Repair. Rework. Renew.
Woodworker Callum Robinson shares lessons from his craft in this weekโs free film on Hay Festival Anytime.
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Actress, comedian, writer and producer Ruth Jones shares her latest novel โ By Your Side โ in this weekโs free film on Hay Festival Anytime.
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Writer Horatio Clare shares stories from the frozen Bay of Bothnia, just short of the Arctic Circle, in our Winter Solstice playlist.ย
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A message from our President ๐ซก
When the world is in crisis, where should we look for comfort?
Author, academic and former politician Michael Ignatieff examines the concept of solace in this weekโs free film on Hay Festival Anytime.
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Thanks for all the excellent responses to this. It might make you smile on this dreich day.
Thank you to the lovely audience member at @hayfestival who shared that her daughter had once corrected her pronunciation of โepiphanyโ and told her it should of course be โepi-fannyโ.
Which word have you royally mispronounced because youโd only ever seen it written down?
The Wall Street Journalโs Sune Engel Rasmussen joins historian David Olusoga, journalist Jennifer Nadel and ITV Wales correspondent Rob Osborne to discuss the yearโs biggest stories in this weekโs free film on Hay Festival Anytime.
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PUBLIC BOOKING STARTS NOW.
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Tickets on general sale at noon tomorrow.
Open books, open minds.
Browse some of the new titles launching at Hay Festival 2026 over on our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now, drawn from this weekโs event drop.
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PRIORITY BOOKING IS NOW OPEN.
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Pssst.
Novelist Sebastian Faulks shares insights from a life in writing in our film of the week on Hay Festival Anytime.
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Up and away โจ๐โจ
Thank you for coming, Haymakers.
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Remembering Tom Stoppard (1937โ2025), speaking here at Hay Festival 2010.
Spooky trees at @hayfestival.bsky.social !
Your Hay Festival Winter Weekend 2025 bestsellers.
Virtuoso guitarist and conductor Michael Poll performing in the atmospheric surroundings of St Maryโs Church.
๐ธ: Adam Tatton-Reid
Criminal psychologist Julia Shaw on how we can start taking green crimes more seriously.
Bring out the sausage!
Journalist Jennifer Nadel on compulsory voting.
Duw duw!
I'm so pleased, and proud that this came from an open vote - so thanks to all the readers and advocates and allies who have lifted me up in the last year. Genuinely blindsided by this, and humbled. Thanks @hayfestival.bsky.social x
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Poet Hollie McNish reads from Virgin.
Todayโs Online Pass schedule.
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A message from Anthony Shapland ๐
