.net talks warring guerrillas, poaching, illegal logging and the environment, before putting your survival knowledge to the test. 9+ years [HF72] 1PM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

Alex Scarrow Time Riders: Doomsday Code Join Alex for some serious time travel adventure, as he introduces the third book in his thrilling series.Take part in the interactive game show and challenge your history knowledge. 10+ years


Ellie Sandall Daisy Listen to the wonderful creator of Birdsong as she reads and illustrates from her beautiful new book Daisy Plays Hide-and-Seek.Then camouflage your very own cow. Bring a pad and pencil! 5-7 years [HF77] 4PM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

Andy Stanton Mr Gum

Let’s go monstering! Join monster expert Guy Bass to explore the weird and wonderful world of Gormy Ruckles. 5-7 years [HF80] 5.20PM, LLWYFAN – WALES STAGE, £7

CYMRU

James Campbell Comedy 4 Kids Back with a brand new show, James will cover ways to make parsnips interesting, how to look a chicken in both eyes at the same time and why owls don’t like Easter. And just so you know, it may also involve three dancing oatcakes called Celia, Amelia and Deal-or-no-Delia. Warning: Side effects may include your sides hurting! 7+ years [HF81] 5.20PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £3

Eat My Shorts Animation Imagination! A look at the beauty, humour, quirkiness and sheer versatility of this wonderful medium: films that will make you laugh and cry…but mostly laugh! Introduced by the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. 5 years–adult Supported by the BFI & Film Agency for Wales

Smooky palooki! This event is going to be well brilliant! Time to join Polly and Friday on another crazy adventure on the streets of Lamonic Bibber, wethinks. 7+ years [HF78] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Tamsyn Murray Stunt Bunny Ladies and Gentlemen, we’re delighted to introduce Harriet Houdini aka Stunt Bunny to Hay! Well, perhaps not in rabbit, but her wonderful creator will talk tricks and flips, with operasinging poodles and giggling guinea pigs along the way. 5-7 years

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Andy Stanton, Jeremy Strong,Tamsyn Murray Punny Flannel Three of the world’s (yes, we said world’s!) funniest children’s writers come together in a wonderfully random mish-mash look at laughs. Chaired by the hilarious James Campbell. 7+ years [HF83] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Jonny Duddle Pirate Cruncher Ahoy there me hearties! Join this salty sea dog of an illustrator as he tells monsterish tales inspired by his role as an artist for Pirates of the Caribbean. Don’t forget to dress the part, or you may have to walk the plank! 5-7 years [HF84] 10AM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Thomas Docherty Travelling Tales Whisk away on a flight of fancy to sand dunes and high seas with this talented writer and illustrator. Packed full of giant props and lots of imagination, this is perfect for daydreamers and their families. 3-5 years


[HF91] 2.30PM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

Ed Vere Bedtime for Monsters

Michelle Magorian Goodnight Mr Tom

What if a monster were looking for a you-shaped bedtime snack? GULP! Fear not, the brilliant creator of Chick, Mr Big and Banana! returns to Hay with so much energy even the biggest of tummy rumbles will be silenced. 3-5 years

Delve inside the covers of this touching and powerful classic as it reaches its 30th birthday. 10 years–adult


Dinkin is afraid of everything (and we mean everything, not just scary things). Join his infectiously enthusiastic creator and learn how to protect yourself from Zombaliens and whatnot. 7+ years

Mat Head Warduff And The Corncob Caper There’s mischief down on the farm and there’s only one cat you can call. Come and help outwit the wiliest of foxes and hear all about the joys of napping and fish cakes. 5-7 years [HF88] 1PM, OXFAM STAGE, £4

Jeremy Strong The Cartoon Kid Wham-bam-jelly-and-jam! I think it’s about time you became a superhero, don’t you? Join the comic maestro behind The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog and My Brother’s Hots Cross Bottom as he introduces his brand new series. 7+ years [HF89] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Hilary McKay Caddy’s World Hay is delighted to revisit the colourful Casson family as Hilary takes us back in time with her latest book, which once again shows the lightness of touch and warmth that has won over millions of fans. Chaired by Gaby Wood. 9+ years [HF90] 1PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

[HF85]11.30AM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

Jacqueline Wilson Lily Alone An enchanting visit from the most borrowed author in Britain’s libraries. Limited signing. 9+ years

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Thomas Docherty Ruby Nettleship And The Ice Lolly Adventure Join us for a magical tale of imagination and rainbow dreams from the creator of the enchanting Little Boat, then trot home with your very own magical lolly! 5-7 years


Guy Bass Dinkin Dings


Mat Head Warduff And The Corncob Caper See event [HF87]


Kate Wilson Are Apps the Picture Books of the Future? Join one of the leading lights of children’s publishing to discover the latest picture book developments for your little ones. Parents [HF95] 3.45PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Adam Stower Silly Doggy! Join the illustrator of Bottoms Up! and see why little Lily’s new dog is a dog with a difference.With jokes, songs and general merriment for all. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years [HF96] 5.15PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Meg Rosoff There Is No Dog What if the world was created by a teenage boy called Bob? Hay is thrilled to welcome Meg back as she gives us an exclusive preview of her futureclassic before its August release. Chaired by Gaby Wood. Teens – hf2 Supported by CILIP Carnegie Medal

[HF97] 9AM, THE HEXAGON, £3



Adam Stower Silly Doggy!

Johnny O’Brien Time-Twists And Tudors

Tracey Corderoy Trollific Tales

See event [HF95]

Jack Christie is back in The Day of Deliverance, but can he foil the plot to assassinate Elizabeth I? Travel back in time and for the ultimate espionage challenge. Have you got what it takes? 9+ years [HF101] 11.30AM, THE HEXAGON, £3

The Grunt and the Grouch are two of the most disgusting and badlybehaved trolls in the world – and the most fun! Come and discover a world of no baths, bogies and burps. It’s time to bring out your innertroll! Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

Tracey Corderoy Beautiful Birds


[HF98] 10AM, BARCLAYS WEALTH PAVILION, £4

Eoin Colfer Artemis Fowl And The Atlantis Complex Join this utterly brilliant writer in an adrenaline-fuelled exposé of his teenage criminal mastermind. 9+ years [HF99] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

David Roberts Dirty Bertie Bertie is particularly dirty; he’s also pretty infamous now (thanks to his terrifically smelly trumps!) Join his ohso-clean creator for comic chaos and giggles. 5-7 years [339] 10AM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £7

Cerys Matthews Tales From The Deep Cerys breathes new beauty into Welsh legends, with poetry and songs. Magical. 5+ years

Dylan the Duckling and the Little White Owl each have adventurous spirits. Pull up a cushion and hear all about their travels. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years [HF102] 1PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £4

Garth Nix & Sean Williams Troubletwisters Join two bestselling writers (Nix with Sabriel and The Keys to the Kingdom, Williams with The Fixers and Star Wars: Force Heretic) as they introduce their brand new supernatural series. A rare treat. 9+ years

Jason Wallace, Jim Carrington & Irfan Master Out Of Shadows, In The Bag, A Beautiful Lie Three coming-of-age fictions, three continents, three striking new voices that need to be heard. Chaired by Daniel Hahn. Teens – hf2 [HF106] 2.30PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Jon Blake & David Roberts It’s A Mutiny, Miss! All aboard SS Bounty (yes that’s right, it’s a School Ship!) for swashbuckling adventures and tall-ship tales with this writer and illustrator team. 9+ years


Ian Whybrow Harry And The Dinosaurs Delve into the bucketful of stories, to hear more adventures from one of Britain’s best-loved picture book authors.With songs and games galore, it’s going to be raaah-tastic! 5-7 years


Lucy Christopher & Gill Lewis Flyaway, Sky Hawk Two breath-taking wildlife tales to discover and treasure. 9+ years Supported by RSPB Cymru [HF108] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4

Peter Cocks & Keren David Long Reach, Almost True These two compelling writers know how to deliver their thrillers ice-cold. Join them as they talk flawed heroes, plot twists and danger. Chaired by Pete Hurley. 12+ years

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Haiti Kids Kino Project

Lynne Chapman Bears On The Stairs

Lynne Chapman Dragon’s Dinner

Join the wonderful illustrator of this hairy story and perhaps pick up some crafty tactics for delaying bedtime along the way! Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

Join in the rhymes, as Dragon searches for snacks in the woods. Duration 40 mins. 3-5 years

There’s more to film than the latest blockbuster; cinema can unite communities and inspire hope.The Haiti Kids Kino Project is one such example of this in action and we think what they do is ace, so we’ve invited them to take over our Starlight Stage for the whole day. Across the day families will be able to view films made by Haitian children, create ‘video postcards’ to send back and watch a selection of the most successful shorts screened as part of their transformative project. Visit hayfestival.org/hayfever for a breakdown of the day. Families Supported by Film Agency for Wales

[HF113] 4PM, THE HEXAGON, £3 [HF111] 1PM, THE HEXAGON, £3

Viv Schwarz There Are No Cats In This Event…No, Really! Tiny, Moonpie and André from There Are Cats In This Book are back – or are they? Join their creator for a hands-on look at how your doodles can turn into the most amazing stories. 5-7 years

Viv Schwarz A Place To Call Home A band of hamster brothers embark on a quest, but will they find what they’re looking for? Meet their illustrator and discover how the biggest of worlds can exist in the smallest of spaces. 5-7 years

EXPEDITIONS Throughout the week 29 MAY [HF120] 3PM, MEET AT BOX OFFICE, £3 SUNDAY

Butterfly Walk Join Patrick Barkham, author of The Butterfly Isles, on a quest into the overlooked corners of Hay to discover the wonder of butterflies. Duration approx. 120 mins. 8+ years–adult

fARM VISITS Sponsored by Hay Veterinary Group

Join local agronomist Jonathon Harrington and vet Barney Sampson as they explore farms in the local area. Expedition parties meet at 9am at the box office on the day of their excursion, to return at around 1pm. Limited numbers of self-drive tickets are available too, please contact the box office on 01497 822 629 for more information. On the day please wear suitable footwear and waterproof clothing in case of inclement weather. Tickets to all farm visits £5

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MONDAY

30 MAY

WEDNESDAY

[HF121]

Llwynberried Farm

[HF123]

John and Helen Price open the gates to their farm, which specialises in producing top quality beef from their single suckler herd.The farm produces all its own fodder and feed crops and supplies both local and national retailers. A new enterprise involves the growing of daffodils for the production of a drug, which is used for treatment of Alzheimers. Beef from the farm will be served in bread rolls at the end of the visit. 31 MAY [HF122] The Welsh TUESDAY

Venison Centre Andrew and Elaine Morgan kindly welcome us to their deer farm, where the does will be calving; we will be travelling by tractor and trailer, and there will be opportunity to visit the farm shop.

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Hill Farm

Richard and Penny Chantler’s farm sits high on the side of the Black Mountains and produces New Zealand Romneys. See a demonstration of sheep dogs at work and sheep shearing, and handle newly-born lambs. Lamb rolls made from farm produce will be served at the end of a short farm walk. 2 JUNE [HF124] Trevithel THURSDAY

Court Farm

Walk through David and Catherine James’s orchards, see how the trees are managed and sample the cider. Look inside the beehives, and learn how honey is made.An extensive range of farm machinery will be laid out for inspection. 3 JUNE [HF125] Maesllwch FRIDAY

Farm

Andrew and Rachel Giles’ farm has a purely organic dairy herd of 350 cows producing milk for Yeo Valley, who make it into yoghurt and cheese. Enter the milking parlour and help to milk some of the cows, as well as see the young calves. Samples of whole milk and other dairy products will be provided for tasting. This visit: 8 years–adult

WORKSHOPS Full listings, age ranges and booking online at hayfestival.org/hayfever

Easy Peasy Cookery School Sponsored by Brakes Fresh Ideas 30 MAY–FRIDAY 3 JUNE MESS TENT, £10 PER SESSION MONDAY

Daily at 10am (5-9 years – children must be accompanied) Daily at 11.30am (10-14 years) Join us in making mouth-watering Strawberry Shortcake with Cream, delicious! Duration 60 mins. Daily at 2.30pm (5-9 years – children must be accompanied) Daily at 4pm (10-14 years) Join us in making freshly baked herby flowerpot bread. Duration 60 mins.

Film Supported by the BFI and Film Agency for Wales SATURDAY

28 MAY, 5.30PM, THE HEXAGON, £4

Gruesome & Gory Movie FX Pick up some tricks from the special effects trade and create realistic scars, bruises and wounds without the pain of getting hurt. Duration 120 mins. 10+ years MONDAY

Creative Writing Get writing with some of the UK’s most talented authors and pick up tips and techniques to take home, from characterization and points of view to comedy and poetry.Writers sharing their expertise include: Elen Caldecott, Candy Gourlay, Jill Hucklesby, Graham Marks, Ciaran Murtagh, Lucy Christopher, Irfan Master, Johnny O’Brien, Jim Carrington and Jason Wallace.

TUESDAY

31 MAY, 10AM, 11.30AM & 2.30PM

Fancy stepping into the shoes of Joss Whedon, Andrew Davies or Diablo Cody? Join writer/director James Walker from Young Film Academy as he introduces the basic pillars of screen storytelling. Duration 120 mins. 12+ years

SATURDAY

28 MAY, 10AM–4PM

CUSOP VILLAGE HALL, £5

Civil War Siege Drama Day Are you in Oliver’s Army or a King Charles spaniel? When a city changes hands five times, as Royalists rumble with Roundheads, who are the real winners and losers? Uncover tales of trickery, love and heroism in this oneday drama workshop for the whole family. Participants will be involved in live filming, editing, drama and puppet, scenery and costume making, leading up a final performance to friends and family. 8+ years–adult Supported by Heritage Lottery Fund & Hereford Cathedral

MONDAY

31 MAY–FRIDAY 3 JUNE

THE HEXAGON, £4

VARIOUS TIMES, THE HEXAGON, £5

Make a Silent Film

Animating The Afterlife With The British Museum

The BFI National Archive is home to thousands of films made in Britain before the emergence of sound in 1929, but what are the ideal ingredients of a silent film? Families are invited to pick up a camera to make their own shorts with the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. Pluck and ingenuity a must. Duration 60 mins. Families

30 MAY, 9AM, THE HEXAGON, £15

Screenwriting Masterclass

Drama

THURSDAY

2 JUNE, 1PM & 6.45PM

THE HEXAGON, £4

Make a Zombie Thriller Bring your best crawls, falls and zombie arms and come play dead with the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer.The living dead have been a horrifying feature of cinema since 1930s – watch snatches of some archive classics before grabbing a camera and creating your own. Duration 120 mins. Families

Join staff from the Samsung Digital Discovery Centre at the British Museum to create short films based around the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. Become the star of your own film as you transform yourself into ancient Egyptian gods and creatures. Use Samsung HD video cameras and a green screen to record your masterpiece, then edit it and add special effects, before uploading to the web to share with family and friends. Duration 120 mins. 7-10 years & 10-14 years Each young person attending a workshop without an adult must fill in a Permission Form. Permission Forms are available online upon booking or by request from the Box Office.

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WORKSHOPS From site-specific drama with dANTE OR dIE to paper free science with NNL, this year's teen programme is bursting at the seams with variety and opportunity. Rising Stars will focus on the flow of text, words and fictions, while the University of Worcester mash up The Apprentice and Dragon's Den. Agony Aunt Karen Doherty chats friendships, families and life, and Nominet bring the digital world to Hay. A taste of Hollywood comes from Epiphany Productions, plus there's the UPS driving simulator and this is just between 11.30am and 3.30pm each day!

LIVE EVENTS Too many by far to mention here, but our teen picks from across the 2011 programme have to include: Brian Cox, Ralph Fiennes, Alyxandra Harvey, Josie Long, Monarchy, DBC Pierre, Meg Rosoff, Jason Wallace and The Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.* *The programme index is majorly useful for finding where these events will be across the festival. Got your own recommendations? Let us know.

MUSIC Evenings roll over to our music sessions with Roland and Cool Fossil Music, so if you want to sample life as a DJ, master some bass basics or turn your bedroom into a studio these are for you - more info online at hayfestival.org/hf2.

THINK BIG Every day at 4pm UK Youth and O2 will be hosting conversations on issues that matter to you. The question is, how can you make a difference?

SCHEDULE Check out the full breakdown of events at hayfestival.org/hf2 or Facebook our hf2 page.

GET INVOLVED 01497 822 629 hayfestival.org/hf2

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Travel & Maps

hayfestival.org

Car Parking

Hay-on-Wye is situated just off the A348 between Brecon and Hereford. The Festival is well signposted. The nearest railway station is Hereford, twenty miles away, and Hereford bus station is served by National Express coaches. Railway enquiries nationalrail.co.uk 08457 48 49 50 Coach information from nationalexpress.com 08705 80 80 80 Public transport information from traveline.info 08712 00 22 33

The car parks are situated off the Brecon Road B4350, and also on the Llanigon Road. Parking costs £5 per day (£3 after 6pm) and includes free use of the Richard Booth’s Bookshop Bus on the day of purchase for the driver and up to three passengers. Please retain your parking ticket if you wish to use the bus. Please refrain from parking on the roads in Hay.

Festival Bus Link Hereford to Hay Our special festival bus service linking with trains and coaches at Hereford’s train and bus stations runs for the duration of the Festival. There is also a scheduled bus service (Service 39 or 39A) from Hereford and Brecon to Hay-on-Wye operating seven days a week. Detailed timetable at hayfestival.org/travel.

Bus Tickets Adults Children

£6 single £10 return £2.50 single £4.50 return

Through tickets all the way to Hay (train and bus) can be purchased at train stations nationwide.

Sky Shuttle Bus Service Avoid the queues and choose the greener way to travel – leave your car at home this year and take the Sky Shuttle bus. Sky will be running bus services on three routes this year, linking up local villages to the festival site. The buses will call at stops including Llanigon, Glasbury, Llowes, Clyro, Clifford, Cusop and Brecon. To find out more go to hayfestival.org/shuttlebus. The shuttle bus is generously provided by Sky. Day tickets are just £2, payable as a charitable donation to Sky Rainforest Rescue (see sky.com/rainforestrescue for more information).

Car Share Scheme If you would like to reduce your carbon footprint, help other people travel to Hay-on-Wye and save money, why not offer your empty car seats to others on goCarShare.com? GoCarShare is built around Facebook; you can log in quickly and look at people’s profiles before deciding whether you would like to travel with them.

Local Taxis Taxi share scheme is available from: A2B Taxis Julie’s A1 Cabs

01874 754 007 07899 846 592 07910 931 999

Self Drive Hire LT Baynham, Whitecross Road, Hereford 01432 273 298

Richard Booth’s Bookshop Bus A regular shuttle bus service will be running between the Festival site and the town centre throughout the Festival. Day tickets for the shuttle bus are £1 unless a valid festival parking ticket is presented. Pick up and drop off points are at the Clock Tower, Oxford Road car park and the Festival site.

Travel & Maps

Getting to Hay

The shuttle bus is sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop and by Hay & District Chamber of Commerce

Pedicabs A sustainable, pedal-powered, zero-emission taxi service, keeping things simple and fun, honest and green. Take a ride in our Festival cycle rickshaws operating between the Festival site and the Swan Hotel. Provided by Hereford Pedicabs – 07718 320 195

Drover Holidays Cycle Park A secure stewarded cycle park is available on the Festival site, run by Drover Holidays, who will also be offering a cycle repair service and cycle hire.

Accommodation For the Hay Festival Bed Finder service call Lucy on 01497 821 526 until 20 May, email [email protected] or visit hayfestival.org/beds. Alternatively try our sponsor hotels and campsites. They are all excellent. Visitors may also try the following Tourist Information Services: Hay-on-Wye 01497 820 144 Talgarth 01874 712 226 Brecon 01874 622 485 Crickhowell 01873 812 105 Hereford 01432 268 430 Kington 01544 230 778

Camping Tangerine Fields Campsite 07821 807 000 or visit tangerinefields.co.uk Wye Meadow Camping 01874 690 245 or email campwyemeadow@ peakperformance-consultancy.com Blue Bell Tents 07748 184 192 or visit bluebelltents.com Pennard Orchard 07779 641 482 or visit pennardorchard.co.uk The Radnor Arms Campsite 01497 847 460 or visit theradnorarms.com

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Hay Town Map

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Festival Site Map

For full details of exhibitors please see Onsite Extras on pages 67–70.

4 Eat Natural, Amnesty International, Voices for the Library

3 Christ College, Brecon, RSPB, Herefordshire Churches Tourism Group, Proexport Colombia, London Library, National Trust

2 History Wales – Hanes Cymru, Oxfam

EXHIBITORS 1 Art Meets Matter, Bowie Gallery, Merchant & Mills, Zims

FOOD & DRINKS Festival Foodhall Graze Festival Bar Ascari Café Friends Café

VENUES Barclays Wealth Pavilion Oxfam Stage Llwyfan Cymru – Wales Stage Sky Arts Studio Elmley Foundation Theatre Hay Fever Courtyard Starlight Stage The Hexagon Mess Tent Summer House The Moot

Index by event number AARONOVITCH,

David, 60, 79, 82,

103, 129

212, 238, 250, 285, 306, 336, 382, 422 BOBBITT, Philip, 359, 383 BOURNE, Stephen, 176 BOWEN, Huw, 35, 80, 126, 333, 384 BOWEN, Jeremy, 120 BOWLER, Tim, HF26 BOYCOTT, Rosie, 50, 60, 66, 84, 95, 114, 144, 177, 186, 203, 230, 251, 290, 326, 332, 351, 362, 368, 413, 417 BOYLE, Mark, 239 BOYNE, John, 212 BRACEWELL, Michael, 99 BRADBURY, Jason, HF5 BRADFIELD, James Dean, 164 BRAGG, Melvyn, 358 BRAND, Jo, 198 BRENDEL, Alfred, 342 BRIDGEWATER, Emma, 130 BRIGGS, Andy, HF71 BRIGSTOCKE, Marcus, 345, 353, 407 BROOK, Timothy, 62, 85 BROOKMYRE, Christopher, 319 BROOKS, Michael, 218 BROTHERTON-RATCLIFFE, Kate, 386 BROWN, Jane, 228 BROWN, Mick, 64 BUILTH MALE VOICE CHOIR, 9 BULLOUGH, Oliver, 110, 133 BULLOUGH, Tom, 236, 291 BURTON-HILL, Clemency, 398 BUTLER, Nick, 158 BUTTERWORTH, Alex, 57 BYRNE, Jason, 33 CALDECOTT, Elen, page 83 CAMPBELL, James, HF80, HF82 CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON, Rachel, 22 CAREY, John, 295 CARRINGTON, Jim, HF105, page 83 CARRIÈRE, Jean-Claude, 57 CASEY, Derek, 28 CASSY, John, HF23 CATLOW, Nikalas, HF48 CEILIDH BANDEMONIUM, 374 CERCAS, Javier, 98 CHANG, Ha-Joon, 100 CHANTLER, Richard & Penny, HF123 CHAPMAN, Lynne, HF110, HF112 CHARLESWORTH, Ian, 420 CHRISTOPHER, Lucy, HF107, page 83 CHUA, Amy, 402 CLARE, Horatio, 110, 155, 159 CLARK, Stuart, 300 CLARKE, Gillian, 264 CLAYTON, Nicky, 304, 377 CLEIN, Natalie, 201, 206 CLOSE, Frank, 231 COCKER, Mark, 203 COCKS, Peter, HF108 COCKSWORTH, Christopher, 13, 16

COHAN, William, 284 COHEN, Richard, 195 COLE, Lily, 78 COLE, Martina, 44 COLFER, Eoin, 313, HF98 COLLING, Steve, 23 COLLINGHAM, Lizzie, 263 CONISBEE, Molly, 3 CONNOLLY, John, HF55 CONRADI, Peter, 185, 291 CONWAY, Anne Marie, HF50 COOPE, Barry, HF39 COOTE, Anna, 239 COOVER, Robert, 115 COPE, Wendy, 273 CORDEROY, Tracey, HF101, HF104 CORDINGLY, David, 265 COREN, Victoria, 326 COR MEIBION ABERHONDDU, 9 COR MEIBION TALGARTH MALE CHOIR, 9 CORRIGAN, Kitty, 332 CORRY, Stephen, 10 CORRY, Steve, 6 COTTRINGER, Anne, HF47 COWAN, James, 315 COWPER COLES, Sherard, 343 COX, Brian, 63 COX, Peter, HF108 CRACKNELL, James, 213 CROMPTON, Sarah, 69, 109, 275, 287 CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin, HF49 CRUICKSHANK, Dan, 250 CRYER, Barry, 156 CRYSTAL, Ben, 105 CRYSTAL, David, 286, 303 DALE, Penny, HF32 D’ANCONA, Matthew, 119 DANNATT, Richard, 51 dANTE OR dIE, page 84 DAVID, Keren, HF108 DAVIDSON, Jane, 5, 23 DAVIDSON, Martin, 371 DAVIES, Andrew, 293, 322 DAVIES, Deborah Kay, 347 DAVIES, Grahame, 340 DAVIES, Gwen, 159 DAVIES, Jeremy, 23 DAVIES, Richard, 397 DAVIS, Evan, 388 DAVIS SMITH, Justin, 260 DEACON, Russell, 8 DEAVER, Jeffery, 53 DEB, Siddhartha, 334 DEFOE, Gideon, HF23 DELANEY, Luc, 321 DESAI, Kishwar, 49 DESAI, Meghnad, 83 DOANE, Deborah, 4 DOCHERTY, Thomas, HF84, HF90 DOCX, Ed, 248

Index

ABAD FACIOLINCE, Hector, 290 ABUELAISH, Izzeldin, 114 ACHESON, David, 252 AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM, 32 AHMADI, Pegah, 414 AHMED, Kamal, 216 AKOTO, Eric, 127 ALDERSEY WILLIAMS, Hugh, 152 AL KHALILI, Jim, 162, 172 ALBERT, Corisande, 27, 294 ALEXANDER, Douglas, 79 ALMOND, David, HF12 ANAM, Tahmina, 347 ANDERSON, Gillian, 375 ANDERSON, Tom, 352 ANDERTON, Stephen, 279 ANTONIO, Esteban, 166 APPIGNANESI, Lisa, 365 APPLEBY, Robert, 162 ARDAGH, Philip, HF54 ARMITAGE, Simon, 107 ARNOLD, Gaynor, 109 ASLAN, Reza, 72 ASLETT, Clive, 289 ATKINS, Peter, 261 ATTLEE, James, 344 BADDIEL, David, 129 BAGGINI, Julian, 244 BAILEY, David, 111 BAKER, Simon, 15 BAKEWELL, Joan, 101, 128 BALDWIN, Mark, 377 BALL, Philip, 367, 391 BANKS, Iain M, 422 BARBER, Lynn, 139 BARKHAM, Patrick, 140, HF120 BARROW, John, 26, 43 BASS, Guy, HF79, HF92 BAUER, Belinda, 306 BEALE, Simon Russell, 17 BEAUMONT, Mark, 314 BEDFORD, David, HF59 BEGLEY, Louis, 360 BEHEMOTH, 73 BELL, Steve, 400 BENALI, Abdelkader, 127 BENN, Mitch, 331 BENYON, Richard, 1 BERLINS, Marcel, 319 BEZMOZGIS, David, 372 BHATTACHARYA, Rahul, 248 BILLINGHAM, Mark, 313 BIRTWISTLE, Sue, 38 BISHOP, Matthew, 327 BISSON, Jon, 177 BLACKBURN, Simon, 179 BLACKER, Terence, 116 BLACKMAN, Malorie, HF45 BLAKE, Jon, HF106

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DOHERTY, Karen, page 84 DOMMETT, Joel, 122 DON, Montagu, 318, 337 DON, Sarah, 337 DONAHAYE, Jasmine, 155 DONALDSON, Julia, HF1 DUBOIS, Marc, 350 DUDDLE, Jonny, HF83 DUFFY, Stella, 163 DUNBAR, Fiona, HF40 DUNCAN, Peter, 1 DUNFORD, John, 321 DU SAUTOY, Marcus, 37 DWAN, Lisa, 49, 124, 141 EASTERMAN, Max, 137 EDGERTON, David, 292 EEDE, Joanna, 10 ELBARADEI, Mohamed, 363 ELIAS, Ken, 178 ELIAS STRING QUARTET, 258 ELIZA CARTHY BAND, 323 ELLINGHAM, Mark, 56 ELSCHENBROICH, Leonard, 220 EMMERICH, Roland, 325 ETHERINGTON, Stuart, 260 ETHERINGTON BROTHERS, HF29 EVANS, Chris, 278, 333 EYRE, Richard, 38 EZ ELDIN, Mansoura, 356 FALEIRO, Sonia, 362, 401 FERGUSON, Niall, 106 FFORDE, Jasper, HF28 FIDDAMEN, Bob, 3 FIENNES, Ralph, 370, 375 FIGES, Orlando, 133 FISCHER, Tibor, 117 FISHLOCK, Trevor, 30 FITZJOHN, Tony, 269 FLOOD, Sue, 52 FLORENCE, Peter, 2, 6, 94, 198, 236,

293, 335, 353, 364, 404, 410, 420, HF15, HF49 FOGLE, Ben, 269 FOREMAN, Amanda, 359 FORRELL, Lisa, 328 FOST, Liz, HF27 FOSTER, Roy, 181 FOX, Gerry, 204 FRANKLIN, Caryn, 280 FREEDMAN, Dan, HF21 FRENCH, Patrick, 153 FREUD, Esther, 95 FROSTRUP, Mariella, 36, 46, 55, 91, 135 FRYERS, Andy, 10, 25, 175, 249, 260, 415 FUNDER, Anna, 118 GAMBLE, Luke, 14 GARFIELD, Simon, 253 GARTHWAITE, Rosie, 350 GEE, Grant, 203 GELDOF, Bob, 410, 423 GHOLSON, Christien, 276

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GILBERT & GEORGE, 99 GILES, Andrew & Rachel, HF125 GILL, AA, 132 GILMORE, Gerry, 210 GILMOUR, David, 200 GIMLETTE, John, 225, 236 GODWIN, Peter, 324, 401 GOLDING, Judy, 295 GOLDSMITH, Rosie, 65, 85, 174, 189 GOODALL, John, 309 GOODWIN, Daisy, 128, 145 GOULD, John, 272 GOURLAY, Candy, HF37, page 83 GOWER, Jon, 98, 203, 329, 372, 397 GOWING, Nik, 51, 93 GRABSKY, Phil, 190 GRANT, Linda, 103 GRANT, Richard E, 324 GRAVETT, Emily, HF56 GRAY, Bruce, 386 GRAY, Fiona, 386 GRAY, John, 361 GRAY, Kathryn, 72, 91 GRAY, Louise, 3 GRAY, Madeleine, 384 GRAYLING, AC, 87 GREEN, Michael, 327 GREENBANK, Kevin, 199 GREENHAM, Tony, 205 GREER, Germaine, 241, 268 GREGG, Victor, 31 GREY, Mini, HF35, HF38 GRIFFITHS, Elly, 306 GRIFFITHS, Niall, 146, 155, 276 GRIGG, Julie, 421 GUEST, Peter, 19 GUEST, Revel, 297, 328 GUO, Xiaolu, 77, 85 GWERNYFED CLUSTER SCHOOLS, 24 GWYN, Richard, 159 HADLEY, Tessa, 296 HAJIPIERIS, Peter, 1 HALL, MR, 319 HAMID, Mohsin, 90 HAMILTON-LITTLE, Magsie, 322 HAMMOND, Roger, 421 HANDS, Caroline, 234 HARI, Johann, 97, 125, 150 HARNDEN, Toby, 310 HARPER, Martin, 260 HARRI, Guto, 136, 243 HARRIES, Richard, 13, 16 HARRINGTON, Jonathon, 3, 413, 421,

HF121, HF122, HF123, HF124, HF125 HART, Caryl, HF22, HF30 HARVEY, Alyxandra, HF3 HARVEY, Andrew, 321 HATTERSLEY, Roy, 226 HEAD, Mat, HF87, HF93 HEALY, Dermot, 419 HEGARTY, John, 71 HEILBRON, John, 399

HEINRICH, Susanne, 341 HENRY, Paul, 257 HEUER, Rolf, 338 HEWITSON, Derek, 116 HEWITT, Rachel, 214 HEYWOOD THOMAS, Nicola, 342 HIGSON, Charlie, HF36 HILL, Justin, 20 HILL, Shaun, 197 HILL, Tobias, 295 HITT, Carolyn, 233 HOBSBAWM, Eric, 143 HOBSBAWM, Julia, 34, 79, 125 HOGGART, Simon, 369, 396 HOLLAND, James, 288, HF2 HOLROYD, Michael, 191 HOOPER, Mary, HF15 HOWELL, Ray, 35 HUCKLESBY, Jill, page 83 HUGHES, Bettany, 149 HUGHES, Melinda, 76 HUGHES, Robert, 11, 13 HUMPHREY, Nicholas, 169 HUMPHREYS, Colin, 21 HUNT, Tristram, 112, 130, 143 HURLEY, Pete, HF108 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE, 121 IDIOTS OF ANTS, 424, page 37 INGE, John, 16 JACOB, Clare, 335 JACOBS, Michael, 110 JACOBSON, Howard, 364, 395 JAMES, David & Catherine, HF124 JAMES, Elis, 73 JAMES, Erwin, 44 JAMES, Oliver, 157, 182, 240 JARDIN, Cassandra, 240 JASANOFF, Maya, 339 JEFFERS, Oliver, HF44 JEFFERY, Keith, 173 JENNINGS, Andrew, 28 JILLA, Shireen, 174 JOHANNSEN, Signe, 147 JOHNES, Martin, 126, 384 JONES, Aled, 126 JONES, Alice, 81 JONES, Cynan, 276 JONES, Digby, 224 JONES, Dylan, 71, 111, 280, 315 JONES, Patrick, 257 JONES, Steve, 47 JONES, Terry, 117, 280 JONES, Tricia, 280 JORDAN, Neil, 65 JUERS, Evelyn, 86 KAMPFNER, John, 102 KARL, Ray, 35 KEDAR, Shenaz, 414 KELMAN, Stephen, 174 KELSO, Paul, 28 KEMP, Anna, HF31 KENNAN, Ally, HF26 KENNEDY, Helena, 70, 102, 118

HF47 McKAY, Hilary, HF89 McKINSTRY, Leo, 238 McKITTERICK, Rosamond, 357 McSHANE, Mike, 160 MacSWEENEY, Tom, 272 MADDOX, Brenda, 291 MADDOX, Bronwen, 104, 120, MAGORIAN, Michelle, HF91

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MAITLAND, Sara, 162 MALIK, Zaiba, 131 MALLOCH BROWN, Mark, 394 MALONE, Gareth, 18 MANKELL, Henning, 69 MANZOOR, Sarfraz, 67, 108, 274,

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392 MARDAN, Basim, 414 MARKS, Graham, HF61, page 83 MARKS, Howard, 329 MARKS, Peter, 216 MARLOW, Layn, HF57, HF62 MARTIN, Tim, 386 MASTER, Irfan, HF105, page 83 MATAR, Hisham, 154 MATTHEWS, Cerys, 330, 339 MENGESTU, Dinaw, 90 MERRITT, Stephanie, 53, 134, 194 MERTON, Paul, 160 MICHEL, Caroline, 174 MICHNIK, Adam, 34, 120 MILIBAND, David, 119 MILLAR, David, 317 MILLER, Andrew, 351 MILLER, Sarah, 110 MILLS, Magnus, 81 MISRA, Jaishree, 40 MITCHINSON, John, 117, 132, 241,

281, 316 MITTON, Simon, 29 MONARCHY, 283 MONBIOT, George, 151 MONEYPENNY, Mrs, 142 MONTEFIORE, Simon Sebag, 354, 398 MOORE, Brian, 213 MOORE, Derry, 318 MORGAN, Andrew & Elaine, HF122 MORGAN JONES, Christopher, 137 MORPURGO, Michael, 128, HF39,

HF43 MORRIS, Tom, 190 MOTRESCU, Annamaria, 199 MOYO, Dambisa, 104 MUCHAMORE, Robert, HF9 MURPHY, Denis, 413 MURRAY, Jenni, 193 MURRAY, Rupert, 7 MURRAY, Tamsyn, HF64, HF78,

HF82 MURRAY, Tiffany, 56, 89 MURTAGH, Ciaran, HF46, page MWALUKOMO, Herbert, 3 NADIN, Joanna, HF64, HF74 NAIPAUL, VS, 92 NARLIKAR, Amrita, 196 NAUGHTIE, Jim, 350, 394 NESS, Patrick, HF12 NEWBOLD, Deborah, HF6 NICHOLAS, Toby, 10 NICHOLSON, Mavis, 275 NICHOLSON, Virginia, 298 NICOLSON, Adam, 41, 84 NIELD, Ted, 255

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NIEUWENHUIS, Paul, 417 NIVEN, John, 164 NIX, Garth, HF102 NORMAN, Jesse, 100, 223, 260 NORMAN, Matthew, 197 NORWICH, John Julius, 349, 401 NURSE, Paul, 63, 96 OAKLEY, Judith, HF14 OBREHT, Téa, 141 O’BRIAIN, Dara, 245, 282 O’BRIEN, Johnny, HF100, page 83 O’BRIEN, Tim, 162 O’FLYNN, Catherine, 134 OGILVIE, Sara, HF31 O’GRADY, Paul, 59 OJOS DE BRUJO, 208 OKSANEN, Sofi, 362 OLSON, Katharine, 333 O’NEILL, Onora, 408 OPPENHEIMER, Clive, 180 OSLER, Mirabel, 412 PADEL, Ruth, 232, 236 PAPADAKI, Kallia, 341 PAPINEAU, David, 418 PARRIS, SJ, 145 PARTY, Olivia, HF10 PATCHETT, Ann, 49 PATERSON, Don, 58, 105 PATTERSON, Glenn, 419 PAUL, Korky, HF70 PAVORD, Anna, 237 PEACOCK, Christie, 413 PEARSON, Allison, 79, 89 PEIRCE, Gareth, 67 PENGUIN CAFÉ, 246 PENN, Rob, 305, 314 PERCY, Norma, 108 PERKINS, Sue, 68 PERRIN, Jim, 203 PETTIFOR, Ann, 205 PICARDIE, Justine, 167 PICCIRILLO, Paolo, 341 PICHON, Liz, HF17 PIERRE, DBC, 115 PINNEY, Gavin Pretor, 117 POLKINGHORNE, John, 227 POLONSKY, Rachel, 270 PORRITT, Jonathon, 415 PORTICO QUARTET, 381 POSTER, Jem, 155 POWELL, Glyn, 9 PRESS-WULF, Linda, HF15 PRICE, John & Helen, HF121 PRIESTLY, Chris, HF24 PRODGER, Michael, 339, 389, 406 PRYCE, Huw, 80 PRYOR, Francis, 406 PULLMAN, Philip, 368, 397 QUARMBY, Katherine, 211 QUICK, Diana, 145, 193, HF41 QUINLAN, Carrie, 345, 407 RADFORD, Ceri, 335 RAJIH, Mansur, 414

Index

KENNY, Anthony, 256 KENYON, John, 168 KERR, Judith, HF60 KERR, Philip, 319 KERR, Rachael, 385 KHORSANDI, Shappi, 380 KLEIN, Carol, 217 KNIGHT, India, 139 KOEK, Ariane, 347, 356, 405 KOSTIN, Serge, 137 KUREISHI, Hanif, 365, 405 LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZO, 165 LAING, Olivia, 320 LAMB, George, 235 LAMB, Larry, 235 LAMB, Michael, 54 LAMPAERT, Eric, 122 LAWRENCE, Caroline, HF58 LAWSON, Neal, 239 LAWSON, Nigella, 101 LEAN, Geoffrey, 1, 4 LE CLEZIO, JMG, 411 LEGGETT, Jeremy, 158 LEITH, Sam, 141 LEMALU, Jonathan, 183 LEVIT, Igor, 301 LEWIS, Anna, 341 LEWIS, Damian, 375 LEWIS, Gill, HF107 LEWIS, Gwyneth, 146, 373 LEWIS, Julian, 272 LEWIS, Justin, 251 LEWIS, Rhoda, 2 LIMB, Jeremy, 76 LIPMAN, Maureen, 188 LISTER-KAYE, John, 294 LODGE, David, 194 LOGUE, Mark, 185 LOMBORG, Bjorn, 144, 161 LONG, Josie, 73 LORD, Peter, HF23 LOTH, Bil, 272 LOWE, Rob, 55 LOWTON, Nicholas, 2 LUCAS, Caroline, 249 LYNAS, Mark, 5 McAFEE, Annalena, 95 McCALL SMITH, Alexander, 307 McCAUGHREAN, Geraldine, HF37 McCLOUD, Kevin, 312 McCONNELL, Charlie, 249 MacCURRACH, Robert, 336 MacDONALD, Kevin, 379 McINTYRE, Sarah, HF37, HF42,

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RAKHA, Youseff, 356 RAVEN, Sarah, 84 REDGRAVE, Vanessa, 348, 375, 390 REDKNAP, Mark, 242 REES, Martin, 148 REID, Susanna, 240 REYNOLDS, Fiona, 60 REYNOLDS, Thomas, 11, 13 RHAYADER & DISTRICT MALE VOICE CHOIR, 9 RIAHI, Kamel, 356 RICE, Matthew, 130 RICKMAN, Phil, 306 ROBERTS, David, HF99, HF106 ROBERTS, Justine, 402 ROBERTS, Mat, 60 ROBINSON, Andrew, 266 ROBINSON, Anne, 278, 307, 332, 343 RONSON, Jon, 274 ROSE, Stuart, 216 ROSOFF, Meg, HF96 ROSS, Maggie, 385, 395 ROTHSCHILD, Emma, 366 ROTHSCHILD, Hannah, 52, 86, 167,

199, 204, 228, 262 ROUSE, Andy, 202 RUBASINGHAM, Indhu, 375 RUBIO, Luis, 45 RUBLACK, Ulinka, 254 RUHEMANN, Andrew, 74 SACHERI, Eduardo, 61 SACKVILLE, Amy, 335 SALISBURY, Eurig, 352 SAMPSON, Barney, 421, HF121,

HF122, HF123, HF124, HF125 SAMSON, Polly, 109 SANDALL, Ellie, HF76 SANDERS, Jay, 375 SANDS, Philippe, 61, 102, 123, 241, 348, 360, 375 SATTIN, Anthony, 27, 56 SCARLETT, John, 173 SCARROW, Alex, HF72 SCHAMA, Simon, 354, 371, 404 SCHEFFLER, Axel, HF34, HF41 SCHEUER, Michael, 93 SCHWARZ, Viv, HF111, HF113 SEDARIS, David, 150 SEDGWICK, Marcus, HF3 SELL, Colin, 156 SETHI, Anita, 170, 225, 248, 296 SHABALALA, Joseph, 165 SHAFAK, Elif, 118 SHAN, Darren, HF36 SHAPCOTT, Jo, 409 SHAW, Hannah, HF7, HF11 SHEERS, Owen, 58, 113 SHEHADEH, Raja, 97, 110 SHERWOOD, Alice, 34 SHILLING, Jane, 287 SHIN, Kyung-Sook, 40 SHTEYNGART, Gary, 376

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SHUKMAN, David, 23, 25, 56 SIBLIN, Eric, 201 SIEGLE, Lucy, 78 SIMMS, Andrew, 158, 224, 239, 249 SIMON, Taryn, 15 SIMPSON, Lee, 160 SINCLAIR, Iain, 222 SISTER, Sabotage, 77 SKIPWORTH, Mark, 125, 185, 213,

271 SMIT, Tim, 175 SMITH, Alison, 262 SMITH, Arthur, 207 SMITH, Dai, 136, 397 SNOW, Jon, 338, 363 SNOW, Peter, 389 SOMMERIN, James, 271 SPARKS, Ali, HF61, HF68 SPEDDING, Colin, 413 STANFORD-SMITH, Myrrha, 286 STANNARD, Russell, 215 STANTON, Andy, HF77, HF82 ST AUBYN, Edward, 182 STEAD, Peter, 126 STERN, Stefan, 125 STEWART, Ian, 223 ST JOHN, Lauren, HF53 STOCK, Francine, 74, 113, 325,

370,

379 STOURTON, Ed, 346 STOWER, Adam, HF95, HF97 STRINGER, Chris, 308 STRONG, Jeremy, HF82, HF88 STRONG, Roy, 395, 416, 420 STROUD, Jonathan, HF33 STROUD, Rick, 31 SUTCH, Dan, 321 SWIFT, Daniel, 247 SWIFT, Katherine, 412 TALLIS, Raymond, 373, 418 TAMS, John, HF39 TAYLOR, Frederick, 189 TAYLOR, Peter, 243 TAYLOR, Sean, HF4, HF11 THAROOR, Shashi, 42 THEROUX, Paul, 50 THIRSK, Simon, 296 THOMAS, Ceri, 178 THOMAS, Dafydd Elis, 30 THOMAS, Hugh, 297 THUBRON, Colin, 56, 64 TILLYARD, Stella, 351 TOKSVIG, Sandi, 59, 68, 118 TOYNBEE, Polly, 88 TROLLOPE, Joanna, 66 TYLER, Gerald, 203 UNWIN, Jo, 174 VALDO, Muntu, 162 VAN DER MEER, Joanna, HF51, HF66,

HF81, page 83 VANN, David, 372 VAN NATTA, Don, 123 VENABLES, Aine, 427, page

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VERDIN, Mike, 4 VERE, Ed, HF86 VINCENT, Andre, 345, 407 VOGLER, Penelope, 281 VOORHOEVE, Alex, 299 VRANCH, Richard, 160 VULLIAMY, Ed, 392 WAHEED, Mirza, 141 WAITES, Benna, 257 WALDEN, Mark, HF8 WALKER, David, 88 WALKER, James, page 83 WALLACE, Jason, HF105, pages 83, 84 WALTER, Harriet, 186 WAREHAM, Anne, 187 WARNOCK, Mary, 82 WATERS, John, 70 WATSON, Jim, 158 WATSON, Mark, 122, 134 WAUGH, Alexander, 92 WEBSTER, Suki, 160 WENGROW, David, 378 WESSON, Tim, HF48 WESTON, Simon, 6 WHITTLE, Jeremy, 317 WHYBROW, Ian, HF103 WIDDICOMBE, Henry, 73 WIDDICOMBE, Josh, 73 WILCOCKS, Philip, 272 WILD, Susie, 276 WILKS, John, 426, page 29 WILLIAMS, Bryn, 316 WILLIAMS, Chris, 80 WILLIAMS, Jane, 11, 13 WILLIAMS, John, 403 WILLIAMS, Rowan, 17 WILLIAMS, Sean, HF102 WILLIAMS, Tomos, 203 WILSON, Jacqueline, HF85 WILSON, Kate, HF94 WINMAN, Sarah, 141 WOLPERT, Lewis, 230 WOOD, Gaby, 115, 332, 376, HF89,

HF96 WOOD, Michael, 138, 171 WOODHALL, Victoria, 240 WOODS, Judith, 240 WOODWARD, Antony, 39 WORSLEY, Henry, 285 WORSLEY, Lucy, 219 WRIGHT, Michael, 209 WRIGHT, Simon, 233 WRIGLEY, Tony, 151 WYN DAVIES, Merryl, 340 YANG, Xuefei, 258 YATES, Louise, HF20, HF25 YORK, Peter, 34, 79 ZALASIEWICZ, Jan, 48

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