GILLIAN CLARKE AT 80 | IMTIAZ DHARKER
One morning I asked Gillian, “Did you sleep well?” And she answered, “I lay awake half the night worrying about the world”. With Gillian you know that is the absolute truth, and this truth finds its way into her poems….
YOU DID NOT WASTE YOUR TIME | JEREMY VINE
En route to Hay, the winter one, Asleep in the rear of the festival Ford, My bumpy dreamscape leaves me bored And I wake to David Cassidy’s last words. The pop star’s daughter put them up online, His final…
TO CHANGE PEOPLE’S LIVES | ISABEL LOSADA
The aim of a book festival is never a modest one: it is to change people’s lives and so to make the world a better place. This is a rich first visit to Hay for me as I’m speaking about…
A STRANGE KIND OF MAGIC | ED VERE
A magical winter weekend at Hay, starting, for me, on Friday afternoon with clear brilliant sunshine and a decidedly wintery bite to the air. As the sun dropped Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris conjured powerful spells to bring us otters,…
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