The 26th of May marks the opening day of one of the world’s most compelling festivals. It’s one without house music or Victoria’s Secret Angels. Former President Bill Clinton once called the Hay ...

Set on the beautiful Wales-England border, this year’s packed festival includes director Emerald Fennell discussing her new cinematic take on Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, Prue Leith and Bear ...

Actors Joanna Page and Sir Jonathan Pryce and novelists including Sebastian Faulks, Jung Chang and Oyinkan Braithwaite are to appear at the winter edition of the Hay Festival. Political activist and ...

He wore a golden crown made from cardboard, appointed a horse as his prime minister and declared his hometown an independent country on April Fool’s Day. In many ways, Richard Booth was a classic ...

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