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IMAGINE THE WORLD But here’s the thing that I think I’ve I think it was always about the craic. learned about writers appearing in person I can remember a bunch of us sitting and their appeal. And fundamentally it’s around my mother’s kitchen table, about the nature of what they do. The twenty-five-and-a-bit years ago, and my thing about writers and particularly father talking about poetry and ideas and novelists is the alluring mystery of them music. I can remember dreaming about being unknown and unreal. Partly, of meeting heroes and changing minds. And course, it’s that they’re disembodied my mother said - ‘it’s got to be a party’. names or initials on a paper spine. More And it’s been a blast. What a ridiculously than that, it is the fact they operate in lucky, happy journey. the world of fiction – in the space between reality and dreaming. They I’ve always been fascinated in why people imagine the world not how it is, but like to meet writers. There’s an element of how it might be if you were released from straight celebrity. It’s fun meeting an iconic being you. They reconnect you with the star whose voice you know and whose fantastical world of imagination that is music and lyrics have rocked your world. the greatest gift of being a child. And in And it’s thrilling to have deeper and more remaking the world they make a case for wide-ranging conversations with frontline human rights, not just the legal rights journalists and commentators than the but the rights to live and love and die media normally allows. Those are all in freedom. Especially if it is the freedom variants of familiarity and the real world. of the imagination. And it’s helped by the fact that people who are good with words are often very funny, Anyway, there’s some other stuff you as if wit was the highest form of verbal need to know. skill and play. There’s an element too of homage and CLASSICS 2012 guru-like devotion. It seems to me there’s We are saluting the London Olympics a direct correlation between the passion with a decathlon celebration of classical with which you want to meet someone Greek Culture, which ranges from and the degree to which that person may Homer and Herodotus to sexuality, have changed your life. Book writers drama and democracy. I think I realise communicate on an intensely personal now that this is probably the model for and intimate level with their readers. the whole festival. The aspiration to Many of us have been liberated by books, imagine the world by engaging culture, been recognised and enlightened, and the politics, science and society is what we writer has created that revolution in our all share today. lives. That’s an amazing bond and one that creates a very special relationship.

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THE HAY MEDALS HAY & YOU And in another Olympic homage we This is a wonderful town, and a town are introducing this year three specially that loves to welcome guests, friends and commissioned 25th anniversary medals to families. Please support our shops and be awarded for poetry, prose and drama. businesses while you’re here and help preserve the independent culture of this THE SOUND CASTLE community. Thank you for coming. We’re delighted to be back at Hay Castle Happy Hay 25. with a phenomenal new music stage that will become the festival Club in the evenings. The vibrant and spectacular programme mixes funk, gospel, soul, folk, hip-hop, electronica, and jazz. Peter Florence The venue has a raised seating arrangement and is adaptable to cabaret style seating or a dancefloor. CONTENTS FESTIVAL FLAVOUR Events We are thrilled to be sharing our 7 anniversary with our friends at Hay Fever Shepherds, who have created a special 69 ‘Blackcurrant Champagne’ Festival Ice Cream flavour for us. Having had regular hf2 for teens tastings over several months we can 81 confirm it is scrumptious. Soundcastle 83 DEDICATION Onsite extras Thousands of people all around the 97 world make the Hay Festival what it is. Maps But there are two men who defined what 102 it might be more powerfully than anyone else, and this anniversary festival is Travel dedicated to them. The first is Norman 104 Florence, who loved this town, who Index dreamed this festival up and wrangled it 106 into being. The second is Christopher Hitchens, who never took yes for an Booking info answer, and who revelled in language and 112 conversation. Present friends. Always.

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LOCATIONS Most venues are on the Festival Site on Brecon Road, and are no more than 2 minutes walk from each other. St Mary’s Church is behind the Swan Hotel, The Bookshop Cinema is situated at Richard Booth’s Bookshop, just up from the Clocktower. The Sound Castle is at Hay Castle, accessed from Oxford Road. There are pedicabs and a shuttle bus running throughout the day. It’s a ten-minute walk.

HAY FEVER EVENTS Children’s and Families events are registered in the main listings. Please consult the Hay fever Section starting on SERIES SPONSOR page 69 for full event copy.

THE SOUND CASTLE Full listings for new music stage start on page 83.

DURATION Most ‘talk’ events onsite last between 50 and 65 minutes and are followed by booksignings. Concerts and comedy shows last 70-90 minutes. ACCOUNTANTS PUNCTUALITY We try to start all events on time. Doors will open between 5 and 13 minutes before the start time. If you are queuing please talk to the people standing next to you.

VENUE CHANGES LEGAL It is sometimes necessary to switch venues. We don’t unless we really need to. Please consult the screens at the festival entrance when you arrive and in each of the venues on the pre-show roll for updated news.

CERTIFICATION We don’t impose age restrictions, although a standard watershed of 9pm for anyone of primary school age is advised. Many comedy performances may not be suitable for anyone easily offended.

FUNDING PARTNERS CHARITY PARTNERS We work with a number of local and global charity partners: Amnesty International, Birmingham Children’s Hospital, Brecon Samaritans, Concern Universal, Hay Humanitarian Aid, Macmillan Cancer Support, Oxfam, SOS Sahel, and Medics4Timbuktu. We also raise money for local schools and libraries. There are occasionally collections after certain sessions.

PHOTOGRAPHS The photographs in the brochure were taken last year at Hay by Finn Beales, Marsha Arnold, Jeff Morgan and Michaela Rogers All details are correct at time of going to press. 6 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page7 Thursday 31May 11.30am 10am 1pm this year’s programme athayfestival.org/schools Michael Rosen James Mayhew, Schools joinwritersincludingMarcus Alexander curriculum work, fundedby theHeadley Trust. free events forschoolsaimedatcomplementing festival beginswithtwodaysof The 25thanniversary Programme forSchools–Primary Hay Fever presents TICKETED BUT FREE 10 commentator Rob Yorke. Agricultural Society andLEAFtalktorural sector? a modernisedrural The CEOs oftheRoyal not farming. Which sacred cows will besacrificedin 1pm through nature,to reconnect uswiththecountryside government, aimingtobethegreenest ever, proposes Food securityraisesseriousconcernsbutthis Tough Decisions onFood, Flora and Fauna talk toRob Yorke David Gardner andCaroline Drummond [3] Director.Earth Grand Designs, inconversation withtheHay on eco-builder, in voted mostpopularparticipant improvements insustainablebuilding. 11.30amThe specialist about theiruseandimpactshave ledtodramatic The increasing costsofresources andknowledge Green Architecture Ben LawtalkstoAndyFryers [2] Events 2,3,4,5,6and7. Full toall6sessions. dayticketallows entry Please joinus. world. forsixyears.The project hasbeenrunning aswe stagemoreparticularly festivals around the and mitigatingourenvironmental impacts, ofourprogrammeproject ofmanaging andispart isthefestival’sHay onEarth ongoingsustainability Hay Forum onEarth [1] AM 1 11.30 11.30 PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE DIGITAL STAGE AM AM -6.30 DIGITAL STAGE and PM The Etherington Brothers DIGITAL STAGE Mitchell Symons £5.25 £5.25 . Full detailsof £20.25 , . , 2.30pm 4pm 7pm 5.30pm narrow thegap. todevelop policiesandpracticesto opportunities and placesfacingpoverty. But there are real Climate changehasthegreatest impactonpeople Social Justice andClimateChange talk toJane Davidson Molly ScottCato andBrian Davey [5] visual worldstillmakeanimpact? span, cananincredible imageinourincreasingly attention climate changedebate?Despite ourshort lostitspotencytoinformthe of dramaticimagery From baby sealstofloodingdevastation, hastheuse Five imagestochangetheworld The Art Response – Ackroyd &Harvey Ed Gillespie, Steve Collingand [4] for dinneranyone? that usedtousethem.Carppieandmedlartart animal breading stockandthetraditionalrecipes Reporting onthefightbackofheritageplants, Forgotten Foods and gueststalktoAndyFryers Andrew Collings,Paul Benham [7] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. Sponsored byContemporary Aryma Marquetry 9+ years with theBreakfast Show The actor, talentjudgeandauthorinconversation David Walliams talkstoChrisEvans [HF1] Justice Foundation. Chaired by LouiseGray. People Tree, talkstotheDirector ofEnvironmental consumer awareness iskey. Safia Minney, founderof could drive changewithintheindustry, soraising fabric, designofgarmentsandworking conditions sustainability, yet highlightingthesourcing of Fashion isseldomincludedindebateson Fashion Activism Safia Minney andSteve Trent [6] 7 5.30 4 2.30 PM PM 5.30 PM PM DIGITAL STAGE DIGITAL STAGE PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 DIGITAL STAGE BIG TENT

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[8] 6.45PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £10.25 Simon Rattle talks to Tom Service Music as Alchemy The conductor talks to the author of Music as Alchemy: Journeys with Great Conductors and their Orchestras about his work with the CBSO and the Berlin Philharmonic. Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop

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[9] 8PM BIG TENT £5.25 Farah Faizal The Island President – Screening After introducing democracy to Maldives, the lowest- lying region in the world, President Mohamed Nasheed fights to prevent his homeland from disappearing under the sea. Farah Faizal, former High Commissioner to Maldives, introduces the film and updates us on the current situation after a military coup in February 2012 forced President Nasheed to resign.

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8pm Tim Minchin The comedy rock superstar and his band open the festival with their hilarious, scathing and often unsettling yet lovely songs. ‘A thing of jaw-dropping wonder’ – The Telegraph.

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10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE [16] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 FREE BUT TICKETED David Bellos Hay Fever presents

Is that a fish in your ear? Friday 1 June Programme for schools – Secondary From foreign films to the UN Security Council, the Schools join writers and experts including pre-eminent multi-linguist interprets Translation and Phil Earle, Francesca Simon, Andrew Hammond, the Meaning of Everything. Chaired by Daniel Hahn The Etherington Brothers, Marcus Alexander, of the British Centre for Literary Translation. Philippa Gregory and Mitchell Symons for events throughout the day. Full details at hayfestival.org/schools. [17] 4PM BIG TENT £5.25 Conor Woodman Unfair Trade 1pm The broadcaster and former City analyst looks at how Big Business Exploits the World’s Poor – and why [12] 1PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 it doesn’t have to. Terry Leahy Sponsored by BWA Designs Management in 10 Words An exclusive preview of THE top book on business [18] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 strategy and leadership, by the former Tesco CEO. Ian Robertson Chaired by the Executive Editor of The Telegraph The Winner Effect Mark Skipworth. The Professor of Psychology analyses how and why success changes the chemistry of the brain, making us more focused, smarter, more confident – and 2pm aggressive.

PM PM [13] 2 -5 THE MOOT £15.25 [19] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7 Tiffany Murray Winter Villains Creative Reading This 5-piece Cardiff band perform orchestral, A workshop seminar on reading literature that focuses experimental and ethereal indie-folk. We are excited on a novel by a writer appearing at the festival over the to welcome them to open our new music stage, coming weekend – Tahmima Anam’s The Good The Sound Castle. Muslim. Murray, the Hay 2011-2012 International Fellow, is the author of two novels – Happy Accidents and Diamond Star Halo. She is Senior Lecturer in 5.15pm Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan. Numbers Limited. See events 66 and 206. [20] 5.15PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 5.15pm Kim Wilkie 2.30pm Led by the Land The radical landscape designer surveys 20 years of his [14] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED work, from the restoration of the Villa La Pietra in Florence to the strategic masterplan for the World Michael Morpurgo Heritage Site at the Solovetski Archipelago. The Hay Library Lecture The novelist delivers the inaugural Library Lecture on children’s rights, readers’ rights and the [21] 5.15PM BIG TENT £6.25 importance of libraries. Free entry by library card Owen Sheers and Friends but places must be booked in advance. The Two Worlds of Charlie F In January this year 15 wounded soldiers took to the

[15] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5 West End stage in The Two Worlds of Charlie F, a play written by Owen Sheers based on their experiences Lucinda Dickens Hawksley of serving, of injury and recovery. Members of the Charles Dickens 200 cast and the playwright talk to Alan Yentob. The author presents an intimate portrait of her great- great-great-grandfather. Illustrated with personal

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[22] 5.15PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 [27] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA FREE BUT TICKETED Paul Zak Rang de Basanti – Screening The Moral Molecule We open the film programme at the brand new The economist explains his theory that oxytocin cinema in Hay with this sensational Bollywood picture drives our morality and is responsible for trust, directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and starring empathy and other feelings that build and help Soha Ali Khan, who’ll be speaking in the Re-Imagine maintain stable societies. India event 114 on Sunday. A British documentary filmmaker travels to India to make a film on Indian freedom fighters based on diary entries by her 6.30pm grandfather, a former officer of the British Indian Army. Upon her arrival, she recruits a group of five Friday 1 June Friday

[23] 6.30PM young men to act in her film. While making the film, LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 the students come to realise the courage of the Michael Morpurgo and Maggie Fergusson revolutionaries who struggled before them. (India, talk to Peter Florence 2006, 157’) War Child to War Horse How the prolific children’s novelist succeeded [28] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £9 in weaving his biographer’s histories into his Frente Cumbiero own fictions. Mario Galeano brings his mesmerising Cumbia Sponsored by Pembertons band from Bogota to our new music venue. This was the joyful smash hit of Hay Festival Cartagena [24] 6.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 in January. Saskia Sassen, Wendy Pullan, With the support of the Embassy of Colombia Sara Silvestri and Max Gwiazda and sponsored by Proexport Colombia Cambridge Series 1 – Cities and Terror How can we reduce the risk of violence in cities, which are being extensively targeted in armed 7.45pm conflicts, riots and terrorist attacks? [29] 7.45PM In association with Cambridge University LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Lindsey Hilsum talks to [25] 6.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 David Aaronovitch John Challis talks to Peter Burden Sandstorm 7.45pm Being Boycie The Channel 4 News international editor reports the The actor’s life, as lived to the full by the inimitable fall of Gaddafi and Libya in the Time of Revolution. Only Fools and Horses star.

6.30pm Sponsored by Visit Herefordshire [30] 7.45PM BIG TENT £6.25 Anne Cottringer with Christine Hope, [26] 6.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 Fay Thomas, Russell Carrington Adam Corner and Jono Rogers Cardiff Series 1 Borderlines screening – Tune for the Blood Geo-engineering – Plan B or Pandora’s Box? Following the work-in-progress screening at From tiny particles reflecting sunlight to giant Hay 2010, the director introduces the finished machines capturing carbon, technological fixes documentary, which follows young Hereford farmers might be the answer to climate change. But such through the agricultural year – the muck, the work, manipulation is riddled with social, ethical and the passion for the farm, and the visceral poetry legal problems. of their daily lives. UK, 2012, 99’. In association with Cardiff University Presented by Borderlines Film Festival

[31] 7.45PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Duncan Bush and Patrick McGuinness talk to Oliver Bullough The two international poets discuss resistance to totalitarianism and their ‘translations’ of East European collections Jilted City and The Genre of Silence.

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9pm Veep – Screening and Q&A Catch a sneak preview of this brand new HBO comedy series from acclaimed British writer and director Armando Iannucci (In the Loop, I’m Alan Partridge) exclusive to Sky Atlantic HD. Set in Washington D.C., Veep stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as former Senator Selina Meyer, who becomes Vice- President only to discover the job is nothing like she imagined and everything she was warned about.

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[35] 9AM [39] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4.25 The Pirates! Peter Stead, Richard Marsden In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening and Guto Harri talk to Huw Bowen Peter Lord’s film based on Gideon Defoe’s book - Heroes and Villains 1 – History Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) sets out on a mission to In this first of six conversations about Heroes and defeat his rivals Black Bellamy and Cutlass Liz for the Villains the team ask does Welsh history need its Pirate of the Year Award.The quest takes Captain and heroes and villains? If so, who are they and why his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy do they matter? streets of Victorian London. (U-rated, 2012, 88’) In association with The Western Mail See also events 53, 96, 151, 205, 254, 310, 364, 408.

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[HF3] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Mariella Frostrup Lauren Child The Book Show at Hay 1 – Filming 10+ years Sky Arts returns with an exclusive recording, See Hay Fever programme for details. interviewing the biggest and best names at the Festival. They include Tim Minchin and Hilary Mantel. Watch The Book Show at Hay on 10am Sky Arts 1 HD at 7pm on 2 June.

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Words and Music [41] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 The comedian-songwriter talks about satire, Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan love-songs and his work on the smash-hit and Andre Vincent RSC production Matilda. The Early Edition 1 The daily papers read for laughs by the Festival’s [37] 10AM marquee satirists. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Rolf Heuer talks to Simon Singh Sponsored by Dai & Chris Davies, The Newsagents 11.30am Hadron Collider 2012 [42] 11.30AM The CERN director discusses the neutrino news LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 and Higgs Boson progress from the world’s most Wade Davis important-ever science project. Into the Silence The adventurer explores the story and significance

10am [38] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25 of the 1924 Himalayan expedition in his majestic Alexandra Harris The First World War, Mallory and Mount Everest. Virginia Woolf Sponsored by The Great English Outdoors A portrait of the masterpieces and life of the modernist genius, from the prize-winning author [HF8] 11.30AM BIG TENT £5.25 of Romantic Moderns. Andrew Hammond 10+ years [HF4] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 See Hay Fever programme for details. Philippa Gregory 12+ years [43] 11.30AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 John Thompson [HF5] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Mitchell Symons Cambridge Series 2 – Merchants of Culture The publisher and academic updates his landmark 8+ years study of the publishing industry as it ventures into the digital age. [HF6] 10AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Sue Hendra In association with Cambridge University 3-5 years See Hay Fever programme for details. 12 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page13 1pm 11.30am See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 3-5 years Sue Hendra [HF10] 5+ years James Mayhew [HF9] 9+ years The Etherington Brothers [HF12] In associationwithCambridge University them tocontinentsbeyond. British landscapeanditswaters,connecting ofavast networkpart ofroutes criss-crossing the holloways, drovers’ roads andseaspathsthatform Macfarlane setsofftofollow theancienttracks, Cambridge Series 3– The Old Ways Robert Macfarlane 1pm[47] world’s mostexpensive experiment. science,highpoliticsandthe led toextraordinary How thequesttounderstandquantumfieldtheory The Infinity Puzzle Frank Close [46] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 7+ years Francesca Simon LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE [HF11] Sponsored by Freixenet Bring uptheBodies The Man BookerPrize-winning authorlaunches Bring uptheBodies MantelHilary talkstoPeter Florence [45] In associationwithCardiff University water. Where willwe fishandswimskim? intense pressure onthesustainabilityofourclean andclimatechangeareAgriculture, putting industry ResourcesSafeguarding Vital Cardiff Series 2.River Landscapes– Isabelle Durance [44] 1 1 1 11.30 PM PM PM 11.30 11.30 1 1 PM PM BIG TENT BIG TENT DIGITAL STAGE BARCLAYS PAVILION AM AM STARLIGHT STAGE AM HAY ONEARTH STAGE STARLIGHT STAGE THE HEXAGON her sequeltoWolf Hall. £5.25 £6.25 £12.25 £5.25 £4.25 £5.25 £5.25 £5.25 See alsoevents 107,114,187and290. tomorrow inevent 114.(India, 2006,135’) Banerjee andstarringAnupamKherwhoisspeaking International Film Festival. Directed by Dibakar Kher pickeduptheBest Actor award atGoa the prestigious National Film Award in2006and Ka Ghosla wasrecognised asthebestHindi filmfor the arrayofawards thatthefilmpickedup, Khosla comic situations,thefamilyisbackontrack.Among andaseriesoforchestrated to timelyinterventions andthemafia. almost gives intocorruption Thanks India where aninnocentfamilyisheldhostageand A satire ontheevilsofreal estatebusinessin KaGhoslaKhosla –Screening TICKETED BUT FREE [49] Garden Centre &CoffeeShop Sponsored by Old Line Railway to adjusteconomichardship? hectares tellusaboutmodernBritain aswe struggle roof-top allotments,citybeehives andtower-block windowsills,What doestheriseandofapartment The Urban Agriculture Boom talk toRosie Boycott Tom Moggach andMyles Bremner [48] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 3-5 years Polly Dunbar [HF13] The People Who Made theCity thatMade the World . The mayor, journalistandmetropolitan introduces Johnson’s Life ofLondon JohnsonBoris [51] at 7pmon3June. Watch The BookShow atHay onSky Arts 1HD Festival. Guests includePhilippa Gregory thebiggestandbestnamesat interviewing Sky returns Arts withanexclusive recording, The BookShow atHay 2–Filming Mariella Frostrup andguests [50] 1pm 2.30pm 1.40pm 1 2.30 1.40 1 PM PM 1 PM PM PM HAY ONEARTH STAGE BOOKSHOP CINEMA SKY ARTS STUDIO THE HEXAGON £4.25 BARCLAYS PAVILION 01497 822629 hayfestival.org

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[52] 2.30PM [56] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 David Lammy talks to Adam Boulton Orlando Figes Out of the Ashes Just Send me Word The Tottenham MP looks at Britain After the Riots. The letters of two young Muscovites in Stalin’s Soviet Union tell A True Story of Love and Survival in the Gulag. [57] 4PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Philippa Gregory talks to Stephanie Merritt [53] 2.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 Queen of Fiction Peter Lord The historical novelist discusses her tales of The Pirates! Saturday 2 June Saturday Tudor and Plantagenet England. The director and stop-motion animation genius In association with London Library takes us behind the scenes on Aardman’s swashbuckling blockbuster. See event 39. [58] 4PM BIG TENT £6.25 Simon Armitage [HF14] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Walking Home Simon Mayo The poet travels south down the Pennine Way 10+ years to Yorkshire as a troubadour without a penny in his pocket. 4pm [HF15] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Sponsored by Baileys Home Store Andy Cope and Lara the dog 7+ years [59] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Edmund White talks to Damian Barr [HF16] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Jack Holmes and his Friend Polly Dunbar The American novelist discusses his New York love 5-7 years story set across the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, exploring See Hay Fever programme for details. society, sexuality and liberation.

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2.30pm Fossil fuel companies ride high in the stock markets, Beats and Pieces but is oil more of a liability than an asset? The latest The dynamic, high-energy,14-piece winners of science on CO2 emissions tells us we can’t afford to the European Young Artists’ Jazz Award were drawn burn much of what is still underground, and in this together by a desire to perform a contemporary, scenario the business world starts to look very large ensemble repertoire, bringing big band music different. Discover the idea set to shake the City of into 2012 and connecting with a new generation London and potentially create the single biggest boost of music lovers. to the green economy. Chaired by Andy Fryers. Supported by onehundredmonths.org [61] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA FREE BUT TICKETED Firaaq – Screening 4pm The Hindi political thriller explores the devastating Gujarat riots of 2002 and their aftermath. It explores [55] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 how people’s lives were affected and irrevocably changed Daniel Kahneman a month after the carnage. Communalism and Nobel Series – Thinking, Fast and Slow relationships form the core of this film which picked The Nobel Economics laureate explores human up several awards including the National Awards, rationality and irrationality. Chaired by Jesse Norman. the Filmfare Awards and the Asian Festival In association with Barclays of First Film awards. Firaaq means both ‘separation’ and ‘quest’ in Arabic. Directed by Nandita Das who is speaking on Sunday in event 114. (India, 2008, 101’)

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[62] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 [HF19] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 The Hamlin Lecture 2012 Nikalas Catlow, Tim Wesson and YOU! Harry Belafonte talks to David Lammy 7+ years Saturday 2 June My Song See Hay Fever programme for details. The actor, singer and Civil Rights hero who acted as a conduit between Martin Luther King and the [67] 5.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 Kennedys launches his memoir. Mike Hulme and Rupert Read Sponsored by OR-Consulting, Philosophy, Politics and Communication ‘The Art of Seeing Differently’ What is the best way to communicate the issues around climate change? Emotively? Politically? [63] 5.30PM Scientifically? And what scope is there for making LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 ethical judgments in our response to the evidence? Susan Greenfield You and Me The Director of the Institute for the Future of the 7pm Mind explores the Neuroscience of Identity. As the

physical brain adapts exquisitely to the environment, [68] 7PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £8.25 and our environment changes in unprecedented ways, are we facing correspondingly unprecedented Salman Rushdie, Niklas Frank, Elif Shafak changes to our identity? and Jim Al-Khalili talk to John Kampfner Hay 25 – The Way We Live Now 1 Sponsored by RM Jones Pharmacy In this first conversation about our big anniversary project, the panel discuss three of the 25 questions: [64] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Susan Golombok What freedoms are you prepared to trade for security? Cambridge Series 4 – The C21st Family If you became the leader of your country what Gay fathers, single mothers by choice and donor would you fix first? siblings: Professor Golombok will talk about what really counts for children who grow up in new We’re building a library of literature, music and 5.30pm family forms. cinema. Which one book, film and album would you contribute to it? In association with Cambridge University In association with Google

[65] 5.30PM BIG TENT £6.25 Owen Sheers and Lucy Davies [69] 7PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 talk to Allison Pearson Richard Sennett The Gospel of Us Together – The Rituals, Pleasures The National Theatre of Wales epic Passion with and Politics of Co-operation Michael Sheen in Port Talbot last Easter was hailed as The thinker discusses one of the most difficult one of the great theatre productions of recent years. challenges facing us today: living with people

The writer and producer discuss the work, and who are different – racially, ethnically, religiously 7pm preview clips of Dave McKean’s feature film version. or economically. See also 120, 140, 161, 194, 266, 322, 387, 446 for screenings. [70] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 Sponsored by Pembertons Bookshop Adam Nicolson The Gentry [66] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 The writer introduces his sweeping, epic history Nikita Lalwani and Tahmima Anam of England told through the stories of 14 families talk to Ariane Koek down 700 years. Fictions – Moralities The Village pitches a British-Asian documentary [71] 7PM BIG TENT £6.25 maker into an open prison in India; The Good Geoff Dyer talks to David Gritten Muslim follows the divergent lives of a brother and Zona – A Book about a Film about a sister in the aftermath of the 1971 Bangladesh war, Journey to a Room and the rise of religious fundamentalism. A homage to Tarkovsky’s masterpiece Stalker, cut with clips; and a mesmerising account of a writer’s obsession with cinema.

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[72] 7PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 [77] 8.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Gavin Pretor Pinney David Nutt, Mauricio Rodriguez Muñoz, Dolphins, elephants, UFOs, even Alfred Hitchcock Álvaro Enrigue and David Aaronovitch and Andy Murray…they’re all here in this beautiful, Drugs – Without the Hot Air hilarious collection of clouds photographed around A discussion about Minimizing the Harms of Legal the world by members of The Cloud Appreciation and Illegal Drugs for individuals and society. Society. Selected and introduced by the winner of The neuropsychopharmacologist was fired from Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. the ACMD by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for In association with The Royal Society analysing the relative drug harms. He is joined by the Ambassador of Colombia, whose President [73] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 Santos publicly aired the possibility of legalization Saturday 2 June Saturday Luke Harding talks to Orlando Figes in January at Hay Festival Cartagena, and the Mexican writer Álvaro Enrigue. Mafia State How One Reporter Became an Enemy of the Brutal New Russia is a brilliant, haunting account of the insidious [78] 8.30PM methods used by a resurgent Kremlin against its so- LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 called enemies – human rights workers, Western The John Finnemore Sketch Show diplomats, journalists and opposition activists. The writer and star of Radio 4’s Cabin Pressure, regular guest on The Now Show and popper-up on Miranda, The Unbelievable Truth and That Mitchell [74] 7PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 and Webb Look, presents an hour of sketches with Farah Faizal and Mark Lynas Simon Kane, Carrie Quinlan and Lawry Lewin. talk to Adam Boulton Has the Arab Spring Unsprung? [79] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Maldives was the first country to experience the Arab Spring with a new democracy in place in 2008. Rowley Leigh talks to Rosie Boycott A military coup in Feb 2012 deposed President No Place Like Home Mohamed Nasheed. Are there lessons to be learned The award-winning food writer and chef, founder of to ensure the Arab Spring becomes an Arab Summer? Kensington Place and Le Café Anglais, discusses his Former High Commissioner Farah Faizal and the classic celebration of Seasonal English Cooking. ex-President’s advisor Mark Lynas discuss. Sponsored by Soho House

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7pm Lianne La Havas Harry Belafonte The neo-soul singer and songwriter’s EP Lost and Sing Your Song – Screening Found, and her album Is Your Love Big Enough? The actor, singer and Civil Rights activist introduces

is tipped as the standout debut of 2012. a screening of Susanne Rostock’s documentary about 8.30pm Sponsored by Wye Valley Canoes his life. Followed by Q&A with Francine Stock. (US. 2011, 107’)

[76] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA FREE BUT TICKETED [81] 8.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £12.25 Rang de Basanti – Screening Simon Hoggart See event 114 and event 27 for listing. Life’s too Short to Drink Bad Wine A delightful tasting of wines for the discerning drinker. Sponsored by Tanners Wines

[82] 8.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 Jane Mayer talks to Safraz Manzoor Land of the Free The New Yorker investigative journalist exposes the darker, scandalous side of political funding and influence in this US Election year.

16 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page17 9.45pm 10.30pm education programme forlocalschools Proceeds from thegalawillfundaccessto be publishedonlineon30May. two-minute adventure. Full detailsoftheline-upwill guests, eachofwhomwilltakealetterortwofor Join thefestival director andaglitteringgalaxyof The 25thAnniversary Alphabet Peter Florence andguests [83] love ofelectronica. classic idea torecord anacousticversion oftheDerrick May withthe chic andatmospheric.Drumlesson started drummer, whosemusicisopen-minded,progressive, An electrifyingclubnightwiththeMunich-born Drumlesson Christian Prommer [87] and achinacat. The audiencevotes; thewinnergetsacaseofcava the themeof‘Unexpected Pleasures’. No reading! if you’re picked. We personalstorieson wanttrue, name inthehatandbeready totella5-minutestory slammingcomestoHay! PutOpen micstory your Telling Tales –Unexpected Pleasures Cat Weatherilland YOU! [86] In with partnership The British Council and love through word andmusic. politics,bayonets, intrigue poets, courtesans, Mughals, bringingtolifeaworldofemperors, singer celebratethebygone eraofIndia’s last The authorandthecelebratedNorth Indian The LastMughal version –concert British CouncilSeries and William Dalrymple Vidya Shah [85] Sponsored by GLEvents Snowdens hear themhere second! our fabuloussisterfestival over themountains. You’ll best breaking comediansandthecomet-tailedstarsof 9.45pmThe Saturday Night Showcase returns, featuringthe The Machynlleth ComedyFestival Showcase and HenryPaker, hostedby Ed Gamble Bridget Christie, Tony Law, James Acaster LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 [84] 10.30 9.45 9.45 9.45 9.45 Strings ofLife, fusinghisjazzroots withhis PM PM PM PM PM STARLIGHT STAGE SKY ARTS STAGE BARCLAYS PAVILION THE SOUNDCASTLE £7.25 £5.25 £7.25 £10

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Pauline Quirke talks to Hannah Jones Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya and 10am Where Have I Gone? Carlos Gamerro talk to Jon Gower A radical year in the life of the lovable Fictions – Aftermath Birds of a Feather, Skins and Emmerdale actress. The Watch is a contemporary Antigone set in Sponsored by Caple Security Services Kandahar; The Islands is a cyber-thriller, set in Buenos Aires ten years after the formalities of

[90] 9AM BIG TENT £5.25 the Falklands/Malvinas war have ended. James Daunt, Dylan Jones, Kate Wilson and Simon Morrison talk to Gaby Wood [HF20] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £7.25

Sunday 3 June Sunday Business Breakfast – The Future of Books The Selfish Giant – Sealegs Puppet Theatre The Waterstones, GQ and Nosy Crow masterminds 5+ years realise the paper and digital future of books with Google’s Head of Copyright Policy and [HF21] 10AM THE HEXAGON £5.25 The Telegraph’s Head of Books. Tessa Wardley See Hay Fever programme for details. [91] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25

Ben Curtis, Alun Withey and [96] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5 Tyrone O’Sullivan join Huw Bowen The Pirates! Heroes and Villains 2 – The Unsung In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening Miners, smelters, teachers and mams have been See events 39 and 53 for listing. the quiet unsung heroes of Welsh history. But there have been hidden villains as well – disease, poverty, inferiority, and hypocrisy. Are these the real heroes and villains of Welsh History? 10.40am In association with The Western Mail [97] 10.40AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Mariella Frostrup and guests 10am The Book Show at Hay 3 – Filming Sky Arts’ exclusive recording, interviewing the biggest and best names at the festival including [92] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £8.25 Mackenzie Crook. Ian McEwan talks to Timothy Garton Ash Watch The Book Show at Hay on Sky Arts 1HD The British Council Series – 2 at 7pm on 4 June. The author discusses his writing and previews his forthcoming MI5 novel Sweet Tooth. In partnership with The British Council 11.30am

[93] 10AM [98] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £9.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Adam Henson Michael Ignatieff The 2012 Raymond Williams Lecture – Adam’s farm – My Life on the Land Culture and Politics Meet the Countryfile star. To join the Royal Welsh The 25th anniversary lecture is given by the Show lunch and visit with Adam at Trevithel Court Canadian novelist, academic and politician. this afternoon, arranged with Sunderlands and 10am Thompsons LLP, please contact John and Helen In association with the Open University in Wales Price at Llwynberried on 01497 847326 for tickets. Lunch starts at 1.30pm. Sponsored by WJ James & Co. Chartered Accountants

[94] 10AM BIG TENT £6.25 Niklas Frank talks to Philippe Sands In The Shadow of the Reich A remarkable interview with the writer whose father, Hitler’s lawyer, Hans Frank, was hanged at Nuremberg. Supported by Goethe-Institut and New Books in German 18 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page19 1pm 11.30am [100] Sponsored by The Blue BoarInn sketches.Chaired by Gutohis parliamentary Harri. sceptical eye over theevents ofthepastfive years in Westminster’s masterwitcastsanamusedand Send uptheClowns Simon Hoggart LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE [99] tension between publicfaithandprivate doubt? and condemnation?Andhow canamanlive withthe ofGod’sto betheinstrument love, soprone tocruelty ofexistence. Why istheChurch,mystery whichclaims anyone canclaimacompleteunderstandingofthe The formerBishop ofEdinburgh examineshow A Memoir ofFaith andDoubt Leaving Alexandria – Richard Holloway talkstoAC Grayling LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 [103] Sponsored by Shelley Faye LazarandRichard Evans Exclusive! In allSundays... Merciless ofmuppetsandmags. mockery The Early Edition 2 and Andre Vincent Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan [102] 7+ years Karen McCombie [HF24] Sponsored by Timkcbooks.com France toreconnect withanuclearphysicistinParis. SkyFrom The – chiefoftheNazi secret services; mission by LondontoassassinateReinhard Heydrich about twoCzech parachutistssentonadaring The winnerofthePrix HHhH Goncourt Fictions – The Mission 11.30amtalk toRosie Goldsmith Laurent Binet andSimon Mawer [101] Sponsored by Art Meets Matter For Chaired starters... by ArianeKoek. would nottherefore have killedyour grandfather. grandfather, you wouldnothave beenbornand If you travelled backintimeandkilledyour Enigmas inPhysics Paradox – The Nine Greatest Jim Al-Khalili 11.30 1 1 11.30 11.30 PM PM 11.30 AM BARCLAYS PAVILION AM AM AM parachutes anSOEspyintoOccupied DIGITAL STAGE BIG TENT STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 £5.25 The Girl Who Fell £7.25 £7.25 £4.25 is athriller [HF26] in London With of thesupport The Polish Cultural Institute Uganda’s Children andtheLord’s Resistance Army The Polish journalistvisitsthehellishdepthsof The Night Wanderers Wojtek Jagielski talkstoAnitaAnand [105] In associationwith Waterstones Eleven Waterstones intheircelebrationofdebutfictions. doubt. Bothauthorshave alsobeenselectedby and hard reality, ofgoodandevil,belief Decoration American Novel belt;McCleen’s TheLandof is thecurrent holderoftheheavyweight Great Harbach’s debutbaseballnovel TheArt ofFielding Fictions – Waterstones Eleven talk toSarah Crompton Chad Harbach andGrace McCleen [104] See event 114andevent 49forlisting. KaGhoslaKhosla –Screening 2 TICKETED BUT FREE [107] In associationwithCardiff University to themarket? should we regulate theintroduction ofnanomaterials knowable. onlypartly Howscientific expertise, risks are known onlypartly and,withourcurrent medicines, andarevolution inmaterials.But the Nanotechnology promises better, more effective disciplines butalsoofwhatmightconstitutelife. We cannow blurtheborders notonlyofscientific Innovation andNew Technologies Cardiff Series 3.Size Matters –Responsible Steven Vaughan [106] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 9+ years Marcus Sedgwick 1pm 1 1 1 1 PM PM PM PM 1 PM DIGITAL STAGE HAY ONEARTH STAGE BIG TENT BOOKSHOP CINEMA is a heartbreaking story ofimagination is aheartbreaking story STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 01497 822629 hayfestival.org £5.25 £4.25 £4.25

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[108] 1.40PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 [113] 2.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 Mariella Frostrup and guests Andrew Simms, Bibi van der See, The Book Show at Hay – Filming Eliane Glaser and David Boyle Exclusive recording by Sky Arts, interviewing the nef series 2 – Not the Apocalypse biggest and best names at the festival including Bad things are supposed to happen in 2012. Harry Belafonte. But there are many ideas around that could Watch The Book Show at Hay 1HD at 7pm improve our wellbeing and reduce environmental on 5 June. damage. Do we need to think as much about social innovation as technology? This event looks at why and how we can ‘Cancel the Apocalypse’. Supported by onehundredmonths.org Sunday 3 June Sunday 2.30pm

[109] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £9.25 Salman Rushdie talks to Peter Florence 4pm The British Council Series – 3 The novelist discusses his fictions from Midnight’s [114] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 Children to The Enchantress of Florence. The event Soha Ali Khan, Anupam Kher, will be webcast live to British Council offices around Nandita Das and William Dalrymple the world. Joseph Anton, Rushdie’s memoir, will be talk to Nik Gowing published in September. The British Council Series – Re:Imagine In partnership with The British Council As part of a global series of events celebrating UK-India relations, an unprecedentedly superstarry [110] 2.30PM Bollywood cast gather to discuss perceptions 4pm LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 and cultural visions of C21st India with the Cullen Murphy writer and the BBC World News anchor. God’s Jury In partnership with British Council, India The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World is an examination of the battle between the [115] 4PM individual private conscience and the forces that LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £8.25 try to contain it, from the C13th to today. David Grossman Chaired by Philippe Sands. talks to David Aaronovitch To the End of the Land

[HF27] 2.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 The great Israeli author of See Under: Love, Mackenzie Crook The Zigzag Kid and The Yellow Wind discusses his masterpiece, a rich imagining of a family in love and 8+ years crisis that makes for one of the great anti-war novels See Hay Fever programme for details. of our time.

2.30pm [111] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 [116] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Joan Bakewell talks to Revel Guest Brendan Burchell and Richard Sennett Fictions – She’s Leaving Home Cambridge Series 5 – The Future of Work Nureyev defects in London; Gagarin escapes the What will our working lives be like in the future? Earth’s atmosphere to be the first man in Space; Will new technology liberate us or lead to longer the Beatles escape Liverpool to seek their fortune hours and increasing social isolation? Chaired by in Hamburg. The ’50s give way to the ’60s in Jesse Norman. the broadcaster’s second novel. In association with Cambridge University Sponsored by We Love This Book

[HF30] 4PM BIG TENT £5.25 [112] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Oliver Jeffers Jan Blake with Pete Echford 5+ years The Calabash Children – Storytelling See Hay Fever programme for details. The first show in a week-long residency for the great storyteller. A childless woman prays to be a mother, a little sister refuses to do as she’s told, and a wicked godmother tries to get rid of her goddaughter. Join Jan Blake as she tells tales of stubborn sisters, ungrateful mothers, and beautiful friendships.

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[117] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 [121] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Nicholas Nassim Taleb Martin Rees, Tahmima Anam,

AntiFragility Helena Kennedy and Joan Bakewell Sunday 3 June The visionary probability guru and Black Swan talk to Anita Anand author previews his study of How to Live in a Hay 25 – The Way We Live Now 2 World We Don’t Understand. In this second conversation about our big anniversary Sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop project the panel discuss three of the 25 questions. Do you think we are reaching a point at which [HF31] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 technological ‘progress’ kills the spirit and what we Leigh Hodgkinson and YOU! are, or will it liberate us all? 7+ years What makes you laugh? See Hay Fever programme for details. 25 years ago, the whole world lived in fear of an Aids pandemic, the Berlin Wall divided east and Western

[118] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 Europe, China and Latin America were considered Andrew Simms, Rosie Boycott part of the developing world and less than 1% of the world’s population used mobile phones or computers. and Tom Andrews What changes will we see to the way we live now in The Great Transition in Food and Farming 25 years’ time? This year we’re going to stop waiting and start changing. The Great Transition Campaign, of which the Soil Association is a supporter, is running a series [122] 5.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 of events leading up to the Earth Summit, asking the question ‘What if?’ Our contribution to this debate: Simon Armitage

What if our cities produced our food? The Death of King Arthur 5.30pm Supported by The Soil Association Our poet-in-residence reads from his astounding new version of the great medieval epic of warfare and politics. [119] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7

4pm The Gentle Good Cardiff-born songwriter Gareth Bonello performs [123] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 his modern folk music tinted with psychedelia. Keir Starmer talks to Philippe Sands Winner of the BBC Composer of the Year Award The Rule of Law 2011, Gareth will be joined by The Mavron String A conversation with the Director of Public Quartet for this special Hay Festival performance. Prosecutions at a time when the death of Ian Sponsored by Radnor Arms Camping Tomlinson, Leveson, Huhne, Redknapp, the summer rioters and the Lawrence trials have

[120] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 generated unprecedented interest in the law. The Gospel of Us – Screening See also events 140, 161, 194, 266, 322, 387, 446 [124] 5.30PM BIG TENT £6.25 for listing. Sarah Raven Wild Flowers The broadcaster, teacher, gardener and cookery writer (Sarah Raven’s Garden Cookbook) has travelled the length and breadth of the British Isles to find 500 of our most breathtakingly beautiful wild flowers. Sponsored by The Real Cut Flower Garden

[125] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Elif Shafak and Anjali Joseph talk to Gaby Wood Fictions – Migrations Honour is a powerful, brilliant and moving account of murder, love and family set in Kurdistan, Istanbul and London; Another Country charts a young woman’s twenties in Bombay, Paris and London. Supported by Indian Council for Cultural Relations

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Sunday 3 June #hay25

5.30pm 7pm

[HF33] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 [131] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 Annabel Pitcher and Marcus Sedgwick The Herbaliser Band 12+ years Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba discovered a shared See Hay Fever programme for details. passion for hip-hop, rare groove, funk and jazz in the ‘90s. Their music offers an emphatically London- centric take on funky-electronica packed with samples, 7pm scratches and chopped-up rhythms.

[126] 7PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £15.25 [132] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA James Watson talks to Ian McEwan FREE BUT TICKETED Nobel Series – The John Maddox Lecture

Sunday 3 June Sunday Rang de Basanti – Screening A conversation with the Nobel Laureate and author See events 114 and 27 for listing. of The Double Helix. In association with Barclays 8.30pm [127] 7PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 [133] 8.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Maziar Bahari talks to John Kampfner Tom Watson and Martin Hickman Then They Came For Me talk to Helena Kennedy The Newsweek journalist left London in June 2009 to 8.30pm Speak After the Beep cover Iran’s presidential election, believing he’d return to his pregnant fiancée, Paola, in just a few days. In The relentless and crusading MP at the centre of fact he would spend the next three months in Iran’s the exposure of phone-hacking that has rocked most notorious prison, enduring brutal interrogation the British Establishment discusses Leveson, privacy, sessions while terrible threats were made to his family. the media and the Met. In association with Index on Censorship [134] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25

[128] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 John Cooper Clarke

7pm Patrick de Witt and Tom Bullough The legendary punk poet, king of the performance talk to Stephanie Merritt stage, brings his show to Hay. Greatest Hits and Fictions – Not the C19th Novel new stuff. The Man Booker-shortlisted The Sisters Brothers is a noir adventure set in Gold Rush America; [135] 8.30PM BIG TENT £8.25 Konstantin tells the story of the first man in Russia Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie to reveal how travel into Space might be possible. Midnight’s Children, the Movie It is a story of man, nature, and the limitless The director of the forthcoming film of the modern power of the imagination. Indian classic previews and discusses clips with the novelist. Chaired by Francine Stock. [129] 7PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 In association with BAFTA Thomas Asbridge The Crusades – The Siege of Acre 1189-1191 [136] 8.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 The historian tells the story of the key turning-point Simon Singh of the Third Crusade, and the first clash of Saladin Alan Turing and Enigma and Richard the Lionheart. The science writer celebrates the centenary of the genius mathematician and code-breaker, who [130] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 deciphered the German naval cables in WWII, and Tishani Doshi, Rhian Edwards and demonstrates the encryption techniques on his own Arundhathi Subramanian original Enigma Machine. Poetry Reading Sponsored by Semaphore Three of the emerging generation of poetry superstars read from their new collections – Everything Begins Elsewhere, Clueless Dogs, and Where I Live. 9.45pm Sponsored by Indian Council for Cultural Relations

[137] 9.45PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £9.25 Jeremy Hardy The new stand-up show from the blissfully self- deprecating News Quiz star and Festival favourite. 22 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 23

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Courtney Pine Band Sunday 3 June Europa The inspiring jazz hero draws back in time to Gregorian Chant, Scandinavian, Celtic, Spanish, Hungarian, Mediterranean melodies and rhythms that show like a geographical map the scope, width and growth of the Continent. Robert Fordjour – drums, Darren Taylor – double bass, Zoe Rahman – acoustic piano, Cameron Pierre – mandolin and acoustic guitar, Courtney Pine – bass clarinet.

[139] 9.45PM BIG TENT £5.25 Timothy Garton Ash talks to John Kampfner freespeechdebate.com The distinguished author of The File and Facts Are

9.45pm Subversive introduces the ten founding principles of his new global Free Speech project and demonstrates its international reach with author and free speech campaigner. In association with Google

10pm

[140] 10PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7 The Gospel of Us – Screening See events 65 and 120 for listing.

10.30pm

[141] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 Ghostpoet The softly spoken 24-year-old has already won over BBC Radio 1’s foremost taste-maker Gilles Peterson and Brownswood Recordings with a handful of off-kilter, loopy electronic ditties blessed with his delightfully rambling musings on modern life. His captivating hook-laden productions and lazy baritone ensure that this young, inventive, British artist is destined for greatness. ‘With lullabies to hypnotise, this somnolent spirit is sleepwalking his way to greatness’ – The Guardian

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LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 10am Julia Hobsbawm, Sophie Radice, Mark Haddon talks to Rosie Goldsmith David Aaronovitch and Chris Parry The Red House Editorial Intelligence The magical new novel from the author of The The Editorial Intelligence director and her guests Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time. analyse the media and comment of the day. A family get together in a farmhouse near Hay for a week – four adults and four children with interweaving stories and history and voices. [143] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4.25 Zarghuna Kargar talks to Anita Anand Sponsored by Hay and District Chamber of Commerce

Monday 4 June Monday Dear Zari Hidden Stories from Women of Afghanistan is a poignant [148] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 celebration of human resilience under unimaginable duress. At the time of going to press the UK and US Jon Gower in conversation with Allies are currently talking to the Taliban. Mary-Anne Constantine, Phil George and David Anderson The Story of Wales [144] 9AM BIG TENT £4.25 How the nation has been formed by the land, and Meriel Larkin talks to Revel Guest how the country has connected with the world. The Ship, The Lady and The Lake Jon Gower chairs a discussion spanning 30,000 years The recovery and restoration of the steamboat Yavari, with an historian, a TV programme maker and the built on the Thames 150 years ago, then dismantled Director of The National Museum of Wales. and carried in thousands of pieces 12,500 ft up the Andes to Lake Titicaca – where she was reassembled [149] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25 and used by traders until 1985. Edward and Robert Skidelsky How Much Is Enough? [145] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Arguing from the premise that economics is a moral Chris Williams and Robin Barlow science, the Skidelskys trace the concept of the good

9am join Huw Bowen life from Aristotle to Keynes and the present, and Heroes and Villains 3 – Soldiers show how our lives over the past half century have Waterloo, Rorke’s Drift, Mametz Wood, and the strayed from that ideal. Falklands have all provided Wales with its military heroes. But what makes a Welsh military hero, and [150] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 who are the villains of the piece? Nathan Englander and Helen Simpson In association with The Western Mail Fictions – Shorts Short stories from two stars of the short story genre [HF34] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED who discuss and read from their collections What We Tinga Tinga Tales – Screening Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank and Collected Stories. Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor. 3+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. [151] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25 The Pirates! 10am In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening See event 39 and event 53 for listing. [146] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25

Martin Rees [HF37] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 The Limits of Science Ali Sparkes Ethics and prudence set limits to how our scientific 7+ years knowledge can be applied. And there are constraints See Hay Fever programme for details. on the amount of research we can afford. But are there some aspects of the universe or of life we’ll never understand because they’re beyond the human brain and must await post-human intellects? In association with The Royal Society

24 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page25 11.30am [HF40] conjures thepossibilitiesthisopenedup. extended beyond thefew. Grayling explainshow, and changedwhenliteracy in thedark. Our story naturehumankind, thetrue ofeducation,thecandle The philosophertalksabouttheconversation of Reading and Thinking AC Grayling [152] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 5+ years Cally Law [HF42] Sponsored by Laura Hurley Racing 10+ years Lauren St John [HF41] In with partnership The British Council miracle. Chaired by Rosie Boycott. (Translation) about theharder realities behindtheeconomic now famous‘In mycountry’ Oslo speech,andtalks The outspokenChinesecultnovelist buildsonhis British CouncilSeries –Caging aMonster 11.30amMurong Xuecun [155] In associationwithCambridge University both badandgood.Chaired by Greg Davies . Understanding ofRiskwillshow how toweigh luck, opportunity. The Winton Professor ofthePublic ischance and but theupsideofuncertainty We continuallygetwarnedabouttherisksaround us, on uncertainty Risk oraChance? Trying toputnumbers Cambridge Series 6–Are you taking a David Spiegelhalter [154] andrealityrecent ofshari’a times–thehistory law. the mostdisputedbutleastunderstoodtopicsof A timelyandeye-opening investigation intooneof Heaven onEarth Sadakat talkstoHelena Kadri Kennedy [153] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 7+ years Cressida Cowell talkstoPeter Florence LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE 11.30 11.30 11.30 11.30 11.30 11.30 11.30 AM AM AM AM AM AM AM BIG TENT SKY ARTS STUDIO DIGITAL STAGE BARCLAYS PAVILON THE HEXAGON STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 £5.25 £4.25 £5.25 £8.25 £5.25 £5.25 Casement, thecontroversial hero ofIrish nationalism. novel,his new whichre-imagines thelifeofRoger The Peruvian Nobel Laureate discusseshiswork and Nobel Series – The Dream oftheCelt Mario Vargas LlosatalkstoPeter Florence [157] Supported by onehundredmonths.org onehundredmonths.org andpoetLemnSissay. discusses thedeadlinewithco-foundersof against us. The ChiefExecutive ofGreenpeace UK balance ofriskdangerous climatechangeshifts that’s thetimeframewe are working tobefore the in theremaining 50months?On current trends, How muchcansocietyandtheeconomychange nef series3– Tick Tock, ClimateClock Peter Myers andLemnSissay Andrew Simms, John Sauven, [156] but tothinkaboutandfeelmusic. torestorestep further: hisabilitynotonlytohear loss ofhisgreatest passioninlife–andtogoone account ofoneman’s torecover struggle from the ever by Sudden Neurosensory Hearing Loss. An Nick wokeuponemorningtoaworldchangedfor A Story ofMusic andLoss The Train intheNight – Nick ColemantalkstoJohn Harris [159] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 5+ years Steven Butler [HF43] last vestiges ofIce Agefauna. back twobillionyears tothehardy muskoxen, the fromhave longago–from survived algalmatsdating globe insearch oftracesevolution increatures that The paleontologisttakesusonajourneyacross the that Time hasLeftBehind Survivors – The Animals andPlants Richard Fortey LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE [158] In associationwithBarclays 11.30am 1pm 1 1 1 11.30 PM PM PM 1 PM BIG TENT BARCLAYS PAVILION AM SKY ARTS STUDIO HAY ONEARTH STAGE £5.25 01497 822629 hayfestival.org

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[160] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 [164] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Nick Harkaway and SJ Parris Raymond Tallis talk to Clemency Burton-Hill A Defence of Wonder Fictions – The Plotters Do you think philosophy is irrelevant? Think again, Angelmaker is a kaleidoscopic, comedy adventure – a says the neuroscientist and philosopher. The pursuit one-sit read about a mobster’s son and a retired secret of articulate, reflective wonder, revealing the agent who are forced to team up to save the world; extraordinary complex mystery of everyday life, is the Sacrilege is the third in the meticulously plotted series key to unlocking our spirituality in a post-religious age. of Giordano Bruno Elizabethan thrillers.

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Monday 4 June Monday Abi Morgan talks to Francine Stock The Gospel of Us – Screening Screenwriter See events 65 and 120 for listing. An interview with the screenwriter of Shame, The Iron Lady, The Hour and Birdsong.

[HF44] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Sponsored by i-D Magazine Matt Haig 9+ years [166] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 See Hay Fever programme for details. Gerbrand Bakker and Ece Temelkuran talk to Rosie Goldsmith Fictions – Detours 2.30pm The Detour from the IMPAC Prize-winning Dutch

author of The Twin is a masterpiece set in rural 2.30pm [162] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £9.25 Wales. He is joined by the star of Turkish literature, Stephen Fry in conversation author of Deep Mountain and the Beirut novel with Kay Redfield Jamison Sounds of Bananas. An Unquiet Mind A discussion about Dr Jamison’s definitive work [HF46] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 on bipolarity, and the creativity explored in her Carl Warner Touched with Fire: Manic-depressive Illness and 9+ years the Artistic Temperament. See Hay Fever programme for details.

[163] 2.30PM [167] 2.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Monty Don, Helen Browning John Mitchinson presents and guests UNBOUND LIVE! Health, Beauty and Permanence – The award winning crowd-funded publisher What is farming for? Unbound, launched at Hay last year, celebrates its

2.30pm Is it possible to feed a growing world population first birthday with a live event unlike anything else without resorting to large-scale, industrialised at the festival. Join a panel of Unbound authors processes? Does human-scale, decentralised competing to win the approval of the crowd to raise agriculture necessarily mean lower climate change funding for their book ideas, in a cross between an impacts. Is Small always Beautiful? Chaired by election hustings and a literary Dragons’ Den. Geoffrey Lean. Featuring super-smart comedian Katy Brand, Supported by The Soil Association controversial polymath Jonathan Meades, novelist and developmental psychologist Charles Fernyhough, cult perfomance poet George Chopping, the inimitable Glaswegian Sikh 4pm writer, cook and performer, Hardeep Singh Kohli and others. [168] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan and Andre Vincent The Teatime Edition 3 The press-gang sharpen their wits to slice up the news, much of which may relate to tomorrow.

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[169] 4PM [173] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £6 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Paper Aeroplanes Jeanette Winterson The indie-folk-pop outfit, led by songwriters Monday 4 June Why Be Happy When You Can Be Normal? Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn, are The novelist introduces her memoir of mothers, originally from West Wales. With melancholy madness and identity; it is triumphantly a book melodies, Sarah’s breathtaking vocals have been about other people’s stories, showing how fiction and described by BBC’s Adam Walton as ‘brilliantly poetry can form a string of guiding lights, a life-raft crafted and stoked from a bruised heart’s embers’. that supports us when we are sinking.

[174] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA FREE BUT TICKETED [HF47] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Firaaq – Screening Cressida Cowell, Jeremy Strong, See events 61 and 114 for listing. Ciaran Murtagh and Andy Stanton 7+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. 5.30pm

[170] 4PM BIG TENT £7.25 [175] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 Maryam d’Abo and Hugh Hudson Stephen Fry, Ruby Wax and Monty Don talk with Paul Broks Talking About It Rupture The President of MIND and his guests talk about The actress suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage in depression, bi-polarity, and the language, literature 2007. Her experience inspired a film by her husband, and conversations that deal with issues surrounding the director of Chariots of Fire, which gives hope to mental health. those who are isolated by a condition that is not seen Sponsored by Claridge Nursing Homes Limited and therefore often misunderstood. They talk to the neuropyschologist and author of Into The Silent [176] 5.30PM Land. Chaired by David Gritten. The film plays LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 5.30pm several times throughout the week at Bookshop Paul Preston Cinema in Hay. See also events 221, 231, 243, 278, The LSE Lecture. 376, 434 for screenings. The Spanish Holocaust – Inquisition and Extermination in Twentieth-Century Spain [171] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 The world’s foremost historian of C20th Spain charts

4pm Mohammed Hanif and Suzanne Joinson how and why Franco and his supporters set out to talk to Rosie Goldsmith eliminate all ‘those who do not think as we do’ – some 200,000 innocent men, women and children Fictions – Collisions across Spain. Our Lady of Alice Bhatti is a glorious story of second chances, thwarted ambitions and love in unlikely In association with The London School of Economics places, set in the febrile streets of downtown Karachi. Worlds, religions and eras collide between London [177] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 and an ancient Silk Route city in A Lady Cyclist’s Alison Sinclair, Jenny Wallace Guide to Kashgar. and Adrian Poole Cambridge Series 7 – Is Tragedy the Perfect

[HF48] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Form for the Modern World? Barroux and Marjolaine Leray The media and public respond to tragic events now in ways that echo age-old traditions going back to 10+ years Greek tragedy. Do classic ideas about tragedy’s See Hay Fever programme for details. purpose need revising? What are the ingredients of good tragedy today? [172] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 In association with Cambridge University Jan Blake with William Pearce-Smith Tales of the Diaspora – Storytelling When English ships left Africa, carrying slaves bound for the plantations of Jamaica, the history, culture, and people of three regions became inextricably linked. Of African descent, born in Manchester to Jamaican parents, Jan Blake is a product of this link, to three cultures that she claims as her own, telling stories that have crossed the seas and oceans of the world. 27 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page28 28 Monday 4 June 7pm 5.30pm Monday 4June LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 [181] fizz, cake,andadealofgoodcheer. independent women’s press withagalareading, We celebratetheSilver Jubilee ofthe Welsh Honno 25 Merriman andJane Aaro Sian Melangell Dafydd, Catherine Patricia Duncker, Stephanie Tillotson, TICKETED BUT FREE [180] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 8+ years Ian Whybrow [HF51] 14+ yrs two tonnesperyear? Chaired by AndyFryers. Should anindividual’s carbonemissionsbelimitedto The Carbon Question Concern Universal Youth Debate TICKETED BUT FREE [179] With oftheMexican thesupport Embassy change forafarmingfamilyintheMaesglasau valley. Rebecca Jones translation ofthe Welsh masterpieceTheLife of Milk Mexico Cityand1950sPhiladelphia. TheColourof Faces intheCrowd twonarrators–inC21st runs Fictions – Time Angharad Price talktoGaby Wood Valeria Luiselli, Nell Leyshonand [178] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 12+ years Chris RiddellandPaul Stewart [HF50] Why dowe read books? are openingthedoorsoffuture forhumankind? Which livingleaders,writers,scientists,andartists, younger onesandviceversa? What dotheoldergenerationsnow owe tothe project thepaneldiscussthree ofthe25Questions: In thisthird conversation aboutourbiganniversary Hay 25– The Way We Live Now 3 Murray talktoClemencyBurton-Hill Miller, Marcus Brigstocke and Tiffany Rebecca Stott, AC Grayling, Andrew 5.30pm is setonafarmin1831. The English 7 5.30 5.30 5.30 PM 5.30 5.30 PM PM PM PM PM reflects a century oftechnological reflects acentury STARLIGHT STAGE HAY ONEARTH STAGE DIGITAL STAGE THE HEXAGON BIG TENT £5.25 £5.25 £4.25 7pm The Royal – SocietyPlatform Teenage Kicks Sarah-Jayne Blakemore David Spiegelhalter and [184] Sponsored by Monnow Valley Arts Centre captured instillphotographs. minute re-imagining ofOwen Sheers’ novel Resistance in Love, The BAFTA-winning cinematographer( StillFilm Richard Greatrex talkstoDavid Gritten [183] withhermother,interview Sylvia. His poemsinSophie’s voice are intercut withan Goth studentkickedtodeathinapark inLancashire. The poetreads anddiscusseshisradioplayaboutthe Black Roses – The KillingofSophieLancaster Simon Armitage [182] See events 49and114forlisting. KaGhoslaKhosla –Screening 3 TICKETED BUT FREE [187] the firstplace. soulful touchthatmadeusfallinlove withthemin studio andonstage,whilestillretaining thatmelodic more bass-heavy, evocative anddarker soundinthe LPRollerchaintheir brandnew quite pindown singshooksyou can’t forget’. With records you’ve never heard of, whilstavoice you can’t trawl through adustybasementfullofthebest handmade brit-hop, bluesandsoul:‘likeaweird The band’s distinctive soundisaself-styledbrandof Belleruche [186] extreme weather andchaos. Diary A fascinatinganddeeplyalarming Down South Chris Parry talkstoGuto Harri [185] In associationwith The Royal Society the risksandrewards they’re juggling? How doyou explainteenagebehaviour? What are 7 7 7 7 7 7 – an intimate story ofheroism, atrocity,– anintimatestory PM PM PM PM PM PM A Knight’s Tale) shows anddiscusseshis17- THE SOUNDCASTLE BIG TENT BOOKSHOP CINEMA STARLIGHT STAGE SKY ARTS STUDIO DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 £5.25 they have created a £6.25 £6.25 Falklands War £10

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[188] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £8.25 [194] 10PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Jo Caulfield The Gospel of Us – Screening Cruel to be Kind See events 55 and 120 for listing. Monday 4 June The Mock the Week and Michael Macintyre Roadshow star in her stand-up show. Sweet and savage comedy. Bliss. 10.30pm

[189] 8.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 [195] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 Arundhathi Subramanian, Irfan Husain and Anchorsong Tahmima Anam talk to John Kampfner The Tokyo/London master of electronica and India/Pakistan/Bangladesh sampling – aka Masaaki Yoshida - renowned What’s the state of Freedom of Expression on the globally for his spellbinding solo shows is joined subcontinent? How will technology affect it? And onstage by a string quartet for a spectacular whose truths and languages can be heard? live performance. In association with Google

[190] 8.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 Terence Blacker and Derek Hewitson Let’s Misbehave! The Songwriters’ History of Love, Lust and Loathing If you want to know what’s really been going on in the hearts and beds of men and women over the past 8.30pm century or so, it’s songs that will tell the true story…

[191] 8.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 Lisa Dwan Beside the Sea The actress reprises her SBC triumph of Veronique Olmi’s haunting Beside The Sea about a mother who is driven to the extremes of mental and physical despair. Performance, and discussion chaired by Stephanie Merritt.

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[192] 9.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £12.25 Oi Va Voi The spectacular, exhilarating band play a vibrant and joyful blend of European and Klezmer rhythms shot with soaring melodies and surging energy. Steve Levi – clarinet and vocals, David Orchant – trumpet, Josh Breslaw – drums, Preetha Narayanan – violin, Matt Jury – bass, Nik Ammar – guitar, Bridgette Amofah – vocals.

[193] 9.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £8.25 Mark Watson Stand-Up – Live. The comedian was a victim of identity theft. Someone successfully posed as him and took all his money. It made him think about the power of the Internet, the nature of identity, the way to stop crime for ever and live in a better world, plus some other smaller matters. Sponsored by Communikate 29 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 30

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[198] 9AM [HF53] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Dan Jones Andy Stanton The Plantagenets 7+ years The historian introduces his tales of eight generations See Hay Fever programme for details. of the greatest and worst kings and queens this

country has ever seen – from the White Ship to the [204] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Lionheart, bad King John to the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. This is the dynasty that invented Jules Evans England as we still know it today. Philosophy for Life – and other dangerous situations

Tuesday 5 June Tuesday An invitation to a dream school with a rowdy faculty [199] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4.25 that includes 12 of the greatest thinkers the world Michael Tavinor has ever known. Each of these ancient philosophers Saints and Sinners of the Marches teaches a technique we can use to transform ourselves The Dean of Hereford pitches Ethelbert, and live better lives. 10am Dubricius, Clodock against Herbert Armstrong,

Roger Mortimer, Hugh Depenser and a fantastic [205] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25 cast of both and in-betweens. Rebecca Stott Darwin’s Ghosts – In Search of the [200] 9AM BIG TENT £4.25 First Evolutionists Robert Minhinnick talks to Jon Gower The story of Darwin’s many predecessors back to The Keys of Babylon Leonardo and Aristotle, who advanced theories of The poet and essayist weaves a series of short stories evolution in times when it was exceptionally carrying the hopes and dreams of migrants across the dangerous to do so. world from Albania, Mexico, China, Iraq, Israel,

Wales and the US. [206] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Karl Ove Knausgaard and Tiffany Murray [201] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25

9am talk to Rosie Goldsmith Hugh Warwick Fiction – Love and Death and Rock ’n’ Roll The Beauty in the Beast A Death in the Family is hailed as the great Britain’s Favourite Creatures and the People Who Love masterpiece of contemporary Norwegian literature, Them – animal magic and nature notes from the exploring love, parental death and a teenage hedgheog-hugging spiritual heir to Johnny Morris. infatuation for rock music. The Welsh tale of Diamond Star Halo riffs on the same eternal themes.

[202] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Sponsored by Visit Haugesund Dai Smith, Madeleine Gray, Alan Edmunds and Ceri Gould join Huw Bowen [207] 10AM-11.30AM THE MOOT FREE BUT TICKETED Heroes and Villains 3 – Culture Álvaro Enrigue, Frank Wynne, Bards, poets, writers, actors and musicians populate Rosalind Harvey and Daniel Hahn Welsh history to an extraordinary degree. So too do the icons of modern popular culture from the Manic BCLT – Word for Word 1 Street Preachers to Gavin and Stacey. Why has Wales Translators Wynne (winner of the IMPAC, Foreign been so blessed with creative talent? And what is Fiction Prize etc) and Harvey produce English distinctively Welsh about our cultural heroes? versions of the same short story originally written in Spanish by the Mexican novelist and Bogotá 39 star In association with The Western Mail Álvaro Enrigue. The author and his translators discuss the nuances, divergences and creativity of their translations with the Director of the BCLT. 10am In partnership with the British Centre for Literary Translation and with the support [203] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 of the Mexican Embassy Martin Gilbert

Churchill – The Power of Words [HF54] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £7.25 The life and work of the greatest of great orators, Tallulah Swirls Theatre Company winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953, 3+ years explored through his speeches and writings by his biographer. Sponsored by Dame Amelia Fawcett 30 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page31 11.30am 10am be likethat?’ doesithavethrough to theinsightsofyouth –‘Why offereddiscussion aboutthevalue andopportunities Four testimoniesfollowed short by awide-ranging Power– TheofYouth Dragons’ Innovation Den [208] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 7+ years Annie Dalton [HF55] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 8+ years The Great Big Animal Quiz [HF58] Sponsored by Pembertons Bookshop king withdemolishingit. Baratte, ayoung, provincial engineerchargedby the who live nearby. Into theirmidstcomesJean-Baptiste 1785, overflowing, breath ofthose taintingthevery ofParis,Deep intheheart is,by itsoldestcemetery 11.30amThe novelist discusseshisCostaAward-winning Pure Pure Andrew Miller talkstoJon Gower [211] highest LadiesofCourt. architecture andrancorous rows withsomeofthe Marlborough’s victoriesinFrance, somesublime whose reign encompassedunionwithScotland, ofthegreat portrait A revelatory Stuart monarch, Queen Anne Anne Somerset LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 [210] See event 39andevent 53forlisting. In An Adventure With Scientists–Screening The Pirates! [209] Supported by the Welsh Government 11.30 11.30 10 10 10 11.30 AM AM AM AM AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA HAY ONEARTH STAGE AM THE HEXAGON SKY ARTS STUDIO DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 £4.25 £5.25 £5.25 £3.25 . creativity willteachyoutoolsforyour new projects. are boggeddown? This opensessionofdesignand know where orhave you tostart, already but started Do you have anideaforinnovation butdon’t Creative Intent – The Power of Youth FREE [213] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 5-7 years Petr Horacek [HF60] 7+ years Ciaran Murtagh [HF59] Sponsored by Jonathan Oddy Bespoke Fine Furniture countryman’s guideto‘creative rambling’. Understanding YourLandscape A beautifulandengagingintroduction to The Natural Explorer Tristan Gooley [212] had spread thelengthandbreadth ofEurope. bloody assassination,Becket wasasaintwhosecult in Christendomtohisknees. Within ayear ofhis of thePope and brought oneofthestrongest rulers battle, brokered peacebetween nations,hadtheear At theheightofhispowers, heled700knightsinto Victim. A900-Year-Old Story Retold Thomas Becket – Warrior, Priest, Rebel, John Guy [216] In associationwith The Open University in Wales Rosie Boycott. Chairedtsunamis andvolcanic eruptions. by How achangingclimatetriggersearthquakes, WakingGiant The Bill McGuire LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE [215] no respect atall:tothe Tower withthemall. Scoundrels, rogues andfools-thesepeoplehave The Jubilee Edition 4 and Andre Vincent Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan [214] Supported by the Welsh Government 11.30am 1pm – 11.30 11.30 1 1 1 RPIN DROP PM PM PM 11.30 11.30 SKY ARTS STUDIO BARCLAYS PAVILION AM AM AM AM HAY ONEARTH STAGE BIG TENT THE HEXAGON STARLIGHT STAGE 01497 822629 hayfestival.org £5.25 - anaturalist,

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[217] 1PM BIG TENT £6.25 [221] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Thomas Heatherwick Rupture – talks to Mariella Frostrup A Matter of Life or Death – Screening Making Maryam d’Abo suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage A conversation with the legendary British designer, in 2007 and is lucky to be alive. Her experience heralded by Terence Conran as the ‘Leonardo da inspired this film and leads the viewer on a personal Vinci of our times’. journey of recovery, giving a sense of hope to those Sponsored by American Hardwood Export Council who are isolated by their condition that is not seen therefore often misunderstood. Many first hand stories celebrate man’s life force and his will to [HF61] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 survive. The film concerns all human beings, dealing

Tuesday 5 June Tuesday Chris Riddell and Paul Stewart with the fragility of the extraordinary brain about 9+ years which we know surprisingly little. D’Abo and the director Hugh Hudson will be speaking on Monday [HF62] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 in event 170. (UK, 2011, 72’) Documentary. David Sinden, Matthew Morgan and Guy MacDonald 7+ years 2.30pm

[HF63] 1PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 [222] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 Annie Dalton Mark Easton 7+ years Britain Etc See Hay Fever programme for details. The broadcaster maps the backstory of contemporary Britain with a delightfully eccentric alphabet of meticulously researched essays that allow a park, [218] 1PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE FREE – DROP IN a wedding, a beggar and a carrot all to take on new significance and deepen our understanding Dragons’ Playground of our islands. Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’

Den will be telling their stories, practising their 2.30pm pitches and sharing ideas on how they’d use the [HF64] 2.30PM £10,000 prize if they won in the Den. Today’s LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 shortlist is selected from young people under Jeremy Strong the age of 25. 7+ years Supported by the Welsh Government See Hay Fever programme for details.

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1pm Sue Roberts Helen Rappaport Writing for Radio Masterclass Magnificent Obsession The BBC Radio Drama Executive leads this Victoria, Albert and the Death That Changed workshop seminar in writing for radio. the Monarchy. Numbers are limited.

[HF65] 2.30PM BIG TENT £4.25 [220] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6.25 Maisy Tamsin Little and John Lenehan 3-5 years The Radio 3 Lunchtime Series See Hay Fever programme for details. Four lunchtime concerts will focus upon some of the

greatest British composers, Elgar, Britten and Bax, [224] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 and other musical giants, Schumann, Strauss and Haydn. The concerts will be recorded as part of Andrew Robinson BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert series, to be Cracking the Egyptian Code broadcast at a later date. In this first concert violinist The first biography in English of Jean-François Tasmin Little is joined by pianist John Lenehan, Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and to give a performance of the contrasting violin brilliant child of the French Revolution who sonatas by Elgar and Strauss. made the vital breakthrough in deciphering the Egyptian hieroglyphs.

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[HF66] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [228] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Dave Cousins Damian Walford Davies 12+ years and Samantha Wynne Rhydderch Tuesday 5 June Icebound/Spellbound – from Antarctica [HF68] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 to East Anglia Petr Horacek The two poets locate you in the bootprints of 5-7 years Captain Scott, then at the black heart of the witch See Hay Fever programme for details. trials of Civil War Suffolk. Reading from Banjo and Witch they bring trial, defiance and trauma to life in dramatic form, taking you into terra incognita – one 4pm physical, the other psychological, both deadly.

[225] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 [HF69] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Ian Rankin talks to Sarah Crompton Steve Skidmore and Steve Barlow Murder, Mood and Vinyl 8+ years The Edinburgh crime-writer, tweeter and proper-up See Hay Fever programme for details. of the Oxford Bar talks about his writing life, his passions, and reveals [229] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 (you can’t tell anyone until the day! Ed.). His latest Green Dragons’ Den Final 1 novel is The Impossible Dead. – The Power of Youth Sponsored by Freixenet Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, [226] 4PM minds and cheque books, with a chance to win LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 £10,000 for their project. The shortlist is selected 4pm Anne Sebba and Juliet Nicolson talk to from young people under the age of 25 only. Lorna Bradbury Supported by the Welsh Government Not the Queen of England

The authors of the biography That Woman – The Life [230] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor and the novel Elan Mehler and Sava Medan Abdication look at the characters and events that eventually led to the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The pianist and bass player, two of the most magical performers in contemporary jazz, met at a session in Paris and almost instantly discovered a musical [227] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 connection. Medan’s novel approach and big sound

4pm John D Barrow found a purchase in Mehler’s compositional and 100 Essential Things You Didn’t Know improvisational style and led to the creation of a You Didn’t Know About Sport completely new body of work for the duo. They are How fast could Bolt run? How are the many scoring touring this work for the first time. systems designed? Why did Fosbury flop? What’s the effect of those skintight swimsuits? The Gresham [231] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Professor of Geometry gives us the skinny on the Rupture – Olympics to come. A Matter of Life or Death – Screening See events 117 and 221 for listing. [HF68] 4PM BIG TENT £5.25 Matt Dickinson 10+ years 5.30pm See Hay Fever programme for details. [232] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 Rob Brydon Small Man in a Book The actor and author talks about his book. Joy. Sponsored by Castle House Hotel, Hereford

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[233] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 [238] 7PM Philip Mansell LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £8.25 Cities of the Levant – The Past for the Future Ian Bostridge talks to Michael Berkeley One of the world’s top experts on Constantinople A Singer’s Notebook and the Mediterranean looks at the great cities of A masterclass glimpse into the life and mind of the bygone empires and the dynamic urban centres great Lieder singer, as he discusses the music and of today. composers he has worked with and his early enthusiasm and study of C17th witchcraft.

[234] 5.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 Gabrielle Walker [239] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 Sinclair McKay talks to Mark Skipworth Tuesday 5 June Tuesday Antarctica 100 years after Scott and Amundsen’s race to the The Secret History of Bletchley Park pole, the writer weaves science, natural history, The author discusses his History of the Wartime poetry and epic history to give An Intimate Portrait Codebreaking Centre by the Men and Women Who of the World’s Most Mysterious Continent. Were There.

[235] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 [240] 7PM BIG TENT £6.25 Matthew Hollis Mark Wallinger talks to Alastair Sooke The artist and 2007 Turner Prize-winner’s work is Now All Roads Lead To France 7pm This fascinating exploration of Edward Thomas, one not only brilliantly accessible and witty, but also of Britain’s most influential First World War poets conscientious and politically incisive. and his extraordinary friendship with Robert Frost won the 2012 Costa Biography Prize. [241] 7PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Fflur Dafydd talks to M Wynn Thomas [HF72] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 The Welsh Books Council Lecture – Mark Brake and Jon Chase In Two Minds 9+ years The singer and author of the multi-award-winning See Hay Fever programme for details. Y Llyfrgell, Twenty Thousand Saints, The White Trail and Atyniad talks about ‘the bilingual artist and the multi-media’. See also events 345 and 373. 5.30pm [236] 5.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £6.25 Jan Blake with Raymond Sereba Sponsored by Welsh Books Council The Buffalo Woman – Storytelling [242] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 A hunter kills a buffalo and takes the meat back to Ola Onabule his village. But the young buffalo calf that watched him kill her mother is determined to make him pay. The voice is unmistakably gentle and wistful, haunting After many years of planning, the shape-shifting and heartbreaking, reminiscent of the great Soul and Buffalo Woman goes on a quest for revenge but Jazz artists of the 1960s and ’70s. Ola has performed doesn’t anticipate the lengths a mother will go to in on the largest festival stages worldwide including the order to protect her son. main stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival. His album Seven Shades Darker has been cited as a modern classic rooted in Soul and Blues, but at ease with mournful, 7pm complex African melodic lines.

[237] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Rupture – A Matter of Life or Death – Screening See events 170 and 221 for listing.

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[243] 7.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 [248] 9.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £10.25 OR FREE BUT TICKETED TO ALL RESIDENTS OF HAY Robin Ince WHO MAY COLLECT FROM THE BOX OFFICE Tuesday 5 June The Festival Audience Happiness Through Science The Uncaged Monkeys star asks if you can be happy The Jubilee Prom – Nine Songs and Speeches and rational at the same time. Join him in a world When is Nationalism a fine and wonderful thing? of Schrödinger cats, multiverses and evolutionary TODAY. Come and join us to toast the Queen’s conundrums as he orienteers through the craggy Diamond Jubilee with a joyful, cockle-warming, landscape of evolution while plumbing the depths foot-stomping, Beatles-n-cream celebration of nine of his own murky consciousness, all without the of the greatest speeches and nine of the most popular aid of a safety net. songs of the past 60 years, sung by all of US. Flags and tears and balloons; great tunes, and some Sponsored by The Swan at Hay of the finest words ever written. Songsheets available on the night. With accompaniment from the happy and glorious Bandemonium. 10pm

[249] 10PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 8.15pm Antony Joseph and The Spasm Band A crossover of funk and poetry with elements of Jazz [244] 8.15PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 and Afrobeat, altogether creating a mesmerising and Barbara Arrowsmith-Young intense live show. The Trinidadian star has a dark and The Woman who Changed Her Brain very recognizable voice with elements of Gil Scott Heron crossed with Benjamin Zephaniah. The Spasm The pioneer of neuroplasticity was born with Band is a collective of superb instrumentalists and severe learning disabilities. Undaunted, she used vocalists. Add in production by Malcolm Catto (The her strengths to develop brain exercises to overcome Heliocentrics) and the result is rather special. her neurological deficits. She has gone on to change countless lives and inspire Miraculous Transformations from the Frontier of Brain Science.

[245] 8.15PM BIG TENT £7.25 Jeremy Cooper talks to Gavin Turk Growing Up – Young British Artists at 50 A conversation about the golden generation with the brilliant Art writer and the YBA star whose work explore issues of authenticity, self-portraiture, parody, identity and authority.

[246] 8.15PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Jon Gower, Jeremy Moore and Tomos Williams At Water’s Edge As the All-Wales Coast Path opens to the public, the

8.15pm writer is joined by his fellow-travelling photographer and trumpeter to explore the country’s 870-mile edge, where land meets sea.

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[250] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 [254] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25 James Holland The Pirates! The Dam Busters In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening The True Story of the Legendary Raid on the Ruhr on See event 39 and event 53 for listing. the night of 16 May 1943 when 19 Lancaster bombers delivered Barnes Wallis’ bouncing bombs into the industrial heartland of Nazi Germany. 11.30am

[251] 10AM [255] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Marcus Brigstocke, Carrie Quinlan and Wendy Scase Andre Vincent

Wednesday 6 June Wednesday The Vernon Manuscript – The Early Edition 5 An e-Reader on Parchment The satirists’ final word on the stories of the day. The medievalist examines the origins and purpose of the unique Vernon Manuscript, an astonishing [256] 11.30AM treasury of literature written in the dialect of the LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 West Midlands over 600 yeas ago, and shows how it changes the story of English. Martin Jones Cambridge Series 8 – What Did You In association with The University of Birmingham Have For Dinner? What the food we used to eat can tell us about the [252] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Ancient World. Chaired by Rosie Boycott. David Lloyd Owen In association with Cambridge University

The Sound of Thirst 11.30am

A moral, economic and sustainable case for [257] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 financing the many trillions of pounds needed in the coming decades to ensure safe water Daniel Pick for all – and a cleaner Earth. The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind – Hitler, Hess and the Analysts

10am How British intelligence in 1941 debriefed and [HF74] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 assessed the captured Rudolf Hess, and how US Chris Bradford agents used Freudian analysis on Hitler in an 9+ years attempt to understand the psychological bases of their Nazi convictions. [HF75] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25

Korky Paul [258] 11.30AM BIG TENT £5.25 5-80 years Alan Brooks Pevsner’s Herefordshire [HF76] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 We’re delighted to launch this architectural survey StoryBoard and Young Film Academy of local treasures, from Kilpeck and Abbeydore to 9+ years the marvels of Hereford, Leominster and Ledbury. Chaired by Simon Bradley. [HF77] 10AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Penelope Harper [HF79] 11.30AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 3-5 years Emma Dodd and Kelly Gerrard See Hay Fever programme for details. 7+ years

[253] 10AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 [HF80] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Dragons’ Innovation Den Daniel Blythe – Innovation for Sustainability 10+ years Four short testimonies followed by a wide-ranging See Hay Fever programme for details. discussion about the role of innovation, which sectors are seeing the biggest change and where the opportunities are to boost the slower moving ones. Supported by the Welsh Government

36 hayfest 201211/4/1211:55Page37 11.30am 1pm your projects. and creativity willequipyoutoolsfor withnew but are boggeddown? This opensessionofdesign don’t know where orhave you tostart already started Do you have anideaforaproject orinnovation but Innovation forSustainability Creative Intent – FREE [259] 3-5 years Penelope Harper [HF81] eight years ago,sheopenedachocolateshop. that blows herbacktoLansquenet,thevillagewhere, the grave, shehasnochoicebuttofollow thewind When Vianne Rocher receives aletterfrom beyond Peaches forMonsieur leCuré Joanne Harris talkstoPaul Blezard 1pm[262] the great gastronomic cultures oftheworld. Seasonal Spanish Food is joinedby thetopSpanish chef, authorofPizarro: The peerlessfood-writer, authorofTheFood ofSpain, The Rose Gray Tabletalk –Spanish Food talk toMichael Jacobs Claudia Roden and Jose Pizarro LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 [261] endangered languages. Nicholas now aninstitutefortheprotection of runs will be. With aworking knowledge of26languages, been displaced,justasthelinguistpredicts English globe forcenturiesatatime.Andyet theyhave all Persian have eachbeenworldlanguages,sweeping the In theirtime,Greek, Latin,Arabic,Sanskrit and The RiseandFall of World Languages The LastLingua Franca – Nicholas Ostler [260] Supported by the Welsh Government – 1 1 1 11.30 RPIN DROP PM PM PM 11.30 SKY ARTS STUDIO BARCLAYS PAVILION AM AM HAY ONEARTH STAGE THE HEXAGON to celebrateoneof £5.25 £5.25 £4.25 Kilvert andRaymond Kilvert Williams. Black Mountains by localwriterssuchasFrancis The great essayistexaminesthewritingabout Tretower toClyro MillerKarl [264] Bizot, whomhestillreferred toashis‘friend’. had left.If hewasgoingtotalkanyone, itwas whatever humanityDuch tounearth in prison,trying trial, whichendedin2010,andspenttimewithhim than 16,000detainees.Bizot covered Duch’s show detention, systematictorture andexecution ofmore infamous henchmen,whopersonallyoversaw the freed butlaterbecameoneofPol Pot’s most Rouge captor, ComradeDuch, eventually hadhim months intheCambodianjungle.His Khymer In 1971theauthorwaskeptprisonerforthree Facing TheTorturer Francois Bizot talkstoPhilippe Sands [263] Numbers are limited. Jensen, Lucy ChristopherandElen Caldecott. included prize-winning Sally Nicholls, Marie-Louise seminar inwritingforchildren. Julia’s studentshave Writing for Young People leadsthisworkshop Spa University andCourseDirector fortheMAin The Senior Lecturer inCreative Writing atBath Writing forChildren Masterclass Julia Green [265] Supported by the Welsh Government innovations. won intheDen. Today’s focuseson shortlist ideas onhow they’d usethe£10,000prize ifthey Den telltheirstories,practisepitchesandshare Five fortheGreen organisationsshortlisted Dragons’ Dragons’ Playground FREE [301] See Hay Fever programme fordetails. 5-7 years Eva Katzler [HF84] 7+ years Atinuke [HF83] 1pm – 1 1 1 1 RPIN DROP PM PM PM PM 1 1 PM PM THE MOOT DIGITAL STAGE HAY ONEARTH STAGE BIG TENT THE HEXAGON STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 £25.25 01497 822629 hayfestival.org

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[266] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 [271] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 The Gospel of Us – Screening Andrés Neuman and Ian Mount See events 65 and 120 for listing. talk to Oliver Balch The Toast of Argentina

[267] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6.25 The Argentinean novelist Neuman, one of the stand- Sarah-Jane Brandon out stars of the Bogotá 39 generation, discusses his masterpiece The Traveller of the Century – winner of and Gary Matthewman the Alfaguara Prize. Mount introduces his tale of Winner of the 2009 Kathleen Ferrier Competition, Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec in

soprano Sarah-Jane Brandon teams up with the the High Andes – The Vineyard at the End of the 2.30pm pianist Gary Matthewman to perform an exciting World. Chaired by the author of Viva South America range of songs from Schumann to Quilter. – a Journey Through a Restless Continent. Wednesday 6 June Wednesday This concert will be recorded as part of BBC With wines by Wines from Argentina Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert Series

[HF86] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 2.30pm Lyn Gardner 9+ years [268] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 Richard Davenport-Hines [HF87] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Titanic Lives Eva Katzler Who were the 1,500 people who died on 14 April 5-7 years 1912 in the Arctic waters? A floating microcosm of See Hay Fever programme for details. Edwardian society – Migrants and Millionaires, Conmen and Crew. 4pm [269] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED [272] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Elizabeth Haycox and Paul Greatbatch, David Wilson talks to Mark Skipworth Nancy Lavin Albert and Justin Albert, Scott Centenary – Winter Journey Andrew Craven, Elizabeth Evans-Bevan, Edward Wilson, Chief of the Scientific Staff and Lyndy Cooke and Peter Florence Expedition Artist to Captain Scott’s final expedition, Hay Castle Trust died with his comrades on the Great Ice Barrier while Come and meet the Trustees and Directors of the returning from the South Pole. He also led one of newly-formed Hay Castle Trust and hear about the the greatest scientific quests of the era, ‘The Worst restoration and curation project of the medieval Journey in the World’, through the Antarctic castle in the centre of Hay. winter-night to find proof of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in the eggs of the Emperor Penguin. The explorer’s great nephew, author of The Lost [HF85] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4.25 Photographs of Captain Scott and Edward Wilson’s Ben Cort Antarctic Notebooks tells the tales. 3+ years Sponsored by FW Golesworthy See Hay Fever programme for details. [273] 4PM

2.30pm LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 [270] 2.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 Martin Rowson Anna Reid Gulliver’s Travels Leningrad The award-winning cartoonist’s homage to the On 8 September 1941, 11 weeks after Hitler original masterpiece is a contemporary indictment of launched his brutal surprise attack on the Soviet the same enduring human idiocies that enraged Swift Union, Operation Barbarossa, Leningrad was so magnificently and memorably in the first place. surrounded. During the 872 days of siege, blockade and bombardment as many as 2,000,000 Soviet lives would be lost. Had the city fallen, the history of the Second World War - and of the C20th - would have been very different. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Robin Herbert

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Jasper Rees Rupture Wednesday 6 June Bred of Heaven – A Matter of Life or Death – Screening A love letter to Gatland’s Own Country and One See events 170 and 221 for listing. Man’s Quest to Reclaim his Welsh Roots.

[HF89] 4PM BIG TENT £5.25 5.30pm Peter Rabbit Puppet Show [279] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 3+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. Terry Pratchett talks to Rob Wilkins The brilliantly inventive creator of Discworld discusses his work and life. [275] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Julie Williams [280] 5.30PM What We Know About Alzheimer’s LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 The Cardiff medic looks at the future impact Jung Chang talks to Rosie Boycott of Alzheimer’s disease, how far we have come Wild Swans, 25 years on in understanding its causes, what we need to do now to prevent or treat future disease, and The author and biographer of Mao revisits the the human cost to individuals and families. family history she wrote 25 years ago, and looks at the changes in China over that quarter century. In association with Cardiff University and Ty Hapus

Sponsored by Freixenet 5.30pm

[HF90] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [281] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 4pm Johnny Duddle Michael Berkeley 5-7 years The Housman Lecture The composer and broadcaster discusses [HF91] 4PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 AE Housman’s original subject The Name Tracey Corderoy and Alison Edgson and Nature of Poetry. 3-5 years In association with The Housman Society See Hay Fever programme for details.

[282] 5.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 [276] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE Laetitia Maklouf FREE BUT TICKETED WOMEX presents – 9 Bach Sweet Peas for Summer Effortless proof that a life full of plants is the only Since their formation in 2005, 9 Bach have helped to one worth living – How to Create a Garden in a Year. move traditional Welsh Language folk into an exciting new age. Join the groundbreaking quintet as Sponsored by Wyevale Nurseries they give a sneak preview concert of their eagerly anticipated second album. [283] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 In association with Cerdd Cymru – Music Wales Shaun Hill, Edmund Inkin, Sarah Borie, and WOMEX William Hutchings and Simon Wright talk to Carolyn Hitt [277] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 Wales, The True Taste Debate Green Dragons’ Den Final 2 Multi-award-winning chefs from legendary Welsh – Innovation for Sustainability eateries The Walnut Tree, The Felinfach Griffin, The Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes Checkers, The Bell at Skenfrith and Sosban discuss to tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, what Michelin stars and international acclaim for our minds and cheque books with a chance to win restaurants means for food sustainability in Wales. £10,000 for their project. Sponsored by Wales, The True Taste Supported by the Welsh Government

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Mal Peet and Nick Lake Anthea Bell talks to Daniel Hahn 6.45pm Two intensely personal stories where history, passion The BCLT Interview. and fear intertwine to astonishing effect. Chaired by From Sebald to Asterix Daniel Hahn. The pre-eminent literary translator discusses her 14+ years work on a great range of European books from the novels of WG Sebald to Asterix with the Programme Director of the BCLT. In association with the British Centre 6.45pm for Literary Translation

[284] 6.45PM [289] 6.45PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 Wednesday 6 June Wednesday LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Nicholas Parsons Jan Blake with Raymond Sereba Zebu – Storytelling How Pleasant to Know Mr Lear A beautiful girl is hatched from a large egg. Her The comedy legend celebrates the bi-centenary of mother, a zebu, is determined to keep her daughter the great nonsensical genius Edward Lear with an by her side, promising terrible consequences if she affectionate and brilliant portrait and performance ever leaves. But fate has other intentions. which includes The Owl & The Pussycat, and The Dong with a Luminous Nose. Sponsored by The Paravicini Dyer Charitable Trust 7pm [285] 6.45PM SKY ARTS STUDIO FREE BUT TICKETED [290] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA UK Youth Debate FREE BUT TICKETED Rethinking the ways we support Khosla Ka Ghosla – Screening 4 young people in society See events 49 and 114 for listing. 7pm Martyn Lewis (Chairman of YouthNet and NCVO),

Simon Milner (Facebook), Emma MulQueeny [291] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £6 (Rewired State) and Dan Sutch (Nominet Trust) explore radical new approaches that can be taken Alex Valentine to re-engage young people and enable them to Lost Songs participate in building an inclusive, healthier, The singer-songwriter performs songs from his sixth more equal and economically viable society. album Lost Songs and reimagines some of the great works of the American Folk Songbook as part of our Woody Guthrie centenary tribute. ‘The voice of an [286] 6.45PM BIG TENT £7.25 angel, the lyrical talent of Paul Simon and the ability Jocelyn Bell Burnell to reduce audiences to tears.’ – Mariella Frostrup. The Royal Society Lecture – Astronomy and Poetry There is a surprising amount of poetry with an 8pm 6.45pm astronomical theme. The celebrated astrophysicist, discoverer of radio pulsars asks: What areas have [292] 8PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 grabbed poets and how have they handled the topics? Tanya Walker In association with The Royal Society Breaking The Fear Wall Moving from hauntingly beautiful to contemporary [287] 6.45PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 and unexpected; from popular themes to rhythm Adele Nozedar and Lizzie Harper driven walls of sound, this is a spectacular new work, Hedgerow Handbook composed and performed by award-winning singer- Recipes, Remedies and Rituals. With drawings by songwriter Tanya Walker. Fronted by Tanya on lead Lizzie Harper. Join Adele for foraging trips throughout vocals, grand piano, flute and acoustic guitar, the gig the week. will feature powerful harmonies sung by members of Sponsored by Brecon Beacons Holiday Cottages local choirs, a live rock and contemporary classical ensemble and inspirational film imagery. Presented by Theatr Brycheiniog

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Martin Vander Weyer Seamus Murphy talks to Dylan Jones Wednesday 6 June talks to John Mitchinson Let England Shake Fortune’s Spear The photographer was invited to make the 11 short The intriguing and compelling Story of the Blue- films to accompany PJ Harvey’s groundbreaking Blooded Rogue Behind the Most Notorious City album when she saw his film Darkness Visible. Scandal of the 1920s. He discusses the collaboration and shows the films. Sponsored by Mr & Mrs Robin Herbert Sponsored by i-D Magazine

[294] 8PM BIG TENT £7.25 James Fearnley talks to John Walsh 10pm Here Comes Everybody –

The Story of the Pogues [299] 10PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA The founding member and accordion player recounts FREE BUT TICKETED the highs, lows and shenanigans of the internationally Rang de Basanti – Screening treasured band and Christmas legends whose See events 27 and 114 for listing. beautiful, punked-up versions of traditional Irish music stormed the charts around the world. In association with Faber Social [300] 10PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 Frank Turner [295] 8PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 For over 4 years on the road playing his brand of Mark Townsend with passionate and honest folk/punk have built a huge Kenny & John Meighan global following for the cult singer-songwriter. He plays Hay as part of our Woody Guthrie Point Man Centenary tribute. Supported by Liz Green. The point man leads the patrol into battle, the first to face ambushes, hidden bombs and snipers. In 2007 and 2008, 20-year-old Kenny Meighan was the longest-serving point man in Helmand province. But returning to his hometown in Essex, where prospects are bleak and his father still suffers from the nightmares of his own war experience, Kenny’s struggle is far from over. Sponsored by The Coffee Cart Company

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8pm Phil Rickman Mystery in the Original Sense Rickman’s crime series, featuring the female diocesan exorcist for Hereford, is unlike anything else in the genre. As his latest novel, The Secrets of Pain, arrives in paperback, he explains why it’s taken 12 years to break through. 9.30pm

[297] 9.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £8.25 Sarah Jane Morris and Enrico Melozzi Cello Songs The UK premiere of an extraordinary collaboration between the singer’s voice and a cello orchestra with covers of Tom Waits and Damien Rice, Morris’ own compositions and a new song written for her by Boy George. With Enrico Melozzi, Tony Remy, Michael Rosen and The Celestial Quartet. With thanks to Mike Thorne, Leila Shakkour, Laurence Cummings, Sue Harrison, Sha Armstrong and Alyson Burberry. 41 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 42

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9am 10am

[302] 9AM BIG TENT £5.25 [307] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Tom Holland and Paul Cartledge Tobias Jones and Paul French The Greeks 1 – Herodotus talk to Guto Harri The C5th BC Father of History, who pioneered the True Crime systems of ‘inquiry’, holds a mirror up to our own Blood on the Altar from the author of The Dark Heart of concerns about East and West. Herodotus has an Italy examines the murder of Eliza Claps in Potenza in almost modern fascination with the variety of 1993; Midnight in Peking – The Murder That Haunted human culture. the Last Days of Old China investigates the profoundly The first of 13 sessions exploring the wonders of shocking murder of Pamela Werner in 1937. Ancient Greece, as part of our commitment to Britain’s Olympic year. [HF95] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 10am Thursday 7 June Tracey Corderoy [303] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED* 5-7 years Frank Cottrell Boyce National Literacy Trust – Breakfast Seminar [HF96] 10AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 An interactive seminar for teachers and librarians Alison Edgson on the teaching of creative writing to KS 1 & 2. 3-5 years *Donations towards the NLT on the door. See Hay Fever programme for details.

[308] 10AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 10am Dragons’ Innovation Den – Sustainable Work and Travel [304] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 Four short testimonies followed by a wide-ranging Brian Moore and Max Davidson discussion about how to make the big shift in talk to Mark Skipworth working patterns and travel – not just commuting Man Talk but all forms of transport. The England rugby hero and author of More Supported by The Welsh Government Thoughts of Chairman Moore hunkers down with the author of We’ll get ‘em in Sequins – Manliness, [309] 10AM THE MOOT £5.25 Yorkshire Cricket and the Century That Changed Everything. The Telegraph’s Executive Editor refs. Laura Hassan, Suzanne Dean and guests talk to Gaby Wood Sponsored by Christopher and Lotty James Judging a Book by its Cover What makes the perfect book jacket and why might [305] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 a jacket not make the cut? The Editorial Director 10am Dannie Abse talks to Dai Smith Vintage Classics joins leading designers from across the industry to discuss the publishing process and Goodbye Twentieth Century book design. The great Welsh and Jewish poet and doctor discusses his remarkable autobiography. [310] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25

[306] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 The Pirates! Andrew Feinstein In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening The Shadow World See event 39 and event 53 for listing. The corruption, cover-ups and deals between governments and corporations; and the revolving- door relationships that characterise the US 11.30am Congressional-Military-Industrial Complex - Inside the Global Arms Trade. [311] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 John Sutherland and John Crace [HF94] 10AM BIG TENT £4.25 The Two Johnnies Do Dickens Ben Cort The ultra-Prof and the Digested Reads satirist tell you 5-7 years stuff you never realised you needed to know about See Hay Fever programme for details. the bi-centenarist. Sponsored by The Society of Indexers

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[312] 11.30AM [316] 1PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Dara Thornton and Jonathan Bate Patricia Hodgson Shakespeare 1 – Staging the World Thursday 7 June Cambridge Series 9. To celebrate the opening of the British Museum’s Media Freedom and the Public Interest Shakespeare exhibition, their Curator of Renaissance Phone hacking has put media regulation centre-stage. Europe is joined by the Shakespeare scholar and But will regulation stifle a free press? Where does the author to look at the early modern world through public interest really lie? Chaired by Rosie Boycott. the eyes of the playwright and his contemporaries. In association with Cambridge University Chaired by Clemency Burton-Hill. In association with The British Museum. First of three [313] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Shakespeare sessions today. See events 328 and 335. Tom Holland [HF102] 1PM In The Shadow Of The Sword – The Battle for LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Global Empire and the End of the Ancient World In the C6th the Near East was divided between two Kjartan Poskitt venerable empires - the Persian and the Roman. 100 9+ years years later one had vanished for ever and the other See Hay Fever programme for details. seemed almost finished. Ruling in their place were the Arabs – an upheaval so profound that it meant, [317] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 in effect, the end of the Ancient World. Archie Miles Heritage Trees of Wales [314] 11.30AM BIG TENT £5.25 Steeped in history, surrounded by myth and

Frances Ashcroft legend and full of cultural and historical 1pm The Spark of Life significance, the heritage trees of Wales dominate The physiologist gives a spectacular account of the the Welsh landscape. body electric, showing how, from before conception Sponsored by Hay Deli to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells are essential to everything we think and do. She [318] 1PM BIG TENT £6.25

11.30am takes in vampire bats, Viagra, chilli peppers and David Abulafia Mary Shelley. The Great Sea – A Human History In association with The Royal Society of the Mediterranean For more than 3,000 years, the Mediterranean Sea [HF98] 11.30AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 has been one of the great centres of world civilisation. Frank Cottrell Boyce From the time of historical Troy until the middle of 9+ years the C19th, human activity here decisively shaped much of the course of world history.

[HF99] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Guy Bass [319] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 8+ years Jon Gower The Gwyn Jones Lecture – [HF100] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £5.25 Between Caradoc and Rachel Alison Edgson The short story writer, historian, novelist and 5-7 years publisher asks – what’s been going on in the See Hay Fever programme for details. Welsh short story? Presented by Literature Wales

[315] 11.30AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE FREE – DROP IN [HF103] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Creative Intent – HM Castor and William Osborne Sustainable Work and Travel 11+ years Do you have an idea for an innovation but don’t know where to start? Or have you already started but [HF104] 1PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 are bogged down? This open session on design and Mei Matsuoka creativity will teach you new tools to realise your 5-7 years ambitious schemes. See Hay Fever programme for details. Supported by the Welsh Government

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[320] 1PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE FREE DROP-IN [326] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Dragons’ Playground Ruth Richardson Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ Dickens and the Workhouse – Den will be telling their stories, practising their pitches Oliver Twist and The London Poor and sharing ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize The academic discovered that as a young man, if they won in the Den. Today’s shortlist focuses on Dickens lived only yards away from a major London sustainable work and travel projects. workhouse. She tells the story of the find and reveals Supported by the Welsh Government how important the two periods spent living in this area of London were for Dickens’ writing career. [321] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £6.25 Ashley Wass [HF106] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Thursday 7 June The only British pianist to have won First Prize at Alex T Smith the London International Piano Competition returns 5-7 years to Hay to perform works including The Hour Glass

by Bridge and Water Music by Bax. [HF107] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 This concert will be recorded as part of Mei Matsuoka 2.30pm BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert Series 5-7 years See Hay Fever programme for details. [322] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25

1pm The Gospel of Us – Screening [327] 2.30PM - 5PM THE MOOT £20.25 See events 65 and 120 for listing. Tiffany Murray Creative Reading Masterclass A workshop seminar on reading literature that 2.30pm focuses on a novel by a writer appearing at the festival over the coming weekend – Chimamanda [323] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £9.25 Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun. Murray, the Peter Oborne, Clive Woodward, Hay 2011-2012 International Fellow, is the author Clare Balding, Kate Humble and of two novels – Happy Accidents and Diamond Star Brian Moore talk to Sarah Crompton Halo. She is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The Telegraph Question Time the University of Glamorgan. Numbers Limited. Join The Telegraph’s panel of experts to debate politics, See events 206 and 432. sport, culture, the environment and, of course, the Olympics. Our all-star team is ready to tackle your questions about the burning issues of the day. 4pm Supported by Camelot UK Lotteries Ltd [328] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25

[324] 2.30PM Michael Dobson LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Shakespeare 2 – Tragedy Stefan Collini Why do theatregoers enjoy watching people die? Cambridge Series 10. What Are Universities For? And why do modern audiences still prefer their When the future of higher education lies in the destined corpses to speak in Elizabethan English? balance, a discussion of just why universities The Director of The Shakespeare Institute considers matter – to everyone. the persistence of Shakespearean tragedy, focusing on Richard II, Othello and King Lear. Chaired by In association with Cambridge University Clemency Burton-Hill.

[325] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 In association with The University of Birmingham Kathy Lette talks to Paul Blezard [329] 4PM The Boy Who Fell to Earth LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 The comic novelist has mined her own experience of Alan Hollinghurst talks to Gaby Wood motherhood to tell the tale of bringing up an autistic The Stranger’s Child son in this bittersweet novel about keeping your family together when your world is falling apart. An epic sweep of the C20th told through the relations between the Sawle and Valance families from the novelist who won the Man Booker prize [HF105] 2.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 for The Line of Beauty. Beast Quest Duel 7+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. 44 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 45

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[330] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 [334] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Roger Crowley War Horse – Screening Thursday 7 June City of Fortune – How Venice Won The film of the book by Michael Morpurgo. Young and Lost a Naval Empire Albert enlists to serve in World War I after his A magisterial history charting the rise and fall of beloved horse is sold to the cavalry. Albert’s hopeful the world’s superpower city – from the sacking of journey takes him out of England and across Europe Constantinople in 1204 to the calamitous news that as the war rages on. Directed by Steven Spielberg, the Portuguese had pioneered a sea route to India. screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis, produced and introduced by Revel Guest. (UK, 2011, 146’) PG. See also events 346, 400, 423. [331] 4PM BIG TENT £6.25 Philip Ball With thanks to Disney Curiosities Today we spend vast sums trying to recreate the first instants of creation in particle accelerators, out 5.30pm of a pure desire to know. There seems now to be no [335] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 question too vast or too trivial to be ruled out of bounds: Why can fleas jump so high? What is Germaine Greer gravity? What shape are clouds? Today curiosity is Shakespeare 3 – The Lovers no longer reviled, but celebrated. The professor of poetry lays bare Shakepeare’s depiction of boy lovers and the explorations of [HF109] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 sex, love and marriage in the plays. With special Sophia Bennett reference to Romeo & Juliet. Chaired by Clemency Burton-Hill. 12+ years Sponsored by George and Jane Nissan

[HF110] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [336] 5.30PM Andrew Weale LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 5-7 years Kate Humble 5.30pm Humble by Nature [HF111] 4PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 The Springwatch star talks about her passion for 4pm Guy Bass Watching Waterbirds and her new project restoring 7+ years her Monmouthshire Farm. See Hay Fever programme for details. Sponsored by Wiggly Wigglers

[332] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £5.25 [337] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Julie Murphy Ed Vulliamy A Quiet House The War is Dead, Long Live the War – The beautifully soulful songwriter, well known for Bosnia – the Reckoning her work with Welsh folk group Fernhill, sings her The journalist bears witness to the Serbian death English-language new solo album accompanied by camps he uncovered in 1992 and examines the Canadian musician Ceri Owen Jones on trombone aftermath of the catastrophic Bosnian war and and harp. ‘That was truly, truly beautiful’ – John Peel. its terrible human consequences.

[333] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 [338] 5.30PM BIG TENT £6.25 Green Dragons’ Den Final 3 – Anthony Giddens Sustainable Work and Travel The Politics of Climate Change Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes to The economist examines the political will and tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, practicalities needed to address the global problems minds and cheque books and a chance to win of climate change and energy security. £10,000 for their project. Chaired by Peter Oborne. Supported by the Welsh Government

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[339] 5.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £6.25 [343] 6.45PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 Jan Blake Lionel Shriver talks to Rosie Boycott with Kouame & Raymond Sereba The New Republic The Old Woman, The Buffalo, We are delighted to launch a biting political satire set and the Lion of Manding – Part 1 in the Portuguese backwater of Barba by the Orange The Birth of Sundiata Keita, legendary founder of Prize-winning author of We Need To Talk About Kevin the great Malian Empire in West Africa, is one of the and So Much For That. most exciting birth-of-a-hero tales in the world. Featuring hunters, kings, prophecy, a buffalo woman, [344] 6.45PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 a jealous first wife, curses, insults, and acts of honour, this passionate and inspiring tale is the beloved story John Crace and Rodge Glass talk to Paul Blezard

Thursday 7 June of the origin of a nation. Part 2 tomorrow – 393. The Beautiful Game Passions fly high in Crace’s fanatical Spurs homage [HF113] 5.20PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Vertigo and the Glass novel Bring Me The Head Jacqueline Wilson of Ryan Giggs – a fantasist’s relationship with the 9+ years United winger.

[HF114] 5.20PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 7pm Michelle Harrison, Catherine Fisher and Lindsey Barraclough [345] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £15 12+ years Cerys Matthews See Hay Fever programme for details. The iconic Welsh singer-songwriter and her band return to the festival with her own new music and a tribute to Woody Guthrie. She is supported by the

6.45pm award-winning folk singer Fflur Dafydd launching 7pm her fourth album Ffydd Gobaith Cariad – Faith [340] 6.45PM Hope Love. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25

John Julius Norwich [346] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 The Story of England in 100 Places War Horse – Screening The political, cultural, social, religious and economic See events 334, 400 and 423 for listing. story of England through 100 key places you can still visit today – from Stonehenge to The Gherkin. With thanks to Disney Sponsored by Roy and Carol Brown 8pm [341] 6.45PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Paul Cartledge, Bettany Hughes, [347] 8PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 Angela Hobbs and Tom Holland Max Boyce The Greeks 2 – The Greek Idea Grand Slam The classicists explore the idea of Greece – the aspirations and the concepts of civilisation, Hymns and Arias and a wonderful night of democracy, drama, virtue, victory, liberty and xenia, celebration with the treasured Welsh entertainer and songwriter.

6.450pm and discuss what the study of Classics has meant in the wider world. Sponsored by www.countrypad.co.uk

[348] 8PM [342] 6.45PM BIG TENT £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Tim Birkhead Julian Clary talks to Fiona Lindsay Bird Sense Briefs Encountered What is it like to be a swift, flying at over 100km More than one thing is about to go bump in the an hour? Or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among night at Noel Coward’s Kent retreat, Goldenhurst. the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a New The higher the society the looser the morals. A dark, Zealand night? And what is going on inside the and wickedly funny ghost story. head of a nightingale as it sings? In association with RSPB Cymru Wales

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[349] 8PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Melanie Challenger Thursday 7 June On Extinction – How We Became Estranged From Nature The destruction of nature as a consequence of modern human lifestyles, industry and agriculture is leading to the Earth’s sixth great extinction of species, an extinction thousands of times more extensive than that counted in the fossil record before the emergence of modern man.

[350] 8PM BIG TENT £7.25 Louis de Bernières and James Ellis The Hay Poisoner The librettist and composer preview work on their musical production about Herbert Rowse Armstrong based on Martin Beales’ book Dead Not Buried and Robin Odell’s Exhumation of a Murder. The Hay solicitor was hanged for the murder of his wife exactly 80 years ago. Their opera explores the way someone can be destroyed by human and inhuman forces, and the impact of adult machinations on children.

[351] 8PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Richard Suggett From Castell Cricieth to Penarth Fawr The architectural historian celebrates the poets and carpenters of late-medieval Wales. In association with Hanes Cymru – History Wales

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8pm Richard King, Alan McGee, John Harris Faber Social – How Soon is Now? King spins the discs and discusses his rollicking history The Madmen and Mavericks who made Independent Music 1975-2005 with the founder of Creation records and the broadcaster and author of Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll. Some soundtrack!

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[353] 9.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £7.25 Bernard Sumner talks to Charlie Connelly Faber Social – Sumner on Sumner Previewing his first book, the famously private musician talks about his creative life as the driving force behind Joy Division, New Order, Electronic and Bad Lieutenant. Introduced by Lee Brackstone. Sponsored by Savage and Gray Design

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[355] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO [361] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25 FREE BUT TICKETED David Ross Hay Writers Circle Mayhem in the Marches – Ambushes, New Work from the local creative writing group. Battles and Sieges of the Civil War The historian recounts the C17th conflicts in [356] 9AM BIG TENT £5.25 Herefordshire and the Marches: the Hopton Castle Angela Hobbs and Paul Cartledge massacre, the destruction of Brampton Bryan, the battle at Stokesay, the siege of Cwm Hir Abbey, and

talk to Bettany Hughes 10am Lingen’s Last Stand for King Charles in Radnorshire The Greeks 3 – Plato after the battle of Preston in 1648. The classicists consider the heft and influence of Friday 8 June Friday The Republic and The Symposium. [HF118] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Simon Scarrow and Alex Scarrow [357] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 10+ years Tom Fairfield The Pine Marten Conundrum [HF119] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Is it extinct in Wales? And if so, why? Or is the wildest Alan MacDonald of the wild things left to us simply deeply secret? 7+ years [HF115] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED [HF120] 10AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Tinga Tinga Tales – Screening Nicola Killen 3+ years 3-5 years

[HF116] 9AM THE SOUND CASTLE [HF122] 10AM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED FREE BUT TICKETED Fairytales with Princess Fiona Fairytales with Princess Fiona Families Families See Hay Fever programme for details. See Hay Fever programme for details.

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[358] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Andrés Neuman, Richard Gwyn, David Crystal Daniel Hahn What The Dickens! BCLT – Word for Word 2 The linguistics Prof mines the work of the novelist – Translators Gwyn and Hahn produce English one of the greatest ever writers of dialect, dialogue versions of the same 1,000-word short story – Madre and description, and an inventive master of Atrás – originally written in Spanish by the Alfaguara vocabulary and language. prize-winning Argentinian novelist and Bogotá 39 star Andrés Neuman. The author and his translators discuss the nuances, divergences and creativity of [359] 10AM their translations. See also events 207 and 271. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE In partnership with the British Centre for Faramerz Dabhoiwala Literary Translation The Origins of Sex The first sexual revolution in Western Europe was a [363] 10AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 10am central part of the Enlightenment, intertwined with the era’s major social, political and intellectual trends. Dragons’ Innovation Den It helped create a new model of Western civilization, – Sustainable Community Futures whose principles of privacy, equality and freedom of Four short testimonies followed by a wide-ranging the individual remain distinctive to this day. discussion on the big changes happening already in communities and identifying those areas where change needs to be speeded up. [360] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Supported by the Welsh Government Sue Townsend talks to Sarah Crompton

The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year [364] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25 A funny and touching novel about what happens The Pirates! when someone stops being the person everyone wants them to be. Britain’s funniest writer eviscerates In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening See event 39 and event 53 for listing. 48 modern family life. hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 49

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[HF123] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 [369] 11.30AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE Jacqueline Wilson FREE – DROP IN Creative Intent – Sustainable

8+ years Friday 8 June See Hay Fever programme for details. Community Futures Sponsored by Grant Thornton Do you have an idea for an innovation and don’t know where to start? Or have you already started but

[365] 11.30AM are bogged down? This open session on design and LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 creativity will show you new tools for your projects. Bettany Hughes Supported by the Welsh Government Divine Women The historian and broadcaster unveils the hidden 1pm history of women in religion, from dominatrix

goddesses to feisty political operators and warrior [370] 1PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £8.25 empresses. She reveals what her favourite women in Mark Tully religion tell us about the lives of the real flesh-and- blood women of their day. India – The Road Ahead The peerless commentator on India examines the economic boom, corruption, poverty, diversity and [366] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 cricket in the world’s largest democracy. Chaired by Larry Sherman talks to Dennis O’Connor Oliver Balch author of India Rising – Tales From a Cambridge Series 11 – Intelligent Policing Changing Nation. Crime prevention tends to be driven by emotion

rather than an objective consideration of the facts. [371] 1PM How can evidence-based policing reduce crime? LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Chaired by HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary. Victoria Hislop talks to Lisa Dwan In association with Cambridge University The Thread The novelist discusses her epic Greek romance [367] 11.30AM BIG TENT £5.25 set across C20th Thessaloniki. Hislop is the

John Lewis-Stempel and Jim Wight best-selling author of The Island, The Return 1pm Young James Herriot and One Cretan Evening. The author is joined by the real James Herriot’s son to discuss The Making of the World’s Most Famous Vet. [372] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Eva Gabrielsson talks to Phil Rickman [368] 11.30AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Stieg and Me – Memories of my Life Kate Williams and Clare Clark with Stieg Larsson talk to Rosie Boycott Gabrielsson tells the story of their 30-year romance. Fictions – The New Victorians She talks of his life-long struggle to expose Sweden’s The acclaimed historian’s steamy, seamy thriller Neo-Nazis, his fight to keep EXPO, the magazine he founded, alive, his difficult relationships with his 11.30am The Pleasures of Men reveals the dark, beating heart of corrupt London during Queen Victoria’s reign; immediate family, and the joy and relief he set in the Jubilee year of 1887 Beautiful Lies is a discovered writing the Millennium trilogy. compelling tale of scandal, politics and the media. [HF127] 1PM BIG TENT £5.25 Sponsored by Gladstone’s Library Nick Crane 9+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. [HF124] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Sponsored by The National Trust Kjartan Poskitt 7+ years [373] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Horatio Clare and Fflur Dafydd [HF125] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 talk to Gwen Davies Nicola Killen New Stories from the Mabinogion 3-5 years Two new tales spun around the classic Welsh myths: See Hay Fever programme for details. Clare’s The Prince’s Pen asks who are the outsiders, the infidels, and who is the enemy within? Dafydd’s The White Trail transforms the medieval Arthurian myth of Culhwch and Olwen into a C21st quest for love and revenge. In association with New Welsh Review 49 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:55 Page 50

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[HF128] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [378] 2.30PM Susie Day LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 8+ years Ian Kershaw The End – Hitler’s Germany, 1944-45 [HF129] 1PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 What made Germany keep fighting when defeat was Louise Yates inevitable? In the end the regime had to be stamped out town by town with a level of brutality almost 5-7 years without precedent. The historian raises the most See Hay Fever programme for details. profound questions about the nature of the Second World War, about the Third Reich and about how 2.30pm [374] 1PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE FREE - DROP IN ordinary people behave in extreme circumstances. Friday 8 June Friday Dragons’ Playground Five organisations shortlisted for the Green Dragons’ [379] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Den will tell their stories, practise their pitches and Edward Davey, Tony Cocker share ideas on how they’d use the £10,000 prize if and Jane Davidson they won in the Den. Today’s shortlist focuses on The Future of Energy Series 1 – community level projects. Low Carbon and Economic Growth Supported by the Welsh Government Is it possible to have economic growth within a low carbon economy? The Secretary of State, E-ON CEO [375] 1PM ST MARY’S CHURCH £5.25 and INSPIRE Director discuss the opportunities and

1pm The Doric String Quartet threats facing us as we face a changing energy world. The quartet has received glowing responses across the Chaired by Hay on Earth Director Andy Fryers. globe, and now travel to Hay to perform quartets by Supported by DECC Haydn and Britten. This concert will be recorded as part of [HF130] 2.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 BBC Radio 3’s Lunchtime Concert Series Louise Rennison 12+ years [376] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Sponsored by The Bowie Gallery Rupture – A Matter of Life or Death – Screening [380] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE See events 117 and 221 for listing. FREE BUT TICKETED Harriett Gilbert hosts Margaret Busby, Bernardine Evaristo, Chimamanda Ngozi 2.30pm Adichie, David Howell and the winners Commonwealth Book Prize and [377] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Max Hastings, Peter Oborne, We are delighted to host for the first time Simon Schama, Kate Williams and the announcement of the winners of The Emily Perkins talk to Jon Gower Commonwealth Book Prize and the Hay 25 – The Way We Live Now 4 Short Story Prize. The judges will be talking about the process and the winning writers will The panellists discuss four more of the questions be in conversation with Harriett Gilbert. from the Festival’s big Silver Jubilee project. The Multiple prize-winning Nigerian author Are you happy? If yes, why? If not, is there and the Minister of State for the Commonwealth something you can do about it? will present the awards. How can we see the ratio of women to men reach In partnership with Commonwealth Writers equality in every walk of life, from birth to death, in education, work and play? [HF131] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 If you became the leader of your country what Paul Howard would you fix first? 7+ years What piece of writing has most changed your heart and mind? [HF132] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Louise Yates 5-7 years See Hay Fever programme for details.

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[381] 3.50PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 [385] 3.50PM THE MOOT £5.25 Max Hastings Mario Giordano

All Hell Let Loose – How to Write a Digital Thriller Friday 8 June The World at War 1939-1945 The thriller writer conducts an open workshop on In this magnificent war history the author emphasises the extraordinary story of his book Apocalypsis – the Russian front, where more than 90% of all a European e-publishing phenomenon. German soldiers who perished met their fate. He suggests that the Royal Navy and US Navy were their countries’ outstanding fighting services, while the 4pm industrial contribution of the United States was much more important to Allied victory than that of [386] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 the US Army. Chris Wood Sponsored by Grant Thornton Folk Singer of the Year and Best Original Track at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 and 2009. [HF134] 3.50PM ‘Un-showy charm…talented interpreter of traditional LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 material…bewitching... possessed of a timeless Martin Brown quality…’- Sarah Boden, Observer Music Monthly. 9+ years Sponsored by AJ Jones & Sons Sponsored by Herdman Coaches

[387] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 [382] 3.50PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 The Gospel of Us – Screening Ben Okri See events 65 and 120 for listing. Wild The Booker Prize-winning author of The Famished Road presents his first book of poems for 13 years. 5.20pm Chaired by Rosie Boycott.

[388] 5.20PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £10.25 [383] 3.50PM BIG TENT £8.25 Matt Pritchett Andrew Marr The Diamond Queen Matt 5.20pm The Telegraph’s superstar cartoonist on drawing, The journalist celebrates the monarch’s jubilee, humour and satire. looking at her relationships with Prime Ministers, the Commonwealth, the media and her people. 3.50pm [HF135] 3.50PM DIGITAL STAGE £4.25 Sponsored by Grant Thornton Cathy Brett 12+ years [389] 5.20PM [HF136] 3.50PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Val McDermid Nicholas Crane and Jerry Brotton 3-5 years The Man who Mapped the Planet We salute the 500th anniversary of the birth of [HF137] 3.50PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Gerardus Mercator, the greatest cartographer of all Jan Fearnley time; the man who coined the word ‘atlas’ and solved the riddle of converting the three-dimensional globe 5-7 years into a two-dimensional map while retaining true See Hay Fever programme for details. compass bearings. Sponsored by Mostlymaps.com [384] 3.50PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £3.25 Green Dragons’ Den Final 4 – Sustainable Community Futures [390] 5.20PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Five participants, four Dragons and three minutes to Tom and Henry Herbert tell a story that will capture the Dragons’ hearts, The Fabulous Baker Brothers minds and cheque books, with a chance to win Tom is a master baker who runs the famous Hobbs £10,000 for their project. House Bakery that has been the family business for Supported by the Welsh Government five generations. His brother Henry is the acclaimed chef who runs the Hobbs House Butchery right next door. They’re fabulous.

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[391] 5.20PM BIG TENT £7.25 [395] 6.40PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Bettany Hughes, Tom Holland, Gillian Clarke Tim Whitmarsh and Charlotte Higgins The Lapidus Reading The Greeks 4 – Sparta vs Athens In a special preview session the National Poet of The classicists balloon-debate the strengths of the two Wales reads and discusses her forthcoming poetry superpower City States who fought the Peleponnesian collection Ice. Chaired by Fiona Hamilton of War 431-404 BC – the artistic Athenian democracy Lapidus, the UK organisation for creative writing and the military oligarchy in Sparta. and reading for health and wellbeing.

[396] 6.40PM BIG TENT £10.25 [392] 5.20PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Friday 8 June Friday Philip Gross Thelma Schoonmaker talks to Simon Schama

Deep Field 6.40pm A Life in Film The TS Eliot Prize-winning poet introduces his new A conversation with the film editor who has worked collection. In his nineties, Gross’s father, a wartime with Martin Scorsese for 40 years. Her credits refugee, began to lose his several languages, first to include Hugo, Gangs of New York and Goodfellas. deafness, then to profound aphasia. Deeply thought She has won three Oscars – for Raging Bull, The as well as deeply felt, these poems reach into that gulf Aviator and The Departed. She was married to to find him – through recovery of histories both the late film director Michael Powell. spoken and unspoken as well as an excavation of the spoken word itself. Chaired by Kathryn Gray. [397] 6.40PM DIGITAL STAGE FREE BUT TICKETED [T35] 5.20PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Sarfraz Manzoor, Marina Salandy Brown, Moira Young, Julianna Baggott Akshay Pathak and Thomas Minkus and Saci Lloyd What happens where phones are cheaper Future Imperfect than books? Blood Red Road, Pure and Momentum are all powerful Is the digital age a friend or foe to writers, publishers and readers across the globe? The panel includes 5.20pm commentaries on our world and thrilling narratives. Their award-winning writers will discuss strong the Director of the Bocas Litfest in Trinidad, the heroines, dystopias and The Hunger Games. Delhi-based bookfair strategist and the Emerging 14+ years Markets Director of The Frankfurt Bookfair. In partnership with Commonwealth Writers [393] 5.20PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £6.25 Jan Blake [HF139]6.40PM STARLIGHT STAGE With Kouame & Raymond Sereba FREE BUT TICKETED Sarah McIntyre, Philip Reeve, The Old Woman, The Buffalo, Martin Brown and Cathy Brett and the Lion of Manding – Part 2. Families See Part 1, event 339, for details. Not essential to have See Hay Fever programme for details. seen Part 1 to enjoy Part 2.

[398] 6.40PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 6.40pm Alain de Botton, Philippa Perry, Roman Krznaric and Tom Chatfield [394] 6.40PM The School of Life – short ‘How To’ lectures LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Chatfield on How To Thrive in the Digital Age; Misha Glenny Perry on How to Stay Sane; Krznaric on How To DarkMarket – Find Fulfilling Work; and de Botton gives us the CyberThieves, CyberCops and You skinny on How to Think More About Sex. The author of McMafia explores three fundamental threats facing us in the C21st: cyber-crime, cyber- warfare and cyber-industrial espionage. Governments and the private sector are losing billions of dollars fighting an ever-morphing, super-smart new breed of criminal.

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Signed to Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, Friday 8 June and backed by a brilliant collection of musicians, Hair in the Gate – Screening and Q&A McFarlane has made a big impact on the The director and actor screen their short film about contemporary jazz scene. Expect a liberal dose of an elderly actor embarking on what might be his subtle, stealthy swing and jazz, bringing an eminently swansong, and discuss their collaboration. soul undercurrent to her music. [407] 9.45PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £17.25 [400] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Dylan Moran War Horse – Screening Yeah Yeah See event 334 for listing. The raffish, Black-Booked comedian returns to With thanks to Disney Hay with his perfectly-honed stand-up. 10pm 8pm [408] 10PM [401] 8PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £37.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £10.25 10pm Bryn Terfel in concert Mara Carlyle The baritone sings a 25th birthday concert. Floreat Sponsored by Miles and Patricia Park Recently described as ‘the Missy Elliot of the classical world’ due to her innovative approach to [402] 8PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 songwriting that samples and reworks classical pieces Russell Kane into her own songs, Carlyle’s extraordinary voice has The Humorist won her legions of admirers, including Bjork, Willy The brilliant comedian presents his savagely Mason and Jon Snow. She returns to Hay after her funny debut novel. 2009 session with Will Young to perform her groundbreaking album Floreat and to join our Woody Guthrie tribute. [403] 8PM BIG TENT £7.25

8pm Bruce Robinson talks to Dylan Jones The screenwriter and director discusses his work, 10.30pm from the Oscar-winning Killing Fields to his 2011 collaboration with Johnny Depp on The Rum Diary. [409] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 See also events 459 and 493. Soweto Kinch Sponsored by Bookshop Cinema The alto-saxophonist and MC is one of the most exciting and versatile young musicians in the British [404] 8PM DIGITAL STAGE £8.25 jazz and hip hop scenes. He has amassed an Stephen Roche and William Fotheringham impressive list of accolades and awards on both sides of the Atlantic, including a Mercury Music Prize Born to Ride nomination, two UMA Awards and a MOBO. The publication of this autobiography celebrates the Soweto performs at Hay with his quartet, delivering 25th anniversary of Roche’s incredible triple victory – his signature sound. the Tour de France, Giro de Italia and the World Championships. The only other cyclist ever to achieve this is the subject of Fotheringham’s new biography – Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike. They talk to Rob Penn.

[405] 8PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Daniel Morden & Co The Devil’s Violin Company presents A Love Like Salt The storyteller and musicians explore the tales behind King Lear and Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Oliver Wilson-Dickson – violin, Sarah Moody – cello, Luke Carver Goss – accordion.

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[411] 9AM BARCLAYS PAVILION [415] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 FREE BUT TICKETED Louise Fennell and Jonathan Lee Janine di Giovani, Alex Crawford, talk to Paul Blezard Rosie Boycott and guests Fictions – After That... Marie Colvin Dead Rich is a black comedy of celebrity, paparazzi, Women in Journalism chair Jane Martinson murder and catastrophe. Couldn’t happen to a hosts this appreciation of the great war journalist more advantaged family than the Spenders. Joy starts who died in Syria on 22 February. on an ordinary Friday afternoon in the office, when In association with Women in Journalism a talented young lawyer Joy Stephens plummets 40 feet on to a marble floor. [412] 9AM

Saturday 9 June Saturday LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Helen Lederer talks to Kathryn Gray 10am Finger Food The comedian, author of Coping with Helen Lederer [416] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 and Single Minding discusses her new Quick Reads AA Gill talks to John Mitchinson story – A Comedy of Ambition, Dreams, Treachery and The Golden Door – Letters to America Daytime Television. Quick Reads are short, sharp The wickedly funny travel-writer, TV and restaurant shots of entertainment – brilliantly written short critic ranges under the endless skyway uncovering books for people who want a fun, fast read, have lost truths and mythologies about America and Americans. the reading habit or find reading tough. 10am

[417] 10AM [HF140] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Liz Pichon Marcus du Sautoy 7+ years Maths on Stage – See Hay Fever programme for details. the Dramatic Life of Numbers Mathematics has had a surprising part to play in a [413] 9AM BIG TENT £5.25 number of recent theatre productions. The Bettany Hughes, Alice Oswald, mathematician and broadcaster will talk about his Madeline Miller and Tim Whitmarsh experiences working with theatre company Complicité on A Disappearing Number and his The Greeks 5 – After Homer explorations of bringing maths to the stage in a The power of The Iliad and The Odyssey has endured recent collaboration with actress Victoria Gould. in the literary imagination for thousands of years and In association with The University of Oxford still exerts a fascination for contemporary writers. Our classicists are joined by the poet (Memorial) and novelist (The Song of Achilles) who are speaking later [418] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 today about their own works, which respond to the Patrick Bishop

9am original masterpieces. Target Tirpitz An intriguing tale from WWII of X-Craft, Agents and Dambusters – The Epic Quest to Destroy Hitler’s [414] 9AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Mightiest Warship. Lloyd Bowen, Paul O’Leary and Dafydd Elis Thomas join Huw Bowen Heroes and Villains 5 – Politicians [419] 10AM BIG TENT £5.25 Long in search of nationhood and identity, Wales has Alex Crawford talks to Jim Naughtie had more than its fair share of political heroes. But Colonel Gaddafi’s Hat there have been villains, too, and those who’ve moved A gripping and deeply moving account of the Libyan swiftly from heroes to zeroes. Who are they and what uprising from the Sky News Special Correspondent – have they achieved? the lone journalist who was able to report from the In association with The Western Mail rebel army convoy that captured Green Square in the heart of Tripoli.

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[420] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 [424] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Elanor Dymott and Maria Semple Alain de Botton talk to Mary Loudon Religion for Atheists Saturday 9 June Fictions – Missing Women The essayist suggests that the supernatural claims of Every Contact Leaves a Trace is a love story and a religions are entirely false, but that religions have murder mystery set in Oxford; Where’d You Go, much to teach the secular world. Bernadette? is a comic portrait of Seattle life from the Sponsored by Freixenet scriptwriter of Ellen, Saturday Night Live, Mad About

You and Arrested Development. [HF144] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25

[HF141] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 Tony Robinson Sarah McIntyre 9+ years 5+ years See Hay Fever programme for details. Sponsored by Borders Hideaway Holiday Home Park [HF142] 10AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Dear Zoo Party [425] 11.30AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 10am 3+ years Janine di Giovani talks to Bidisha See Hay Fever programme for details. Ghosts by Daylight The war correspondent tells her own story of two

[421] 10AM-11.30AM THE MOOT FREE – DROP IN frontline reporters brought together and deeply 11.30am Francesca Scotti, Andrea Lundgren, damaged by war. They try to build a civilian, family Eurig Salisbury and Antonia Baum life in Paris. Scritture Giovani 2012 Young writers from Italy, Sweden, Wales and [426] 11.30AM BIG TENT £6.25 Germany read and discuss their short stories Carolin Crawford commissioned on the theme of ‘Why?’ Cambridge Series 12 Chaired by Daniel Hahn of the British Centre Turbulence – the Birth and Death of Stars for Literary Translation. The astronomer explores the science behind In partnership with Festivaletteratura Mantova and the glorious and complex nebulae that inhabit Literaturfestival Berlin, and sponsored by Fondazione interstellar space. Cariplo and Illy Coffee In association with Cambridge University

[422] 10AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE AM FREE, ALL WELCOME [427] 11.30 DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Andy Fryers, Andy Middleton and guests Glenn Patterson and David Vann The Dragons’ Lounge talk to Lisa Dwan Earlier this week a group of senior business leaders, Fictions – Place third sector innovators and participants from Patterson’s Belfast-set The Mill for Grinding Old government came together in Hay to catalyse change People Young is a novel about a young man caught up in Wales. Join in the discussions with this open event in the political fever of the times and a love story and help build confidence and capability to magnify about discovering who you are and how you define the solutions and share them globally. yourself; Vann’s Dirt, set in Sacramento, focuses on a Supported by the Welsh Government family tragedy and the enveloping landscape.

[423] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 [HF145] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 War Horse – Screening Ellen Richardson and Jane Lawes See event 334 for listing. 7+ years With thanks to Disney [HF146] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Dear Zoo Party 3+ years See Hay Fever programme for details.

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[428] 11.30AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 [HF148] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Ian Jones Philip Reeve talks to Sarah McIntyre Cardiff Series 4 – Motherhood and the Mind 10+ years The Perinatal Psychiatrist analyses the link between mental illness and childbirth. The connection is long [HF149] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 established in many cultures, with suicide a leading Jonathan Meres cause of maternal death. Understanding the link 9+ years between childbirth and severe psychiatric episodes See Hay Fever programme for details. will bring enormous benefits for women who suffer, and may help us understand more about the causes

[433] 1PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 1pm of mood disorders more generally.

Saturday 9 June Saturday Oliver Balch, Les Lumsdon, In association with Cardiff University Chris Moss and Michael Kerr The Future of Travel Writing 1pm What can the travel writer offer in an age of Trip Advisor and Wikipedia? Are we tired of foreigners [429] 1PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 writing about other people’s places? Journalists and George Alagiah, Fiona Reynolds, authors Oliver Balch and Chris Moss join Slow Frances Osborne, Janine Di Giovanni Travel writer Les Lumsdon. Chaired by The and Philippe Sands talk to Telegraph’s Deputy Head of Travel. Clemency Burton-Hill Hay 25 – The Way We Live Now [434] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 The panellists discuss another three of the Questions Rupture – in our big anniversary project. A Matter of Life or Death – Screening What can country and city learn from each other? See events 117 and 221 for listing. What determines the food you buy? How many immediate neighbours do you know? 2.30pm

[430] 1PM [HF150] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Ben McIntyre Christopher Paolini Double Cross – 10+ years The True Story of the D-Day Spies See Hay Fever programme for details. The author of Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat 2.30pm uncovers the six extraordinary double-agents at the [435] 2.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 heart of the deception that enabled the 150,000- strong invasion force to land in Normandy on Thomas Friedman 6 June 1944. That Used To Be Us Sponsored by The Sickle Foundation The New York Times foreign affairs writer looks at What Went Wrong with America – and How It Can Come Back. Chaired by Nik Gowing. [431] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25

1pm Prue Leith talks to Sarah Crompton [436] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 Relish – My Life on a Plate Charles Nicholl The extraordinary, zestful life of the celebrated cook, restaurateur, food writer, businesswoman and lover. Sudden Presence The acclaimed traveller, biographer and literary sleuth reads from his new collection of investigations [432] 1PM BIG TENT £7.25 Traces Remain and talks about his fascination with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the hidden details of the past, and the ‘sudden The Commonwealth Lecture. To Instruct presence’ of distant historical figures. Chaired by and Delight – a case for realist literature Simon Mundy. The author of Half of a Yellow Sun, Purple Hibiscus Sponsored by Shepherds Ice Cream and The Thing Around Your Neck examines fiction as a catalyst for social and political change. Chaired by Emily Perkins. In partnership with Commonwealth Writers

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[437] 2.30PM BIG TENT £7.25 [441] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Michael Frayn talks to Sarah Crompton Hannah Rothschild talks to Martin Chilton The novelist and playwright (whose Noises Off is The Jazz Baroness Saturday 9 June currently playing in London) discusses his childhood The author and filmmaker conjures the life of her memoir and his exploration of his father’s story great aunt, the heiress Nica Rothschild, who My Father’s Fortune. His new novel Skios is a story of abandoned her life of privilege in Europe for New mislaid identity, misdirected passion and York’s 1950s Jazz scene. She was a patron and muse to miscalculated consequences set on a Greek Island. some of the greatest C20th musicians. Charlie Parker died in her apartment, Thelonius Monk in her arms.

[438] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Madeline Miller and Sjón [442] 4PM BIG TENT £7.25 talk to Jim Naughtie Wadah Khanfar talks to William Sieghart The Greeks 6 – The Song of Achilles The co-founder of the Sharq Forum and the former and The Whispering Muse Director General of the Al Jazeera Network reflects The Song of Achilles is a re-imagining of the love story on the momentous changes in the Arab world, and at the heart of Homer’s Iliad; The Whispering Muse the effect of free media and new technology across pitches the mythic hero Caeneus and his tales of the the Middle East. Argonauts, the Golden Fleece and Lemnos onto a Scandinavian merchant ship in 1949. [443] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Frances Osborne and Alexandra Shulman [HF151] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 talk to Paul Blezard Kristina Stephenson Fictions – Women of the World 5-7 years Park Lane the debut novel from the author of The Bolter is a tale of suffrage, war and love, upstairs and [HF152] 2.30PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 down in Edwardian London; Can We Still Be Friends

2.30pm Rainbow Magic Fairy Party follows three friends leaving University and emerging 3-5 years into the reality of 1980s Britain. See Hay Fever programme for details. 4pm [HF155] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [439] 2.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE Helen Peters FREE BUT TICKETED 9+ years Faraj Bayrakdar and Asieh Amini talk to Shenaz Kedar [HF156] 4PM THE HEXAGON £4.25 Writers and the Middle East Rainbow Magic Fairy Party Exiled writers from Syria and Iran discuss their 3-5 years work and the upheavals in the Middle East with See Hay Fever programme for details. the manager of the Writers’ Centre Norwich City

of Refuge programme. [444] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 In partnership with the Writers Centre Norwich and David MacKay, Julie Hill International Cities of Refuge Network (ICORN) and David Howell The Future of Energy Series – How to Decarbonise by 2050 4pm There are many theories and proposals for decarbonising our society but which ones are the [440] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £8.25 most credible and what do they require from us Claire Tomalin all in order to achieve the target by 2050? The London Library Lecture – Charles Dickens The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s The peerless literary biographer examines the Chief Scientific Advisor will weigh the options with contradictory and unpredictable life of our the Minister for International Energy and the former greatest novelist, in this, his bi-centenary year. Director of Green Alliance and guests. Chaired by Andy Fryers.

[HF154] 4PM Supported by DECC LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 4pm Justin Fletcher 3+ years See Hay Fever programme for details.

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[445] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7 [451] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Jono McCleery Christopher Hill, Brendan Simms The London-based solo artist, recently signed to Ninja and Robert Tombs Tune, has toured with Gil Scott Heron, Bonobo, Fink, Cambridge Series 13 and Jose Gonzales. Jono’s music is timeless. ‘Music that Will The UK Ever Get On With Europe? is imperishable, that reflects past, present and future in How much does Britain’s history impact on the an instant.’ Likened to having the melodies and rich way it sees its relationship with Europe and can we vocals of John Martyn, the darkness of Nick Drake, overcome that? What are the wider implications for the soul of Marvin Gaye and the romantic indulgence international relations for a Britain adrift of Europe? of Jeff Buckley. Jono is defining a new folk/soul sound In association with Cambridge University of our time.’ - Dannii Evans. Saturday 9 June Saturday [HF158] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [446] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Julia Golding The Gospel of Us – Screening 9+ years See also events 140, 161, 194, 266, 322, 387, See Hay Fever programme for details. 446 for listing. 7pm 5.30pm [452] 7PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 Antony Beevor [447] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 The Second World War Mary Portas No other period in history has presented greater The High Street dilemmas both for leaders and ordinary people, nor The retail guru and British knickers champion, author offered such examples of individual and mass tragedy, of The Portas Review on the future of our high streets, the corruption of power politics, ideological hypocrisy, inspires a resurgence in entrepreneurial zest and the egomania of commanders, betrayal, perversity, redefines the nature of value in modern consumerism. self-sacrifice, unbelievable sadism and unpredictable Sponsored by Jesse Norman kindness. From the author of Stalingrad, D-Day and

Berlin – The Downfall. Chaired by Jim Naughtie. 7pm [448] 5.30PM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 [453] 7PM Simon Jenkins LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 A Short History of England Tony Robinson talks to Ben Crystal The great and good journalist introduces his bold, taut A conversation with the Time Team and Blackadder history that identifies the key players and moments of star – actor, presenter, archaeology champion, 5.30pm change from the Saxon dawn of nationhood to the children’s writer and political activist. establishment of coalition government. Sponsored by Coffee Shop Isis In association with The National Trust, Wales [454] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £8.25

[449] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Bronwen Maddox, Mark Fitzpatrick, Bettany Hughes, Tim Whitmarsh, Thomas Friedman and Wadah Khanfar Charlotte Higgins and Oliver Taplin talk to Nik Gowing The Greeks 7 – Heroisation The Iran Question The classicists examine the recounting of funeral As the US/Israeli anxiety about Iran’s nuclear ambitions games, athletic odes and Olympic trials in Homer, grows and further sanctions are imposed, the editor of Hesiod, Pindar, Bacchylids and Euripides. What Prospect is joined by the International Institute for are athletes for? Strategic Studies expert, the New York Times Foreign Affairs editor and the former DG of Al Jazeera to analyse the situation. BBC World News anchor Nik Gowing chairs. [450] 5.30PM BIG TENT £6.25 In association with Prospect Ahdaf Soueif Reflections on Islamic Art [455] 7PM BIG TENT £8.25 The novelist and Palfest Director introduces her Alastair Darling talks to Jesse Norman international anthology of essays and responses to the Back from the Brink astounding collection of the Museum of Islamic Art The former Chancellor discusses the state of the in Doha, Qatar. Chaired by Marcus du Sautoy. world economy and his one thousand days at No 11 that were dominated by RBS, Iceland, and his relationship with the bloke next door. 60 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 61

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[456] 7PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 [462] 8.30PM BIG TENT £7.25 Alice Oswald Paul Franklin talks to Francine Stock The Greeks 8 – Memorial VFX Saturday 9 June The poet reads her brilliantly original rendering of The CG pioneer and special effects maestro discusses Homer. ‘The Iliad is a vocative poem. Perhaps even (in and shows his Oscar-winning work on Inception common with lament) it is invocative, as if speaking and the Batman series. directly to the dead, in the aftermath of the Trojan War: an attempt to remember people’s names and lives without [463] 8.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 the use of writing; a series of memories and similes laid side by side; an antiphonal account of man in his world.’ Adonis The exiled Syrian poet, widely respected as the greatest living Arab writer, reads his work and [T45] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 discusses Sufism and Surrealism with Sameer Rahim. Celia Rees and Melvin Burgess

This is Not Forgiveness, Kill All Enemies [464] 8PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 Two taut psychological dramas from the leading Jan Blake with Kouame Sereba lights of Young Adult fiction. Join them to talk truth and darkness. The Leopard Woman – Storytelling A hunter goes in search of a leopard cub, a sacrifice 14+ years in honour of his newborn son – but on finding two cubs, greed overcomes reason and he takes both. [457] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 Their mother, however, a shape-shifting leopard, is

7pm Alice Russell determined to see her children returned home safely Blessed with a lavishly soulful voice, her live and the hunter pay a high price for his selfishness. performances are spectacular, capable of captivating an audience and tugging at your heartstrings. Her smouldering blues-inflected lament is 10pm constantly evolving in her new solo material, which encompasses an explosion of everything [465] 10PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £15 from funk, gospel and jazz to northern soul. Jack Dee Work in Progress [458] 7PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £4.25 Why is the stand-up touring again? ‘I want to Mark Lynas spend less time with my family.’

The 2050 Pathways Show Sponsored by Baskerville Hall Hotel & Clyro Court 10pm What would 2050 look like if you had your hands on the energy and lifestyle tiller? Join in a live [466] 10PM experiment to crowdsource the future with the LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £12.25 author and climate change advisor. JuJu In Trance [459] 7PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Hypnotic trance grooves, featuring the The Rum Diary – Screening transcendental, dubbed-out sound of musical alchemists Justin Adams (guitar) and the Gambian See events 413 an 493 for screenings. ritti master Juldeh Camara in a mesmerising and thrilling live performance. They’re joined by 8.30pm Billy Fuller on bass and Dave Smith on drums.

[467] 10PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 [460] 8.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £12.25 Shappi Khorsandi Hidden Orchestra Me And My Brother In Our Pants, Two live drummers and deep basslines with strong Holding Hands jazz and classical influences make cinematic, emotive, The brand new show from the dazzling stand-up. percussive, next-generation music using traditional instrumentation and organic samples. Their debut album Night Walks showcases their energetic [461] 8.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 originality. Their beautifully crafted, explosive live Andy Kershaw talks to Martin Chilton show, where the core quartet is augmented with No Off Switch visuals, cello and brass, has cemented their reputation We’re talking the rollercoaster, deliciously candid and as one of the UK’s unique upcoming outfits. brilliantly funny autobiography of Britain’s maverick radio

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[469] 9AM [474] 10AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 Gerald Davies and Martin Johnes Kate Summerscale talks to join Huw Bowen Sarah Crompton Heroes and Villains of Wales 6 – Sport Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace – Rugby players are the ultimate Welsh sporting The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady heroes, aren’t they? What about our footballers, A compelling story of romance and fidelity, insanity, athletes, boxers, cyclists, snooker players, surfers fantasy, and the boundaries of privacy in a society and all the rest? And who are the villains? clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female (THE Gerald Davies! – Ed.) sexuality. The Samuel Johnson Prize-winner (The In association with The Western Mail Suspicions of Mr Whicher) brings vividly to life a

Sunday 10 June Sunday complex, frustrated Victorian wife, longing for [470] 9AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £4.25 passion and learning, companionship and love. Mark Henderson The Geek Manifesto [475] 10AM SKY ARTS STUDIO £6.25 What was once an insult used to marginalize those Jeremy Vine curious people and their obsessive interest in science It’s All News to Me – The Most Fun

has increasingly become a badge of honour. And it’s a You Can Have without Laughing 10am high ambition to entrench scientific thinking more The radio and TV star reflects on his 25 years as deeply into politics and society. a BBC broadcaster from the Bosnian frontline to the R2 lunchtime show. [471] 9AM BIG TENT £5.25 Sponsored by The Old Black Lion Hotel Charlotte Higgins, Niall Livingstone, Oliver Taplin and Fiona Macintosh [476] 10AM BIG TENT £6.25 The Greeks 9 – Drama Helga Weiss talks to Philippe Sands What do the surviving Greek tragedies and Helga’s Diary – A Young Girl’s Experience comedies, and the information we have about of Life in a Concentration Camp their performance and audiences, tell us about The author was born in Prague in 1929. Her father 9am the Classical world? Otto was employed in the state bank and her mother Irena was a seamstress. Of the 15,000 children brought [472] 9AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 to Terezin and later deported to Auschwitz, only 100 Lila Azam Zanganeh survived the Holocaust. Helga was one of them. The Enchanter – Nabakov and Happiness Plunging into the enchanted and luminous worlds [477] 10AM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 of Speak, Memory, Ada or Ardor and the infamous Fiona Reynolds and Simon Jenkins Lolita, Zanganeh seeks out the Nabokovian talk to Revel Guest experience of time, memory, sexual passion, Octavia Hill’s Grand Idea nature, loss, love in all its forms, and language The National Trust Director General and Chair in all its allusions. celebrate the centenary of Octavia Hill, the social reformer and founder of the National Trust, and discuss her legacy in the work of the Trust today. 10am In association with National Trust Wales

[473] 10AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £8.25 [HF159] 10AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Rose Gottemoeler JD Sharpe The Joseph Rotblat Lecture 2012 12+ years President Obama’s Under Secretary of State for Arms

Control and International Security was the chief [HF160] 10AM THE HEXAGON £3.25 negotiator on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Hugless Douglas Treaty (START) with the Russian Federation. Chaired by Nik Gowing. 3-5 years See Hay Fever programme for details. In association with the Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Programme

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Julian Allwood and David MacKay Tom Hollander talks to Peter Florence Sunday 10 June talk to Andy Fryers Re – Rev Sustainable Materials The Pirates of the Caribbean and In the Loop star The ever-growing demand for materials to support discusses his award-winning comedy Rev – co-written our lifestyles is not sustainable – it is time to use with James Wood. those materials more efficiently and explore new ways of manufacturing and production. The authors of [484] 11.30AM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 Sustainable Materials and Sustainable Energy discuss with the Hay on Earth Director. Peter Hain and David Lipsey Forty Years is a Long Time in Politics Two of the most unconventional Westminster [479] 10AM - NOON THE MOOT £7.25 memoirs shed new, controversial and wickedly funny Jessica Seaton, Heather Gorringe light on the political process. With the anti-apartheid and Sally Bailey campaigner, MP for Neath, former Leader of the Women in Business Forum House, and Secretary of State for Work and Wales, Come and meet the women who’ve built successful author of Outside In and the veteran Labour peer, local and rural enterprises – the TOAST clothing and author of An Autobiography. Chaired by homewares company, the natural gardening supplier Simon Mundy. Wiggly Wigglers, and Baileys Home Store – winner of

‘best homewares retailer’ in The Telegraph Magazine [485] 11.30AM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 2012. There’ll be an open conversation about starting Emily Perkins and Kishwar Desai up, building a business, design, marketing, 11.30am 10am management and maximising local potential. talk to Gaby Wood Chaired by Kitty Corrigan and with Barbara Ann Fictions – Lived Lives King of Barclays. Numbers are limited. Please see The Forrests is our tip for this year’s Man Booker - also events 447 and 489 with Mary Portas and a New Zealand novel that sings with colour and Luke Johnson. memory; that speaks of family and time, dysfunction, ageing and loneliness, about heat, youth, and how

[480] 10AM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £5.25 life can change if ‘you’re lucky enough to be around The Pirates! for it’; Origins of Love is a huge novel from the Costa Prize-winner about the multi-million dollar, global In An Adventure With Scientists – Screening surrogacy industry. See events 39 and 53 for listing. Sponsored by Creative New Zealand and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations

11.30am [HF164] 11.30AM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Maggie Stiefvater [481] 11.30AM BARCLAYS PAVILION £6.25 David Starkey 12+ years The Very Model of a Modern Monarchy [HF165] 11.30AM THE HEXAGON £3.25 The historian scrutinises The House of Windsor. Poppy Cat comes to Hay 3-5 years [482] 11.30AM LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 Ahdaf Soueif [HF163] 11.30AM BIG TENT £4.25 Cairo – My City, Our Revolution Fireman Sam The novelist who reported live from Tahrir Square 2-5 years weaves human stories and acute political analysis into See Hay Fever programme for details. this magnificent understanding of the Egyptian uprising. Chaired by Bidisha.

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[486] 1PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £5.25 [490] 1PM BIG TENT £5.25 Monty Don, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Schama Andrés Neuman, Jim Naughtie and Engineering the Holy Land Rosie Boycott talk to Francine Stock It was the Victorians who began the romance with Hay 25 – The Way We Live Now 6 the Holy Land that would lead to Britain becoming The panellists discuss four of the 25 Questions. the mentor of a Jewish homeland in Palestine. And 25 years from now climate change will have created they did it with photographs and ordnance survey over 100 million refugees. Where should they go? maps and dreams of the perfect waterworks for What was the last thing you made with your hands? Jerusalem. The historian explains how. What makes you laugh? [491] 1PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Sunday 10 June Sunday Would you like the United States of America to Fiona Shaw a) grow stronger? b) stay more or less the same? c) grow weaker? Why? Artichoke Presents – Peace Camp 2012 The actor talks about her personal relationship with poetry and introduces the most romantic project in [487] 1PM the Cultural Olympiad, which she has created with LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 the director Deborah Warner. Peace Camp is a Andrew Gamble, David Runciman and poignant exploration of love poetry and will take the Glen Rangwala form of a series of installations at extraordinary Cambridge Series 14 – Is Democracy Right for locations encircling the coast of the UK this summer. the World’s Current Problems? Shaw invites you to bring along your favourite love Is democracy too short-termist to deal with the kind poems and join her in a conversation about love of issues facing the world, including the current crisis poetry in all its many forms. Your nomination may of capitalism and climate change? even be included in the soundscape being specially In association with Cambridge University created for Peace Camp. In Association with Artichoke 1pm [488] 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE £5 FREE BUT TICKETED TO RESIDENTS OF HAY* 1pm [HF164] 1PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Pentabus Theatre Company Chloe Inkpen The Hay Play 5-7 years Hay Festival playwright-in-residence Nell Leyshon See Hay Fever programme for details. has spent the week roaming the festival, eavesdropping, inventing and imagining a rich, raucous tale set in a certain border town. Written, [492] 1PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 rehearsed and performed in a fortnight, Pentabus Ravi Gurumurthy, Mark Lynas Theatre presents a specially commissioned piece of and Catherine Mitchell theatre for and about Hay. The Future of Energy Series – Technological In Association with Pentabus Theatre Breakthrough or Lifestyle Change? *Hay residents may collect tickets before the festival There has been much talk about the potential from the Box Office for new technologies to revolutionise our energy use and production. Is there a panacea or are we [489] 1PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 facing major lifestyle changes to cope with our Luke Johnson energy consumption? DECC’s Strategy Director Start it Up! Ravi Gurumurthy will be joined by author and climate change advisor Mark Lynas and Exeter The chairman of Risk Capital Partners Ltd, who Universities Professor of Energy Policy, Catherine has run and owned many of the most successful Mitchell. Chaired by Andy Fryers. companies in the UK, shares his thinking about Why Running Your Own Business is Easier Than You Sponsored by DECC Think. Chaired by Kamal Ahmed Business Editor of The Telegraph. [493] 1PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA £7.25 Sponsored by Welsh Venison Centre The Rum Diary – Screening See events 403 and 459 for listing.

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[494] 2.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 [500] 4PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 George Alagiah Fiona Shaw, Tom Hollander, Mixed Britannia Simon Callow and friends Sunday 10 June The previously untold history of Britain’s mixed-race The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour community and the many love stories that created it. We celebrate the novelist, Festival Vice-President and Chaired by Sarfraz Manzoor. poetry champion who died last year with this reading of her beloved TS Eliot. The full cast will be [495] 2.30PM announced on 20 May. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £6.25 William Boyd talks to Peter Florence [501] 4PM Waiting for Sunrise LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £7.25 A story of passions and deceptions set between Freud’s Martin Amis talks to Gaby Wood Vienna and the intelligence services of wartime London Lionel Asbo from the author of Any Human Heart and Restless. The novelist launches his state-of-England satire Sponsored by www.presentchoices.com about a very violent but not very successful young criminal who is going about his morning duties in a [496] 2.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 London prison when he learns that he has just won Fred Pearce £139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. The Landgrabbers [502] 4PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £7.25 A superb piece of investigative journalism that reveals 4pm the unprecedented land grab from the plains of Marc du Bois talks to Africa to the jungles and prairies of South America, Clemency Burton-Hill as Wall Street speculators, Gulf oil sheiks, Chinese Humanitarian Negotiations Revealed entrepreneurs and robber barons raid the last fertile The Director of Médecins Sans Frontières analyses corners of the world. the political transactions and balances of power and interests that allow aid activities to move forward, [497] 2.30PM BIG TENT £7.25 but that are usually masked by the lofty rhetoric Bryony Dixon and Francine Stock of humanitarian principles. with music by Neil Brand Sponsored by The European Movement in Wales The BFI Presents – Dickens Before Sound A magical series of pre-1914 silent short films from [503] 4PM BIG TENT £7.25 Dickensian sources includes Scrooge, Nicholas Fiona Carnarvon Nickleby, Oliver Twist and DW Griffith’s The Cricket Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey on the Hearth with live accompaniment. The Countess of Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, tells the story of her ancestor who actually [498] 2.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 ran the house during the Great War. Chaired by Annie Freud talks to Geordie Greig Revel Guest. Forgotten Footprints The poet discusses her work and her father Lucian’s [504] 4PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 paintings with the journalist and author of the Tariq Ramadan forthcoming Breakfast With Lucian. 2.30pm The Arab Awakening –

[HF170] 2.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 Islam and the New Middle East Sue Monroe The Director of the Centre for Islamic Legislation and Ethics asks: Can Muslim countries bring 5-7 years together Islam, pluralism and democracy without See Hay Fever programme for details. betraying their identity? Can this emancipation be envisioned with Islam, experienced not as a [499] 2.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £5.25 straitjacket, but as an ethical and cultural wealth? Andrew Edgar Chaired by Jim Naughtie. Cardiff Series 5 Sport, Ethics and the Olympics [505] 4PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE £6.25 What are the ethical issues that are posed by Jan Blake with Kouame Sereba sporting competition in general and the Olympics The Girl and the Snake – Storytelling in particular? Where does society place sport as a The story of a jealous brother and a wronged sister, source of moral values and what are the problems of revenge and redemption, and sibling relationships that cheating and unsporting conduct pose to in both the human and animal kingdom. And of athletes, spectators, sponsors and funding bodies? one girl’s courageous battle to live the happy life In association with Cardiff University promised to her despite a cruel betrayal. 65 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 66

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[HF173] 4PM STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [510] 5.30PM BIG TENT £5.25 HL Dennis Ghislaine Wood 9+ years The V&A Lecture. 5.30pm British Design 1948-2012 – [HF174] 4PM THE HEXAGON £3.25 Innovation in the Modern Age Poppy Cat comes to Hay To coincide with the V&A’s major exhibition, 3-5 years the curator will explore the shifting nature of See Hay Fever programme for details. Britain’s design culture over the past 60 years. In association with Barclays [506] 4PM BOOKSHOP CINEMA FREE BUT TICKETED [511] 5.30PM DIGITAL STAGE £6.25 Sunday 10 June Sunday Rang de Basanti – Screening Claire Preston See events 27 and 114 for listing. Cider In C17th England, apples were the national fruit and Herefordshire cider was the patriotic tipple. 5.30pm Wholesome, nutritious, strengthening, and morally pure, cider’s virtues would nourish the nation, [507] 5.30PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £7.25 establish Empire, and win wars. How did cider knock Monty Don French wine and the Dutch navy into a cocked hat? Gardening at Longmeadow In association with Birmingham University The cycle of the seasons in the Gardeners’ World garden at Longmeadow, from the earliest snowdrops [512] 5.30PM STARLIGHT STAGE £6.25 of January through the first splashes of colour in the John Harrison talks to Kathryn Gray Spring Garden, the electric summer displays of the Antarctica – Forgotten Footprints Jewel Garden, the autumn harvest in the orchard, The award-winning author of Cloud Road presents and on to a Christmas feast sourced from the his history of the Antarctic Peninsula, South vegetable gardens. Shetland Islands and the Weddell Sea, introducing Sponsored by Ty-Mawr Lime Ltd the merchantmen, navy men, sealers, whalers and aviators who, with scientists and adventurers, drew [508] 5.30PM the first ghostly maps of the white continent. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £9.25 Simon Callow [513] 5.30PM HAY ON EARTH STAGE Charles Dickens and the FREE BUT TICKETED* Great Theatre of the World Elmehdi Ag Wakina The actor celebrates Dickens the performer, the 5.30pm The News from Timbuktu showman with a masterly command of character The Director of the AMSS, the local NGO that and dialogue, a mimic and storyteller who gave liaises with Hay as part of the town-twinning, talks packed-out and utterly compelling readings of about the situation in Northern Mali. At the time his novels on both sides of the Atlantic. of going to press in early April, Tuareg rebels have Sponsored by Christ College, Brecon taken Timbuktu and AZWAD militants are imposing Shari’a Law. [509] 5.30PM SKY ARTS STUDIO 5.25 All welcome. *Donations will be made to relief Charlotte Higgins, Gideon Nisbet and work on the ground. James Davidson In association with Hay 2 Timbuktu The Greeks 10 – Sex What were the conditions that made homosexuality an easy norm in ancient Greece? It’s given us some of the world’s greatest works of art, stories and Sappho’s poetry.

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[514] 7PM [518] 7PM STARLIGHT STAGE £5.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE £5.25 Stuart Maconie talks to Paul Blezard Sunday 10 June Norman Davies Hope and Glory The Open University Lecture. Starting with the death of Queen Victoria, to the Vanished Kingdoms Battle of the Somme and the General Strike, and on How many British people know that Glasgow was to the docking of the Empire Windrush and Bobby founded by the Welsh in a period when neither Moore raising the Jules Rimet trophy, the broadcaster England nor Scotland existed? Europe’s history is chooses a defining moment in our nation’s story from littered with kingdoms, duchies, empires and each decade of the last century and explores its republics which have now vanished. The historian legacy today. peers through the cracks in mainstream history writing and listens to the echoes of lost realms across the centuries. 8.27pm In association with Open University in Wales [519] 8.27PM BARCLAYS PAVILION £17.47 [515] 7PM SKY ARTS STUDIO £5.25 Bill Bailey

7pm Andrew St George and Edward Davis Qualmpeddler The Navy Way Bill Bailey had Doubts about the modern world, but The senior service’s contemporary history with these have now grown into Qualms. He will be the author of The Royal Navy Way of Leadership channelling these feelings of Unease and and the Commandant General Royal Marines Apprehension, with the help of Religious Dubstep, and Commander Amphibious Forces, whose his folk bouzouki, Horntallica, a re-appraisal of some book Operation Herrick – Helmand details the of the world’s greatest works of art and perhaps a dub latest Afghan tour. version of Downton Abbey. He looks at the Sponsored by the Maritime Foundation Consequences of Lies, the Unending Search for the Higgs and the Hiding Skills of Dentists. Bill tries to

[516] 7PM BIG TENT £5.25 confront his Cluster-Qualm of living in a Time of Steve Benbow Spectacular Ignorance, Nuclear Worry, Rare Planetary Alignment and Spice Girl reunions that The Urban Beekeeper may be part of the Mayan End of Days prophecy. The visionary beekeeper started his first beehive Come savour this Broth of Anxiety with ten years ago on the roof of his tower block in Bill Bailey – Qualmpeddler. Bermondsey and today runs 30 sites across the city. Sponsored by Savage and Gray Design His bees live atop Tate Modern and Tate Britain, Fortnum & Mason and the National Portrait Gallery, and he supplies honey to the Savoy tearooms, Harvey Nichols and Harrods. His bees forage in parks, cemeteries, along railway lines and in windowboxes, and because of the diversity of the plants and trees in the city, produce far richer honey and greater yields than they would in rural areas.

[517] 7PM DIGITAL STAGE £5.25 Marcus Berkmann A Shed of One’s Own – Midlife Without The Crisis An hilarious book about male midlife, from the inimitable humorist – author of Rain Men and Zimmer Men.

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Hello Festivaliers! Welcome to our half-term, hand-picked line-up of live events, workshops and expeditions. This is year is particularly special as the festival is celebrating its 25th birthday, and of course it's the Jubilee too, so we’re incredibly excited about the amazing party atmosphere. Please consider this your official invite. The celebrations are taking place online too.The Hay Fever blog is being taken over by writers, so scoot over to hayfestival.org/hayfever and have a gander. A big thank you to Polly Dunbar, our wonderful illustrator, who has swept us away with her wonderful drawings.A big hooray must also go to all the artists, publishers, sponsors and volunteers who make Hay Fever that little bit more awesome each and every year.

Sophie Lording, Children’s & Education Director Look out for these sorts of events in the programme:

Knapsacks Rib Ticklers Goosebumps Giggles, laughs, All things spooky & Ginger Beer chortles, it’s all good. and scary. Consider The essentials to any But be careful, yourselves lucky these adventure and boy, are jaw ache may set in. are in daylight hours! there escapades a plenty here!

Visit the Hay Fever Courtyard Mini Pembertons (yes, our very own bookshop!) selling lots of wonderful picture books. Make and Take is back, so get crafting between 10am and 5pm every day. Plus we’ll be hosting Bookstart Rhymetimes,Amazing Baby and Ladybird Live storytimes everyday for 0-3 year olds – see the blog and onsite blackboards for details. The What on Earth? Giant Wallbook of Sport with Christopher Lloyd, science writer extraordinaire and its wonderful author, giving a free talk everyday at 12pm and 3pm. 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 between 10am and 5pm everyday. Outside these hours it will be located in the Admin office, next to the Box Office. 70 Illustration © Polly Dunbar 2012. pollydunbar.com hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 71

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[HF1] 5.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 David Walliams talks to Chris Evans Gangsta Granny The actor, comedian, talent judge and bestselling children’s author makes his debut at Hay to talk Scrabble, swimming and 500 Words. 9+ years Sponsored by Aryma Contemporary Marquetry Saturday 2nd June

[HF2] 9AM, BIG TENT, £4.25 [HF7] 10AM-5.30PM, MESS TENT, [HF12] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Axel Scheffler FREE – DROP IN The Etherington Brothers Pip & Posy Geography Collective Comic Capers The beloved illustrator of The Gruffalo Mission: Explore Back by popular demand, this dynamic joins us to launch the adorable Pip & Come ready to scribble, illustrate, scuff, duo will have you penning your very Posy:The Big Balloon. Storytelling, live scratch and sniff your surroundings with own storyboards and comic strips drawing and a very special visit from spy-style tasks and assignments with the in seconds. best friends Pip and Posy. leading lights of guerrilla geography. 9+ years Duration 45 mins Families [HF13] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 3-5 years Sponsored by National Trust Polly Dunbar [HF3] 9AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £4.25 [HF8] 11.30AM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Tilly & Friends Lauren Child Andrew Hammond Come and dance the Wiggle Wiggle Ruby Redfort CRYPT Woo with this year’s official Hay Normal life is a total yawn. Break out Sign up to the ‘Covert Youth Fever illustrator. of boredom with the creator of Paranormal Team’ before getting Duration 40 mins Clarice Bean as she chats about her the full low-down on spies, horror 3-5 years super-awesome new creation.With a special chance to hear about book 2, and ghost-busting. Perfect for fans [53] 2.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 released this autumn. of Dr Who. Peter Lord Duration 45 mins 10+ yrs Pirates! 10+ years [HF9] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 The director and stop-motion animation genius takes us behind the scenes on [HF4] 10AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 James Mayhew Katie comes to Hay Aardman's swashbuckling blockbuster. Philippa Gregory 9+ years The Changeling Step through the frames of some Join the best-selling author of The magical masterpieces in this fantastic [HF14] 2.30PM, DIGTAL STAGE, £5.25 Other Boleyn Girl as she reveals the introduction to art. Simon Mayo dark myths, medieval secrets and 5+ years Itch intrigue that populate the pages of [HF10] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Meet Itchingham Lofte, an accidental, her first-ever series for young people. Sue Hendra accident-prone hero. Science is his 12+ years weapon. Elements are his gadgets.This Barry The Fish With Fingers is Alex Rider with Geek-Power! [HF5] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 See event [HF6] 10+ years Mitchell Symons Don’t Wipe Your Bum [HF11] 1PM, [HF15] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 on a Hedgehog Andy Cope & Lara the dog Francesca Simon The ‘revolting reference’ expert and Spy Dog twice Blue Peter Book Prize-winner Horrid Henry Meet the inspiration behind the Spy makes his debut at Hay to take a Join one of the UK’s best-loved Dog series and hear all about the weird and wonderful look at life. children’s writers as she introduces thrilling adventures of her namesake, 8+ years four brand new stories in which (or as the highly trained special Henry makes his own scary movie. agent is known by the government: [HF6] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 It promises to be ghoulishly good. GM451). Sue Hendra 7+ years 7+ years Barry The Fish With Fingers Barry is no ordinary fish - come and hear all about his deep sea capers, before putting your fingers to good Rib Ticklers Goosebumps use with glitter and glue. 01497 822 629 Duration 40 mins. 71 3-5 years Knapsacks & Ginger Beer hayfestival.org/hayfever hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 72

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[HF16] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 [HF17] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 [HF19] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Polly Dunbar Cassandra Clare Nikalas Catlow, Arthur’s Dreamboat City of Lost Souls Tim Wesson and YOU! A magical new story from this The sensationally successful author Mega Mash-ups wonderful illustrator and the touches down in Hay to chat about What happens when aliens meet a inspiration for this year’s Hay Fever her thrilling Mortal Instruments saga mad scientist under the ocean, or programme. and launch the latest episode. secret agents take on giant slugs in 5-7 years 12+ years the jungle? Well, that’s up to you… Bring a pad and pencil. 7+ years

Sunday 3rd June

[HF20] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £7.25 [HF24] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF31] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Sealegs Puppet Theatre Karen McCombie Leigh Hodgkinson and YOU! The Selfish Giant You, Me and Thing Magical Mix-ups Oscar Wilde’s magical tale is told What would you do if you found There’s a party to plan, but there’s within a magnificent steel-sculpted yourself up to your eyeballs in been a mix-up in Fairyland. Bring garden, using beautifully crafted jellybabies, or in a terrible tangle of coloured pencils and glitter pens puppets. Enchanting. noodle-doodles? Hear about Ruby to help Emerald and Sapphire put 5+ years and Jackson’s trials and tribulations everything right. Bring a pad with the very cute but very and pencil. [HF21] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £5.25 emotional ‘Thing’. 7+ years Tessa Wardley 7+ years The River Book [HF32] 4PM, SCRIBBLERS’ HUT, £4.25 Create your very own water-bound [HF26] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Pantone Colours crafts before walking down to Marcus Sedgwick Colour can be many different tints the Wye to explore the secrets The Raven Mysteries and shades – such as Duckling Yellow of the river. Enter the barking world of the (PMS 1215), French Fry Yellow (PMS Duration 120 mins. Otherhand family with all its 1225), or School Bus Yellow (PMS Families oddballs, lunatics and fruitcakes - not 7548). Come dressed in your forgetting the lethal cabbages… favourite colour and see colour in a [HF23] 10AM-5.30PM, MESS TENT, 9+ years new way. FREE – DROP IN 5+ years Geography Collective [HF27] 2.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Mission: Explore Mackenzie Crook [HF33] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Come ready to scribble, illustrate, The Windvale Sprites Annabel Pitcher and scuff, scratch and sniff your Discover this timeless, beautifully Marcus Sedgwick surroundings with spy-style tasks written and illustrated novel My Sister Lives On The and assignments with the leading by the Pirates of the Caribbean and Mantelpiece and Midwinterblood lights of guerrilla geography. The Office actor. See two amazing writers discuss Families 8+ years their compelling stories of love Sponsored by National Trust [HF30] 4PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 and sacrifice. Oliver Jeffers 12+ years The Hueys Sponsored by CILIP Carnegie Medal An exclusive first look at the brand new series from the acclaimed author and illustrator of Lost and Found and Stuck.. 5+ years

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[HF34] 9AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, [HF40] 11.30AM, [HF46] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 FREE BUT TICKETED LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 Carl Warner Tinga Tinga Tales - Screening Cressida Cowell World of Food Discover Why Elephant Has A Trunk talks to Peter Florence Mash potato clouds? Broccoli trees? as we bring the much-loved Hooray for Hiccup Horrendous Bread mountains? Discover the animated African folk tales to the big Haddock III! magical lands made of things you can screen.Then trot off to our Make eat by this imaginative photographer. The creator of the wonderful How To and Take tent for your very own Train Your Dragon series chats Vikings, 9+ years Tinga Tinga-inspired crafts. Dragonese and the Isle of Berk. [HF47] 4PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £5.25 Duration 30 mins 7+ years 3+ years Cressida Cowell, Jeremy In association with Storymoja Hay [HF41] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Strong, Ciaran Murtugh and Festival, Nairobi, courtesy of Tiger Aspect Lauren St John Andy Stanton The One Dollar Horse Punny Flannel [HF35] 9AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Four fearsomely funny writers come Pantone Colours The creator of the White Giraffe series introduces her new equestrian together in a wonderfully random See event [HF32] thriller series, about making the mish-mash look at laughs. Chaired by impossible possible and reaching the James Campbell. [HF37] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 top on a one dollar horse. 7+ years Ali Sparkes 10+ years [HF48] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 S.W.I.T.C.H Sponsored by Laura Hurley Racing Boy or insect? Josh and Danny are in Barroux and big bug trouble. Learn how to write [HF42] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON £4.25 Marjolaine Leray creepy crawly adventures and why Cally Law Mr Leon’s Paris and you might want to think twice The Moomin Adventure Book Little Red Hood before squishing ants in future. Find out how to take plaster-casts of Vive la différence! Watch these two 7+ years paw prints, identify bugs and flutter-bys French picture-book stars in action, and hunt for treasure, Moomin-style. drawing and discussing their work with [HF39] 10AM-5.30PM, MESS TENT, FREE – DROP IN 5+ years award-winning translator Sarah Ardizzone. Chaired by Daniel Hahn. Institute of Physics [HF43] 1PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4.25 10+ years Physics in the Field Steven Butler A team of top-notch scientists will The Wrong Pong [HF50] 5.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 be performing eye-catching physics A tale of mistaken troll-dentity from Chris Riddell and tricks to wow all ages using things a bright new star in children’s funny Paul Stewart that can be found at home. Some are fiction (Shhh! He also played Henry Wyrmeweald: Bloodhoney messy, some are noisy, but all of in Horrid Henry Live and Horrid!). This incredible duo, creators of The them are crowd-pleasing and help Delightfully disgusting. Edge Chronicles introduce the new illustrate different areas of physics. 5+ years episode of their latest high-octane So come along and find out how to fantasy epic. [HF44] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 make a balloon kebab, a tame 12+ years tornado and much, much more. Matt Haig Families To Be A Cat [HF51] 5.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 What would you do if you were Ian Whybrow turned into a cat by your evil Meerkat Madness headteacher? Join the award-winning Hear about the escapades of three writer of this feline fix to see the cheeky meerkat pups and their world in a different way. eccentric babysitter, Uncle Fearless. 9+ years From the creator of Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. 8+ years

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[HF53] 10AM, [HF59] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF65] 2.30PM, BIG TENT, £4.25 LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 Ciaran Murtugh Maisy Andy Stanton Comedy genie-us! The marvelous mouse and her Mr Gum The star of CBBC’s The Slammer storyteller friend Liz Fost return to Bigger, better, grislier, crazier... No, returns to Hay for comedy, capers Hay for songs, stories and surprises. not Andy, Mr Gum of course! Make and magic carpet antics with his brand Duration 40 mins. sure you and your Snocklehead new adventure Genie in Training. 3-5 years friends don't miss out. 7+years 7+ years [HF66] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF60] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Dave Cousins [HF54] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £7.25 Petr Horacek 15 DAYS WITHOUT A BLOG! Tallulah Swirls Puffin Peter The author of teen novel 15 Days Theatre Company Hear about little puffins Peter and Without a Head shows you how to set- When Eggy Met Peggy Paul, before creating your own bright up, write and publicize a blog, plus a What happens when the lonely egg and bold picture-book masterpiece. glimpse into his own journey to sat on a wall meets the sparkling pea 5-7 years publication, via eight years as a minor from under that huge pile of Sponsored by CILIP rock star! mattresses? Join Eggy and Peggy the Kate Greenaway Medal 12+ years pea, a rock-n-rolling raspberry and [HF67] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 cha-cha-cha-ing carrots in this funny [HF61] 1PM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 and original twist on The Princess And Chris Riddell and Petr Horacek The Pea. Paul Stewart Puffin Peter 3+ years Muddle Earth See event [HF60] [HF55] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Join us as we’re transported to [HF68] 4PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Annie Dalton Muddle Earth, where the wizards are Matt Dickinson Moonbeans mad and the pink hogs are stinky. Mortal Chaos Make sure you bring your Wellies of Come and hear all about Moonbeans Power and Woolly Gloves of Ever wanted to climb Everest? Or the magical moon cat who can help Determination. film a heart-stopping adventure? Join dreams come true. Stickers, recipes the author of this gripping thriller 9+ years and lots of fun. for an edge-of-your-seat adventure. Duration 40 mins [HF62] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Matt was also the fifth British 7+ years David Sinden, Matthew climber to summit the North Face Morgan and Guy MacDonald of Everest! [HF56] 10AM-5.30PM, MESS TENT, 10+ years FREE – DROP IN Alien Invaders Institute of Physics Evil aliens and toxic planets… Physics in the Field an awesome space adventure with See event [HF39]. the energetic trio behind the YUCK! series. Families 7+ years [HF58] 11.30AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £4.25 [HF63] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 The Great Big Animal Quiz Annie Dalton Do you know why bees dance or the colour of a giraffe’s tongue? Moonbeans Come and give yourself a noggin See event [HF55] workout - there are prizes to be [HF64] 2.30PM, won. Bring pad and pencil. LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 8+ years Jeremy Strong Going For Gold The Animal Games are coming to town, but can Streaker bring home a medal? Join this comic maestro as he introduces the sequel to his much-loved The Hundred-Mile-an-Hour Dog. 7+ years

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[HF69] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF71] 5.30PM, [HF72] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Steve Skidmore LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £7.25 Mark Brake and Jon Chase and Steve Barlow James Campbell The Science of Dr Who Action Dogs Comedy 4 Kids Aliens and time machines, cyborgs When killer cats are clawing for In this show James may attempt a and Daleks, Utopias and killer world domination it’s time to new world record in badger hurdling computers: take a journey through unleash man’s best friend. Join this and doing loop the loop with his 93- the fantastic worlds of The Doctor. dastardly duo to discover all about year-old Auntie HistAMine. It may With rap songs, scientific facts and killer kitty Katmanchew and the also involve a discussion on Horses: much merriment and mirth, the brave Action Dogs with gadgets Friends or Big-Headed Twits? author rapper duo explore the galore to hand (or paw). 7+ years Universe of The Doctor. 8+ years 9+ years Wednesday 6th June

[HF74] 10AM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £5.25 [HF79] 11.30AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £4.25 [HF84] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Chris Bradford Emma Dodd and Eva Katzler Young Samurai Kelly Gerrard Florentine & Pig Enter Samurai School and meet the An Eygptian Escape It’s time to get summery with the real martial arts master behind this Join the wonderful team behind the creator of this little duo as they head phenomenal series. Hear about the Charlie and Bandit graphic novel out on a picnic adventure. Just don’t secret fighting art of ninjas and see series as they whisk us back in time get tangled in the bunting. an awesome samurai sword to the land of the Pharaohs. Duration 40 mins demonstration. 7+ years 5-7 years 9+ years [HF80] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 [HF85] 2.30PM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4.25 [HF75] 10AM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Daniel Blythe Ben Cort Korky Paul How to write Dr Who Monstersaurus Winnie the Witch Discover how to pen exciting and What do you get if you mix together We’re celebrating our 25th Birthday dangerous worlds with the creator bright green slime, a smelly sock, with Winnie - hooray! Join Korky for of Shadow Runners. some mouldy cheese and strawberry an energy-filled event of quick 12+ years jelly? It’s time to get inventing with sketching and story-book adventure. the bestselling team behind Aliens and 5-8 years [HF81] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Dinosaurs Love Underpants. Plus a visit [HF76] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Penelope Harper from a very special intergalactic guest. StoryBoard and The Garden Safari 3+ years See event [HF77] Young Film Academy [HF86] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Eureka Movie Project [HF83] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Lyn Gardner Following last year’s fabulous launch Atinuke Friends and Footlights at Hay Fever, the ground-breaking This inspiring storyteller makes her Join the theatre critic and storyteller collaboration: a major motion debut at Hay to introduce Anna as she launches Olivia’s Enchanted picture, made for kids by kids is Hibiscus and her No.1 Car Spotter Summer, the latest in her much-loved back. Let loose your wildest ideas series - bright and plucky adventures series. Fans of Malory Towers and for the big screen, and the Eureka Ballet Shoes will adore this. moment could be yours. in West Africa. 7+ years 9+ years Duration 75 mins 9+ years [HF87] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Eva Katzler [HF77] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Florentine and Pig Penelope Harper See event [HF84] The Garden Safari Hear all about Lollipop and Grandpa’s adventures, before heading out on your own garden safari to hunt for mini-beasts. 3-5 years Rib Ticklers Goosebumps 01497 822 629 75 Knapsacks & Ginger Beer hayfestival.org/hayfever hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 76

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[HF89] 4PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 [HF90] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE £4.25 [HF91] 4PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Peter Rabbit Puppet Show Johnny Duddle Tracey Corderoy Happy 110th Birthday, Peter! Hop The Pirates Next Door and Alison Edgson along to this charming storytelling Join this swash-buckling illustrator as Just One More party where The Tale of Peter Rabbit he tells more tales of The Jolly Everyone loves bedtime stories, is brought to life. Help Peter escape Rogers Family, inspired by his role as especially Little Brown Bunny. Join from Mr McGregor’s garden and an artist for Aardman’s The Pirates. his creators to find out his plan to send him on his journey home. Dress in your finest sea dog garms. make sure he never runs out of 3+ years 5-7 yrs stories again. 3-5 yrs Thursday 7th June

[HF94] 10AM, BIG TENT, £4.25 [HF99] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 [HF105] 2.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Ben Cort Guy Bass Beast Quest Duel Aliens in Underpants Stitch Head Calling all courageous questors! Six Join the star illustrator of this series, Celebrate the release of the gruesomely mystical beasts are guarding magical and enjoy a visit from a very special hilarious Stitch Head and The Pirate’s Eye. golden armour for the evil wizard extraterrestrial guest. Sport your 8+ years Malvel. Help the good wizard Aduro best pants over your clothes - there solve cryptic puzzles in this will be prizes! [HF100] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 interactive event and free the beasts 5-7 years Alison Edgson from Malvel’s evil spell. Exclusive Yuck! goodies await the valiant. [HF95] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Calling all mini-monsters! Hear 7+ years Tracey Corderoy about three little terrors before [HF106] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Monty & Milli making your own monster-hatchling. Monty and Milli are the best magical 5-7 years Alex T Smith mice duo ever! Or they would be if Claude their tricks ever worked. Come and [HF102] 1PM, LLWYFAN CYMRU – It’s time to get excited, delighted and see their adventure brought to life WALES STAGE, £5.25 waggy-tailed as Claude and Sir with puppet, magic tricks and games. Kjartan Poskitt Bobblysock make their Hay debut. 5-7 years Murderous Maths Berets actively encouraged. Back by popular demand, our 5-7 years [HF96] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 favourite numerical wizard is coming [HF107] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Alison Edgson to Hay to put an end to maths A Little Fairy Magic Party miseries great and small. Join us for Mei Matsuoka Brush off your best wings and join us hilarious games of mathematical The Great Sheep Shenanigans for a fabulous fairy party, to hear all trickery and cunning calculus. See event [HF104] about Phoebe, a little mouse with big 9+ years dreams. [HF109] 4PM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 [HF103] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 3-5 years Sophia Bennett HM Castor & The Look [HF98] 11.30AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 William Osborne Chat fashion, friends and your Frank Cottrell Boyce VIII and Hitler’s Angel (secret) dreams with the creator of & Joe Berger Two unique approaches to historical Threads who talks to Bliss magazine’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang fiction, each with a twist of Lucy Peden. Flies Again psychological thriller. Join us to talk 12+ years power, secrets and courage. Chaired A turbo-charged new adventure for [HF110] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Ian Fleming’s fantastical flying car, by Jonathan Douglas. 11+ years Andrew Weale with the fabulous author of Millions Nora:The Girl Who Ate and Ate and Framed and the artist behind [HF104] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 and Ate Bridget Fidget and Berger & Wyse. Mei Matsuoka 9+ years Nora Fatima Buffet is a little greedy- The Great Sheep Shenanigans guts. Join her creator for a Will the cunning wolf Lou Pine make revoltingly rumbustious event of a lamb stew or two? Join this rhymes and rockets. wonderful illustrator to hear about a 5-7 years flock who have other ideas. 76 5-7 years hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 77

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[HF111] 4PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 [HF113] 5.20PM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 [HF114] 5.20PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Guy Bass Jacqueline Wilson Michelle Harrison, ATOMIC! Green Glass Beads Catherine Fisher and Can you imagine having a superhero The treasured author selects and Lindsey Baraclough as a dad and a super villain as a reads some of her favourite poetry. 13 Curses, Incarceron and mum? Join the comic maestro Limited signing. Long Lankin behind Dinkin Dins as he introduces 9+ years us to Jonny and Tommy Atomic, two Three hauntingly lyrical novels, super boys with exciting adventures. drawing on fairy tales and folklore. 7+ years Chilling and compelling. 12+ years Friday 8th June

[HF115] 9AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, [HF120] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 [HF127] 1PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 FREE BUT TICKETED Nicola Killen Nick Crane Tinga Tinga Tales - Screening Magnificent Menagerie Barefoot Books’ World Atlas Discover Why Elephant Has A Trunk We love animals, but which one is Join this cartographer, explorer, writer as we bring the much-loved your favourite? Join the brilliant and television presenter as he animated African folk tales to the big author/illustrator of Not Me! as she introduces us to a whole new way of screen.Then trot off to our Make introduces her new Animal Numbers looking at the world. and Take tent for your very own and Animal Colours series. 9+ years Tinga Tinga-inspired crafts. 3-5 years Sponsored by National Trust Duration 30 mins 3+ years [HF122] 10AM,THE SOUND CASTLE, [HF128] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 FREE BUT TICKETED In association with Storymoja Hay Susie Day Festival, Nairobi, courtesy of Tiger Aspect Fairytales with Princess Fiona Pea’s Book of Best Friends See event [HF116] Meet sisters Clover, Pea and [HF116] 9AM,THE SOUND CASTLE, Tinkerbell.They’re beans-on-toast, [HF123] 11.30AM, FREE BUT TICKETED hand-me-down-wellies sort of girls BARCLAYS PAVILLION, £5.25 Fairytales with Princess Fiona and you’ll love them.A charming, Come to The Castle for a special royal Jacqueline Wilson fresh new series for the summer hols. visit from Princess Fiona! Go on a The Worst Thing About My Sister 8+ years magical adventure with the feisty Marty and Melissa are the best of princess from Shrek the Musical as she friends, the worst of enemies and of [HF129] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 reads classic fairytales including the course sisters. Another gift from the Louise Yates original story Shrek! by William Steig. mega-bestselling, super-lovely Dog Loves Drawing Duration 40 mins. godmother of children’s fiction. We adored Dog Loves Books and now Families 8+ years he's back with his Roald Dahl Funny Sponsored by Grant Thornton Prize-winning creator, making his [HF118] 10AM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 own stories. [HF124] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Simon Scarrow & 5-7 years. Alex Scarrow Kjartan Poskitt [HF130] 2.30PM, BIG TENT, £5.25 Roman Conquest Agatha Parrot Louise Rennison Two brothers go head to head in a A sneak preview of the next in this battle of the books - Gladiator: fantastic series, which may or may A Midsummer Tights Dream Streetfighter and Time Riders: Gates of not include a trombone, a secret Laugh your tights off with the Rome.They’ll put your Roman trap door and a zombie bird. From wickedly fabulous creator of Angus, knowledge to the ultimate test. the creator of Murderous Maths. Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging,as 10+ years 7+ years Tallulah Casey and her mates return for a new term at Dother Hall [HF125] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 [HF119] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Performing Arts College. Alan MacDonald Nicola Killen 12+ years Dirty BertieEeeww! Magnificent Menagerie Sponsored by the Bowie Gallery Dirty Bertie is back ay Hay, and is as See event [HF120] stupendously smelly as ever. Join his author for dress-up, drawing and stories. 7+ years Rib Ticklers Goosebumps 01497 822 629 77 Knapsacks & Ginger Beer hayfestival.org/hayfever hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 78

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[HF131] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF135] 3.50PM, DIGITAL STAGE, £4.25 [HF137] 3.50PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Paul Howard Cathy Brett Jan Fearnley Bugville Verity Fibbs Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers Hear about the epic endeavours of Verity means truth. Fibs are lies.And Help Harry the harbour mouse take superheroes/bugs, Superfly and Verity Fibbs is an expert at twisting to the sea and discover the magic of Midge, as they battle Electro Slug and both. Meet her creator and discover Bottlenose Bay before making your his repulsive sidekick, Loo.They have her unique mix of graphics and text. own sailor’s hat. devilish plans and outrageous 12+ years 5-7 years disguises. Don’t forget your cape. [HF136] 3.50PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF139] 6.40PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, 7+ years Val McDermid FREE BUT TICKETED [HF132] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 My Granny is a Pirate! Sarah McIntyre, Louise Yates Take a good long look at your Philip Reeve, Martin Brown Dog Loves Drawing granny...could she be a pirate? Join and Cathy Brett See event [HF129] this acclaimed writer as she Illustration Game of introduces her first book for Consequences [HF134] 3.50PM, CYMRU, £5.25 children and helps polish up our Martin Brown pirate-speak. Inspired by suggestions from you, these amazing artists draw live on Horrible Histories 3-5 years one giant piece of paper. It will be The star illustrator behind the random and it will be fun. phenomenally successful series takes Families a blood-curdling look at history from the Savage Stone Age to the Barmy British Empire via the Measly Middle Ages and Slimy Stuarts. 9+ years Sponsored by Herdman Coaches Saturday 9th June

[HF140] 9AM, SKY ARTS STUDIO, £4.25 [HF144] 11.30AM, [HF148] 1PM, DIGITAL STAGE, £5.25 Liz Pichon LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 Philip Reeve talks to The Brilliant World of Tom Gates Tony Robinson Sarah McIntyre Tom Gates is a master of excuses, Weird World of Wonders! Goblins expert doodler, comic story writer Join us for a headlong gallop through Come and discover a wild world of extraordinaire. His wonderful time with the Time Team presenter, magical creatures and heroic creator returns to Hay to introduce as he points out all the most adventures from the extraordinary the brand new episode, Everything’s important, funny, strange, amazing, imagination behind Mortal Engines. amazing (sort of). Bring a pad entertaining, smelly and disgusting Plus we’re (not so) secretly hoping and pencil. bits about the Egyptians and Sarah and Philip will mention their Duration 45 mins. Romans. It’s history, but not as we forthcoming series Seawigs. 7+ years know it. 10+ years 9+ years [HF141] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 Sponsored by Borders Hideaway [HF149] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Sarah McIntyre Holiday Home Park Jonathan Meres Cartoon Craziness The World of Norm [HF145] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Meet this brilliant illustrator and The stand-up comedian turned learn how to invent your own Ellen Richardson and novelist introduces the latest in his cartoons. Expect pirates, monsters, Jane Lawes eccentric series about Norm, a boy princesses, dinosaurs, cowboys and, Summer Camp Survival Guide who can’t understand why of course,Vern & Lettuce. Bring a Join the sparkling authors of everything always seems unfair... pad and pencil. The Flip-flop Club and Gym Stars 9+ years 5+ years as they chat midnight feasts, [HF150] 2.30PM, BARCLAY’S PAVILION, £5.25 [HF142] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 mysteries and handstands. 7+ years Christopher Paolini Dear Zoo Party Inheritance What kind of pet would you like [HF146] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 It began with Eragon... it ends with from the zoo? An elephant, a lion, a Dear Zoo Party Inheritance. Join this phenomenal snake? It’s time to get noisy as we See event [HF142] author as he brings the cycle to explore this classic picture book, a breathtaking conclusion. with plenty of surprises. 10+ years Duration 40 mins. 3+ years 78 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 79

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[HF151] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £5.25 [HF154] 4PM, [HF156] 4PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 Kristina Stephenson LLWYFAN CYMRU – WALES STAGE, £5.25 Rainbow Magic Fairy Party Sir Charlie Stinky Socks Justin Fletcher See even [HF152] An all-singing, some dancing show Justin’s Jokes with this fabulous author/illustrator. The Cbeebies star of Something Special, [HF158] 5.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE,£4.25 So gather all your pluck and help the and Justin’s House brings us jokes and Julia Golding gallant knight put things right. songs in this giggle-tastic event. Come Magical Creatures, Perilous Pirates 5-7 years in your finest fancy dress. The super-star scribbler of The Glass 3+ years Swallow, the Companions Quartet and [HF152] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £4.25 the Cat Royal series takes us on a [HF155] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Rainbow Magic Fairy Party whistle stop tour of her fantastical Don your best fairy wings and pop Helen Peters worlds.With hints and tips on how along for some fairy fun, glittery The Secret Hen House Theatre to write your own fantasy games and plenty of pretty prizes. A heart-warming debut that will adventures along the way. Duration 40 mins. whisk you away in the spirit of The 9+ yrs 3-5 years Swish of the Curtain and I Capture the Castle.A treat. 9+ years Sunday 10th June

[HF159] 10AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 [HF165] 11.30AM,THE HEXAGON, £3.25 [HF170] 2.30PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 JD Sharpe Poppy Cat comes to Hay! Sue Monroe Oliver Twisted Come and find out all about Lara, a The Magnificent Moss Hare Discover a world where Vampyres little girl who invents extraordinary Join the dazzling former CBBC feed on the defenceless, orphans are adventures for her beloved Poppy presenter for an offbeat story sacrificed to hungry gods and if a Cat. Plus a very special visit! starring a spoilt princess and a moon woe-begotten catches your scent it Duration 40 mins hare. Alice in Wonderland meets Roald will hunt you for ever.A brilliantly 3-5 years Dahl, with a game of Top Trumps twisted take on the Dickens classic thrown in. [HF167] 1PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 that will have you on the edge of 5-7 years your seat. Chloe Inkpen [HF173] 4PM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 12+ years Pants On The Moon Zoe and Beans are back in a brilliant HL Dennis [HF160] 10AM,THE HEXAGON, £3.25 new adventure which takes them Secret Breakers Hugless Douglas further than they bargained for. Join Brodie, Hunter and Tusia: three kids Come and meet Douglas, a big, their creator for an interactive chosen to solve the greatest brown, lovable bear on his search storytelling game. unbroken code in the world. But for the perfect bear hug. Songs 5-7 years why will some people kill to stop and stories galore. them? Join Team Veritas and crack [HF168] 1PM,THE HEXAGON, £3.25 Duration 40 mins. the codes to help them. Bring a 3-5 years Hugless Douglas pad and pencil. See event [HF160] 9+ yrs [HF163] 11.30AM, BIG TENT, £4.25 Fireman Sam [HF169] 1PM,THE SCRIBBLERS’ HUT, £4.25 [HF174] 4PM,THE HEXAGON, £3.25 Happy Birthday, Sam! Joss Stirling Poppy Cat comes to Hay! It's time for a Pontypandy party to Stealing Phoenix See event [HF165] celebrate Sam and Hay turning 25 From the rising talent behind Finding together. Meet your favourite Sky comes a tale of thieves, fireman and hear all about his paranormal powers and mortal exciting adventures from the danger. Perfect for fans of the Wolves fabulous storyteller Liz Fost. of Mercy Falls trilogy. 3+ yrs 12+ yrs

[HF164] 11.30AM, STARLIGHT STAGE, £4.25 Maggie Stiefvater The Scorpio Races A rare chance to see the best-selling author of Shiver, as she introduces her lyrical new stand-alone novel. 12+ yrs Rib Ticklers Goosebumps 01497 822 629 79 Knapsacks & Ginger Beer hayfestival.org/hayfever hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 80

[HF25] SUNDAY 3 JUNE, 11.30AM tickets are available too, please contact [HF29] 2.30PM,THE HEXAGON, £10.25 the box office for more information. Workshops BFI Make a Silent Movie 1 On the day please wear suitable Full listings, age ranges and booking The BFI National Archive is home to footwear and clothing in case of online at hayfestival.org/hayfever thousands of films made in Britain inclement weather. Meet at Box Office. before the emergence of sound in 1929, Each young person attending a AM PM but what are the ideal ingredients of a [HF36] MONDAY 4 JUNE, £6.25, 9 -1 workshop without an accompanying silent film? Families are invited to pick Trevithel Court Farm adult must fill in a Permission Form. up a camera to make their own shorts Walk through David and Catherine Permission Forms are available online with the BFI’s Joanna van der Meer. James’s orchards, see how the trees upon booking or by request from the Pluck and ingenuity essential. are managed and sample the cider. Box Office. Duration 120 mins. Look inside the beehives, and learn Families Easy Peasy Cookery School how honey is made.An extensive range of farm machinery will be laid [HF45] MONDAY 4 JUNE, 1PM, WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE–SUNDAY 10 JUNE, out for inspection. MESS TENT,£12.25 PER SESSION THE HEXAGON, £10.25

Daily at 10am (5–9 years – BFI Fairy Tales [HF52] TUESDAY 5 JUNE, £6.25, 9AM-1PM children must be accompanied) Animation Workshop Llwynberried Farm Daily at 11.30am (5–9 years – Do you have a favourite fairy story John and Helen Price open the children must be accompanied) or traditional tale? One featuring a gates to their farm, which specialises Daily at 2.30pm (10–14 years) fire-breathing dragon or beautiful inproducing top quality beef from princess? Families are invited to join Join us to make freshly baked mini their single suckler herd.The farm the BFI Education team to bring it to produces all its own fodder and feed strawberry donuts, delicious! life with stop-motion animation. Daily at 4pm (10–14 years) crops and supplies both local and Duration 120 mins. national retailers.A new enterprise Join us to make splendid spring samosas. Families involves the growing of daffodils for Duration 60 mins. [HF49] MONDAY 4 JUNE, 4PM, the production of a drug, which is WICKED Young Writers THE HEXAGON, £10.25 used for treatment of Alzheimers. Award Workshops Invention Workshop A short walk to see the herd grazing Calling all aspiring inventors! Discover will take place if the weather permits. Aged 5-25? Get writing with some the mysterious stories behind some Beef from the farm will be served in of the UK’s most talented writers of the world’s most ground-breaking bread rolls at the end of the visit. and pick up tips and techniques to inventions, before designing your own improve your creative writing, before revolutionary product. [HF73] WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE, £6.25, 9AM-1PM entering the Wicked Young Writers Duration 90 mins. The Welsh Venison Centre Award.Writers include: Jenny 8+ years Andrew and Elaine Morgan Valentine,Tim Wesson and kindly welcome us to their deer Nikalas Catlow. [HF70] TUESDAY 5 JUNE, 4PM, farm, where the does will be calving; THE HEXAGON, £17.25 Creative Writing we will be travelling by tractor and Screenwriting Masterclass trailer, and there will be opportunity From characterization and points of Fancy stepping into the shoes of Joss to visit the farm shop. view to scene setting and pseudonyms, Whedon, Andrew Davies or Abi Morgan? writers will be sharing their expertise Join a writer from Young Film Academy [HF93] THURSDAY 7 JUNE, £6.25, 9AM-1PM across the week in small workshop as they introduce the basic pillars of Maesllwch Farm sessions.Writers include: Jasmine screen storytelling before beginning to Andrew and Rachel Giles’ farm Richards,William Osborne and build your own blockbuster. Matt Haig. has a purely organic dairy herd of 350 Duration 120 mins. cows producing milk for Yeo Valley, 12+ years [HF18] SATURDAY 2 JUNE, 4PM, who make it into yoghurt and cheese. THE HEXAGON, £10.25 [HF161] SUNDAY 10 JUNE, 10AM, Visitors will have the opportunity to BFI Movie Making THE SCRIBBLERS’ HUT,£7.25 enter the milking parlour and help to Join the BFI Education team to Gruesome & Gory Movie FX milk some of the cows, as well as see create a unique superhero-style Pick up some tricks from the special the young calves.Watch how the story using a mixture of film and effects trade and create realistic cows are fed and learn how their four comic-book software - with creative scars, bruises and wounds without stomachs enable them to digest grass. challenges and fun guaranteed! the pain of getting hurt. Samples of whole milk and other Duration 120 mins. Duration 120 mins. dairy products will be provided for Families 10+ years tasting. A minimum age of 8 years is (with children 10+ years) required to take part in this expedition.

[HF117] FRIDAY 8 JUNE, £6.25, 9AM-1PM [HF22] SUNDAY 3 JUNE, 10AM, Farm SCRIBBLERS’ HUT,£12.25 Hill Farm Wildpix Photography Penny Chantler’s farm sits high on Workshop Expeditions the side of the Black Mountains and produces New Zealand Romneys. Calling all aspiring wildlife photographers! Sponsored by Hay Veterinary Group See a demonstration of sheep dogs Bring your camera for some twitching Join local agronomist Jonathan at work, sheep shearing, and handle and snapping with an RSPB pro. Harrington and vet Barney newly-born lambs. Rolls made from Duration 120 mins. Sampson as they explore farms in the farm produce will be served at the 11+ years local area. Limited numbers of self-drive end of a short farm walk. 80

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The programme is contemporary and diverse: embracing an explosion of new musical talents within funk, gospel, soul, folk, hip-hop, electronica, and jazz. It features beautifully crafted and spectacular

live performances from Mercury GHOST POET Prize winners and future stars that incorporate double drums, CERYS MATTHEWS string quartets, and live electronics. The Sound Castle is vibrant, open-minded, progressive and youthful. Please join us. Sarah Dennehy

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OFFICIAL UNIVERSITY PARTNER THE ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC AND DRAMA The hugely successful RWCMD Jazz Time club will be in residence at The Sound Castle doing masterclasses with the mainstage musicians and playing a free concert every day at 12-1pm. From stunning improvisations to highly charged ballads, reggae to contemporary world grooves Paula SPEECH DEBELLE BEATS AND PIECES Gardiner presents some of the most exciting young musicians on the scene including Joe Webb Trio, Melly - Underneath The Umbrella Tree, Alex Haines, Lloyd Haines, Huw Williams with Greg Sterland, Margot Morgan - Your Voice, Dan Smith, Greg Cordez, The James Clark Quintet, P.C.’s Tribute to Ornette, Ben Treacher, Jasmine Power, Tom Ollendorf Quartet, Cat Wright Trio, and Jonas Seetoh and Band.

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[SC1] 12PM - 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED 2 JUNE RWCMD JAZZ TIME [SC2] 12PM - 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED RWCMD JAZZ TIME [19] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7 WINTER VILLAINS This 5-piece Cardiff band perform orchestral, [60] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 experimental and ethereal, indie-folk. We are BEATS AND PIECES excited to welcome them to open our new music The dynamic, high-energy,14-piece winners of the stage, The Sound Castle. European Young Artists’ Jazz Award were drawn together by a desire to perform a contemporary, large ensemble repertoire, bringing big band music [28] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £9 into 2012 and connecting with a new generation FRENTE CUMBIERO of music lovers. Mario Galeano brings his mesmerising Cumbia

band from Bogota to our new music venue. [75] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 This was the joyful smash hit of Hay Festival Cartagena in January. LIANNE LA HAVAS The neo-soul singer and songwriter’s EP Lost and With the support of the Embassy of Colombia Found, and her album Is Your Love Big Enough? is and sponsored by Proexport Columbia tipped as the standout debut of 2012. Sponsored by Wye Valley Canoes [34] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 SPEECH DEBELLE [87] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 Soulful and raw, she delivered one of the most CHRISTIAN PROMMER critically acclaimed Brit-pop debut albums of recent years to win the Mercury Prize The 28-year- DRUMLESSON old South Londoner performs her powerful new An electrifying club night with the Munich-born album Freedom of Speech. drummer, whose music is open-minded, progressive, chic and atmospheric. Drumlesson started with the idea to record an acoustic version of the Derrick May classic Strings of Life, fusing his jazz roots with his love of electronica. 84 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 85

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[119] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7 over BBC Radio 1’s foremost taste-maker Gilles THE GENTLE GOOD Peterson and Brownswood Recordings with a handful of off-kilter, loopy electronic ditties Cardiff-born songwriter Gareth Bonello performs blessed with his delightfully rambling musings on his modern folk music tinted with psychedelia. modern life. His captivating hook-laden Winner of the BBC Composer of the Year Award productions and lazy baritone ensure that this 2011, Gareth will be joined by The Mavron String young, inventive, British artist is destined for Quartet for this special Hay Festival performance. greatness. ‘With lullabies to hypnotise, this Sponsored by Radnor Arms Camping somnolent spirit is sleepwalking his way to greatness’ - The Guardian

[131] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 THE HERBALISER BAND Jake Wherry and Ollie Teeba discovered a shared passion for hip-hop, rare groove, funk and jazz in the 90s. Their music offers an emphatically London-centric take on funky-electronica packed with samples, scratches and chopped-up rhythms. Dancing.

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[SC4] 12PM - 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED [186] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 RWCMD JAZZ TIME BELLERUCHE The band’s distinctive sound is a self-styled brand [173] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £6 of handmade brit-hop, blues and soul: ‘like a PAPER AEROPLANES weird trawl through a dusty basement full of the best records you’ve never heard of, whilst a voice The indie-folk-pop outfit, led by songwriters you can’t quite pin down sings hooks you can’t Sarah Howells and Richard Llewellyn, are forget’. With their brand new LP Rollerchain they originally from West Wales. With melancholy have created a more bass-heavy, evocative and melodies, Sarah’s breathtaking vocals have darker sound in the studio and on stage, while been described by BBC’s Adam Walton as still retaining that melodic soulful touch that ‘brilliantly crafted and stoked from a bruised made us fall in love with them in the first place. heart’s embers’.

[195] 10.30PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 ANCHORSONG The Tokyo/London master of electronica and sampling – aka Masaaki Yoshida - renowned globally for his spellbinding solo shows is joined onstage by a string quartet for a spectacular live performance.

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[230] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 A crossover of funk and poetry with elements of ELAN MEHLER AND SAVA MEDAN Jazz and Afrobeat, altogether creating a mesmerising and intense live show. The The pianist and bass player, two of the most Trinidadian star has a dark and very recognizable magical performers in contemporary jazz, met at voice with elements of Gil Scott Heron crossed a session in Paris and almost instantly discovered with Benjamin Zephaniah. The Spasm Band a musical connection. Medan’s novel approach is a collective of superb instrumentalists and and big sound found a purchase in Mehler’s vocalists. Add in production by Malcolm compositional and improvisational style and led Catto (The Heliocentrics) and the result is to the creation of a completely new body of work rather special. for the duo. They are touring this work for the first time.

[242] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £8 OLA ONABULE The voice is unmistakably gentle and wistful, haunting and heartbreaking, reminiscent of the great Soul and Jazz artists of the 1960s and ’70s. Ola has performed on the largest festival stages worldwide including the main stage of the Montreal Jazz Festival. His album Seven Shades Darker has been cited as a modern classic rooted in Soul and Blues, but at ease with mournful, complex African melodic lines.

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ALEX VALENTINE [345] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £15 LOST SONGS CERYS MATTHEWS The singer-songwriter performs songs from his sixth The iconic Welsh singer-songwriter and her band album Lost Songs and reimagines some of the great return to the festival with her own new music and works of the American Folk Songbook as part of our a tribute to Woody Guthrie. She is supported by Woody Guthrie centenary tribute. ‘The voice of an the award-winning folk singer FFLUR DAFYDD angel, the lyrical talent of Paul Simon and the ability launching her fourth album Ffydd Gobaith Cariad - to reduce audiences to tears’ Mariella Frostrup Faith Hope Love.

[300] 10PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 FRANK TURNER For over four years on the road playing his brand of passionate and honest folk/punk has built a huge global following for the cult singer-songwriter. He plays Hay as part of our Woody Guthrie 88 Centenary tribute. hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:57 Page 89

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[SC8] 12PM - 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED [409] 10.30PM THE CASTLE £10 RWCMD JAZZ TIME SOWETO KINCH The alto-saxophonist and MC is one of the most

[386] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 exciting and versatile young musicians in the CHRIS WOOD British jazz and hip hop scenes. He has amassed an impressive list of accolades and awards on Folk Singer of the Year and Best Original Track both sides of the Atlantic, including a Mercury at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2011 and 2009. Music Prize nomination, two UMA Awards and a ‘Un-showy charm… talented interpreter of MOBO. Soweto performs at Hay with his quartet, traditional material… bewitching... possessed delivering his signature sound. of a timeless quality…’- Sarah Boden, Observer Music Monthly.

[399] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 ZARA MCFARLANE Signed to Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, and backed by a brilliant collection of musicians, McFarlane has made a big impact on the contemporary jazz scene. Expect a liberal dose of subtle, stealthy swing and jazz, bringing an eminently soul undercurrent to her music.

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[SC9] 12PM - 1PM THE SOUND CASTLE FREE BUT TICKETED [457] 7PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 RWCMD JAZZ TIME ALICE RUSSELL Blessed with a lavishly soulful voice, her live [445] 4PM THE SOUND CASTLE £7 performances are spectacular, capable of JONO MCCLEERY captivating an audience and tugging at your The London-based solo artist, recently signed to heartstrings. Her smoldering blues-inflected Ninja Tune, has toured with Gil Scott Heron, lament is constantly evolving in her new solo Bonobo, Fink, and Jose Gonzales. Jono’s music is material, which encompasses an explosion timeless. ‘Music that is imperishable, that of everything from funk, gospel and jazz to reflects past, present and future in an instant.’ northern soul. Likened to having the melodies and rich vocals of John Martyn, the darkness of Nick Drake, the soul [467] 10PM THE SOUND CASTLE £10 of Marvin Gaye and the romantic indulgence of HIDDEN ORCHESTRA Jeff Buckley. Jono is defining a new folk/soul Two live drummers and deep basslines with strong sound of our time.’ - Dannii Evans. jazz and classical influences make cinematic, emotive, percussive, next-generation music using traditional instrumentation and organic samples. Their debut album Night Walks showcases their energetic originality. Their beautifully crafted, explosive live show, where the core quartet is augmented with visuals, cello and brass, has cemented their reputation as one of the UK’s unique upcoming outfits.

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The Telegraph Tent FOOD & DRINK Visit us at The Telegraph Tent to meet our award-winning journalists and see them at work, experience our latest iPad Festival Food Hall app or simply come and relax with a book. Locally produced food to feast on.

Sky Arts Den Onsite Extras Come along and be inspired – all activities are free Café Môr of charge. Come and enjoy the unique seafood menu at Cafe Môr, winner of the 2011 British Street Food Awards. Sample Relax and enjoy daily performances including live delicious savoury and sweet dishes based on the best of music and the brilliant Hip Hop Shakespeare. Or learn Pembrokeshire’s produce where we use seaweed to enhance something new and take part in a free creative class, the food and delight the tastebuds. From delicious hot from life drawing and pottery to creative writing. seashore wraps and lobster rolls with hot seaweed butter to You can sign up for a workshop the day before or simply the sweet delights of Sea Spaghetti Chocolate Chip turn up on the day and take part. Plus, you can make a Cookies and the fabulous Beach Brownies, there is Creative Wish come true by voting for an emerging artist something for everyone. that Sky Arts is championing – giving them a chance to win £1,000. For the full schedule of activity visit hayfestival.org/skyarts Welsh Venison Centre We are local farmers, butchers and retailers with a farm and Sky Rainforest Rescue farm shop overlooking Llangorse Lake, delivering produce direct from grower to consumer in a sustainable Come and visit the Sky Rainforest Rescue pod experience environment. Welsh Venison Centre is delighted to offer and enjoy the thrill of the Amazon. The Amazon rainforest Festival-goers the healthy venison option and will be open is a unique natural habitat, home to thousands of amazing every day with a varied menu. Please do visit out farm plants and is one of the most important regions on Earth shop, too. Wales True Taste Award-winners 2011, gold, in terms of biodiversity. Sky Rainforest Rescue is a silver and bronze. campaign run by Sky and WWF to help save 1 billion trees in Acre, north-west Brazil. Our aim is to raise £2 million from the British public and Sky will match all donations Lotty’s Pure Indulgence pound for pound up to £2million to help reach our Lotty’s once again offers a delicious range of homemade campaign total of £4 million. Giving just £20 could help food, including savoury tarts, salads, Thai veg/vegan curry, save 1,000 trees. Come and see why it’s important to help our new Italian stone-baked pizza slices and decadent puds, tackle deforestation and protect the rainforest. Sky is including our organic gluten-free Belgian chocolate committed to minimising our impact on the environment brownies. Indulge yourself at Lotty’s! and to inspiring action. To see what else we do, visit Sky.com/Environment. The Granary As always, Hay institution The Granary will be serving up Pembertons their great vegetarian and non-veg menu of soups, main Pembertons is, once again, proud to be the official dishes and desserts. bookseller of the Hay Festival. As always, we will be stocking all books of authors appearing in person, and holding book signings in the Pembertons on-site bookshop Shepherds after every event. Customers please note that a maximum Irresistible ice creams and sublime sorbet, all freshly made of one book per person that is not purchased from in the Golden Valley. Don’t bleat about the bush - flock Pembertons will be accepted for signature in the bookshop. to Shepherds. Open from 9 a.m. daily. Graze at Hay Festival The Princes Drawing School Graze, the contemporary, modern restaurant of the THE SUMMER HOUSE FREE BUT TICKETED Festival. Previously BLAS and run by Capital Cuisine from Come to the Pop Up Studio and learn how to look and just outside Cardiff, Graze will again be serving up superb to draw with the only art school dedicated to drawing Welsh and locally sourced food, from tapas, sharing from observation. Spend a morning drawing and change platters, steaks, fresh fish and salads to desserts to die for. the way you see! Suitable for all ages and abilities. Champagne, wines and Welsh ales also available. No equipment required.

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Friends Café Great English Outdoors A hub activity during the Festival, where you’ll catch The Great English Outdoors is back on site with an those sold-out events relayed live from the Barclays exhibition Textile Connections: African & Welsh Pavilion on screen. The café is open early from your Textiles. We will be selling old Welsh blankets, textiles, first shot of coffee through to the call for last orders. handmade leather products and useful but beautiful Join your friends or make new ones here. objects for the house and garden. Visit us on our stand, in the shop or online www.greatenglish.co.uk. Festival Bar Real ale, local cider or a glass of chilled fizz. Jonathan Oddy Bespoke Fine Furniture Enjoy a drink in the festival bar and gardens. In his Cwmcadarn workshop in the heart of the Black Mountains, Jonathan designs and makes exquisite

Onsite Extras Onsite contemporary fine furniture to commission. Jonathan will be exhibiting some of his furniture and making a EXHIBITORS beautiful hardwood box, demonstrating his skills and techniques. Come and visit Jonathan and commission Art Meets Matter or buy a unique piece of furniture. Award-winning design company Art Meets Matter is www.jonathanoddy.co.uk thrilled to be back at the Hay Festival for its seventh year running. This year we’ll be featuring our classic products based on Penguin paperbacks as well as a Hay & District Chamber of Commerce fantastic range of other designs. Hay visitors will also be Volunteers from the Hay & District Chamber of the first to get their hands on our brand new items Commerce will be on site from 10am to 6pm daily created in collaboration with Time Out. with all you need to know about Hay and the surrounding area. Bowie Gallery Brings the best in contemporary ceramics, jewellery Hay Festival Shop and prints to its gallery on site during the Festival. Situated next to the Box Office and full of fabulous You can also visit our main gallery in the centre of Festival merchandise. Hay or browse the online gallery at www.hayclay.co.uk. Follow us on facebook or twitter @bowiegallery for Hanes Cymru – History Wales offers and promotions. Hanes Cymru-History Wales is a partnership between The Bowie Gallery, 5 Market Street, some of the leading heritage organisations in Wales, Hay on Wye HR3 5AF including Cadw, Amgueddfa Cymru-National 01497 821026 Museum Wales, Historic Houses Association and [email protected] History Research Wales. Through the partnership, each organisation seeks to protect and promote the historic environment of Wales and encourage people to enjoy Christ College, Brecon and learn about its heritage and people. Hanes Cymru- An HMC Independent Boarding and Day School for History Wales aims to show how the past can Boys and Girls aged 11 - 18 years. At Christ College, contribute to the social, economic and environmental education is about learning with enthusiasm and wellbeing of people in Wales today. enjoyment; living and growing in a culture where every individual counts and where staff and pupils are passionate about what they do. Hollow Ash Huts It is about challenges and adventures of every sort - Our Shepherds’ Huts, handcrafted in Herefordshire, all conducted around our inspiring campus on the are an attractive addition to any garden. Whilst outskirts of Brecon. Please visit retaining the charm and simplicity of traditional huts, www.christcollegebrecon.com for details. modern features such as insulation and electrical fittings enable them to be used for many purposes, from home office to guest accommodation. See one Gladstone’s Library of our Shepherds’ Huts on the festival site. Britain’s finest residential library is delighted to be part www.hollowash.co.uk 01179819472 of this year’s Hay Festival. Founded by William Gladstone in 1894, the Library offers comfortable The Olmec Head accommodation, a quarter of a million books, galleried reading rooms, delicious homemade food and We are deeply grateful to the Mexican Embassy in comfortable leather armchairs. We are the perfect London and the Government of Vera Cruz for the getaway for booklovers. gift of this contemporary artisan version of the Ancient Olmec scuplture, to sit on the festival site as a treasured gift from the people of Xalapa, the home of our Mexican festival. 98 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:58 Page 99

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London Library Visit Haugesund Visit The London Library stand to learn more about this Haugesund is known as the Homeland of the Viking unique literary establishment and the benefits of being a Kings and it Norway’s birthplace. Fjords, cultural member of the world’s largest independent lending library. attractions, mountains, waterfalls, glaciers, history, hiking

With over one million books in 50 languages available to and fishing – we have it all! Visit us to find out about all Onsite Extras browse and borrow, unlimited loan periods, a postal loans this and our own literature festival, SILK. Enter the draw service for those living outside London and a wealth of to win a fantastic holiday to Haugesund, Fjord Norway. electronic resources accessible from home, membership of www.visithaugesund.no. the Library is simply bliss for bibliophiles. www.londonlibrary.co.uk. Visit Herefordshire Is the definitive information point to get the best out of National Trust your visit to the county. Our stand presents more about The National Trust is getting closer to nature at Hay this where to stay, what to do and how to enjoy yourself now year. Join us as we discuss the future of our unique and in the future, with plenty of information to take away, countryside and coast beside the campfire, or help us build or visit www.visitherefordshire.co.uk twig tents and explore wildlife at our outdoors stand. Staff are on hand to welcome you and tell you the stories of our founder Octavia Hill as we celebrate her life and vision. Wales the True Taste With such great produce to choose from it’s no surprise our food and drink culture is thriving here in Wales. Oxfam We pride ourselves on producing some of the finest food The Oxfam Bookshop is back. Here, you’ll find it and drink in the world, including our succulent Welsh positively packed with great books for everyone. New for lamb, unique artisan cheeses and refreshing homemade 2012, we’ve got a fantastic collection of book plates and ciders. Explore a world of great recipe ideas, up-and- prints, UK local history, vinyl, CDs and more. And better coming events and juicy titbits at the Wales the True Taste yet, you’ll be fighting poverty with every purchase. Pavilion. Go on, feed your imagination.

Proexport Colombia Wildlife Trusts The Colombian Caribbean jewel, Cartagena, has been Come and celebrate with us 100 years of the Wildlife home to Hay Festival Cartagena since 2006. This amazing Trusts in Britain. Our stand will be a hive of activity for country offers a variety of landscapes from the snow- young and old throughout the festival. Wherever you live capped peaks of the Andes Mountains to the beaches of in the UK you’re never far from one of our 2,300 nature the Caribbean, the exuberance of the Amazon and the reserves - come and find what wildlife wanders are on your unique experience and landscapes of the coffee region. doorstep. www.wildlifetrusts.org Visit our stand for more information and plan the holiday of a lifetime. Wiggly Wigglers Near the Sky Arts Studio you’ll find the Wild and Wiggly RSPB Cymru Garden from Wiggly Wigglers. Please call in to see bees The RSPB is Stepping Up For Nature. Are you? Drop by nesting, wildflowers flowering, worms wiggling and lots our stand to find out what steps you can take, from more... and if you would like to turn your garden into a becoming a member to getting involved in our youth and mini nature reserve we have everything to help you do it. family activities right here at the Hay festival. Nature is This year sees the launch of our Green and Gorgeous amazing – help us keep it that way! Garden Competition in partnership with English Garden. www.rspb.org.uk/steppingup You can even buy wildlife homes, wild flowers and fruit trees. Don’t miss our talks - they last 10 minutes each and the schedule is updated daily on the blackboards on Shelley Faye Lazar & Richard Evans the garden. A fabulous celebration of colour and imagery from two Hay-on-Wye artists. Shelley Faye Lazar is renowned for her vibrant colours and abstracts, beautifully shown here AA MEETINGS in her hand-painted silk and wool scarves. Designer and Friends of Bill W author Richard Evans, known for his iconic album covers, THE DRILL HALL, LION STREET brings his exciting new range of limited edition artworks Daily Reflections at 8.30am -9.30am to the Festival. Saturday 2 - Saturday 9 June

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SATURDAY 2 JUNE OFF-SITE [520] 2PM–4PM MEET AT HAY CLOCK TOWER £2 Hay Festival Soapbox In Kilvert’s Footsteps 1-3PM EVERYDAY HAY CASTLE FREE A walk along a footpath from Hay to Clyro where Kilvert lived and was curate at the church, taking in areas featured Roll up! Roll up! Rants and readings from in Kilvert’s Diary. 3-4 miles. A few stiles. people who’ve got something to say.

SUNDAY 3 JUNE Come Dine with Adam Henson [521] 2PM - 4PM MEET AT HAY CLOCK TOWER £2 1PM SUNDAY 3 JUNE TREVITHEL COURT £22 (INCLUDES EVENT 93) Edgelands Walk A two-course meal and afternoon dining experience with A walk around the boundaries of Hay celebrating the

Onsite Extras Onsite relaxed and happy banter in the company of Adam Henson wilderness features of the fringes of urban areas. situated, just 10 minutes from the Festival Site, surrounded 3-4 miles. by traditional apple orchards and fantastic views at Trevithel Court. There will be an opportunity for a short linear walk around the orchards afterwards which have some THURSDAY 7 JUNE spectacular views of the Brecon Beacons and Black [524] 11AM–1PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE £3.50 Mountains. Foraging walk for families. Sponsored by Sunderlands & Thompsons LLP. Foraging walk in fields near Festival site with Kate Humble and Liz Knight from Forage Fine Foods to collect For tickets call 01497 847 326 or email ingredients to accompany a Festival 25th anniversary cake [email protected] and picnic.

FRIDAY 8 JUNE DURING THE FESTIVAL [525] 11AM - 12.30PM MEET AT HAY TIC £2 The Inner Town Abergavenny Food Festival at Hay From the Romans to Richard Booth, the people, places and Abergavenny Food Festival presents The Honesty Bookshop history of Hay. Streetfood Market. Enjoy interesting eats and exotic drinks in a magical setting. You’ll find the finest artisan produce from [526] 2PM–3.30PM MEET AT HAY TIC £2 the Welsh Borders and beyond, including Trealy Farm The Outer Town Charcuterie Street Food, Chase Distillery Cocktails, and A short walk heading out towards Cusop, and back along La Creperie Café. Also featuring The Hay Festival Soapbox. the Wye taking in places and people of interest. Easy flat Just a step away from the High Street, through the walk, no stiles. stone archway… www.haywalkingfestival.co.uk Fair on the Square 2012 11th – 15th October 2012 2, 3, 4 June HAY MARKET SQUARE Colour and buzz in the centre of Hay as Fair on the Square returns with three days of lively, free entertainment for all, showcasing some of the best musical acts from across the RIVER WALKS Welsh Marches and creating a great atmosphere in the heart of town. On Tuesday 5 June, the site plays host to the Town WEDNESDAY 6 JUNE Diamond Jubilee Parade picnic with face painting, making [522] 9.30AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £9 wish boats and children’s games. Plus, find out about the River Walk 1 Cheese Market Heritage Lottery Restoration project; make Join the Wye & Usk Foundation trip around the Wye and your mark and get involved! 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. For all outdoors events and walks we recommend walking boots and warm and waterproof WALKS clothing. Please bring packed lunches. Hay Walking Festival Walks FRIDAY 8 JUNE For all walks we recommend walking boots and warm and waterproof clothing. [523] 9.30AM–2PM MEET AT BOX OFFICE FOR BUS £9 River Walk 2 See info for River Walk 1.

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Getting to Hay Car Parking Hay-on-Wye is situated just off the A348 between Brecon and The car parks are situated off the Brecon Road B4350, and also Hereford. The Festival is well signposted. The nearest railway on the Llanigon Road. Official Festival Parking sites costs £5 per station is Hereford, twenty miles away, and Hereford bus day (£3 after 6pm) and includes free use of the Richard Booth’s station is served by National Express coaches. Bookshop Bus on the day of purchase for the driver and up to three passengers. Please retain your parking ticket if you wish to Railway enquiries nationalrail.co.uk use the bus. Please refrain from parking on the roads in Hay. 08457 48 49 50 Richard Booth’s Bookshop Bus Coach information from nationalexpress.com 08705 80 80 80 A regular shuttle bus service will be running between the

Accommodation Festival site and the town centre throughout the Festival. Day Public transport information from traveline.info tickets for the shuttle bus are £1 unless a valid official festival

& 08712 00 22 33 parking site ticket is presented. Pick up and drop off points are at the Clock Tower, Oxford Road car park and the Festival site. Festival Bus Link Hereford to Hay The shuttle bus is sponsored by Richard Booth’s Bookshop and Our special festival bus service linking with trains and coaches by Hay & District Chamber of Commerce

Travel Travel 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 Pedicabs seven days a week. Detailed timetable at hayfestival.org/travel. A sustainable, pedal-powered, zero-emission shuttle service, keeping things simple and fun, honest and green. Take a ride Bus Tickets in our Festival cycle rickshaws operating between the Festival Adults £6.50 single £10 return site and the Swan Hotel. Children £2.60 single £4.70 return Provided by Hereford Pedicabs – 07718 320 195 Through tickets all the way to Hay (train and bus) can be Drover Holidays Cycle Park purchased at train stations nationwide. A secure stewarded cycle park is available on the Festival site, run by Drover Holidays, who will also be offering a cycle repair Sky Shuttle Bus Service service and cycle hire. The cycle park will be staffed between Avoid the queues and choose the greener way to travel – leave 11am and 4pm on the weekends and bank holidays. your car at home this year and take the Sky Shuttle bus. Sky will be running bus services on three routes this year, Accommodation linking up local villages to the festival site. The buses will call at For the Hay Festival Bed Finder service call Maria on 01497 821 stops including Llanigon, Glasbury, Llowes, Clyro, Clifford and 526 until 30 May, email [email protected] or visit Brecon. To find out more go to hayfestival.org/shuttlebus. The hayfestival.org/beds. Please note, we do not independently vet shuttle buses are generously provided by Sky. Day tickets are properties offered through our bedfinder service. Alternatively try just £2, payable as a charitable donation to Sky Rainforest our sponsor hotels and campsites. They are all excellent. Visitors Rescue (see sky.com/rainforestrescue for more information). may also try the following Tourist Information Services: Timetable at hayfestival.org/travel. Hay-on-Wye 01497 820 144 Car Share Scheme Talgarth 01874 712 226 If you would like to reduce your carbon footprint, help other Brecon 01874 622 485 people travel to Hay-on-Wye and save money, why not offer Crickhowell 01873 812 105 your empty car seats to others on goCarShare.com? GoCarShare is built around Facebook; you can log in quickly Hereford 01432 268 430 and look at people’s profiles before deciding whether you would Kington 01544 230 778 like to travel with them. Camping Local Taxis Tangerine Fields Campsite Taxi share scheme is available from: 07821 807 000 or visit tangerinefields.co.uk A2B Taxis 01874 754 007 Wye Meadow Camping Julie’s 07899 846 592 01874 690 245 or email campwyemeadow@ peakperformance-consultancy.com A1 Cabs 07910 931 999 Blue Bell Tents Self Drive Hire 07748 184 192 or visit bluebelltents.com LT Baynham, Whitecross Road, Hereford Pennard Orchard 01432 273 298 07779 641 482 or visit pennardorchard.co.uk The Radnor Arms Campsite 01497 847 460 or visit theradnorarms.com

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AARO, Jane, 180 BENBOW, Steve, 516 BUSBY, Margaret, 380 AARONOVITCH, David, 29, 77, 115, 142 BENNETT, Sophia, HF109 BUSH, Duncan, 31 ABSE, Dannie, 305 BERKELEY, Michael, 238, 281 BUTLER, Steven, HF43 ABULAFIA, David, 318 BERKMANN, Marcus, 517 CALLOW, Simon, 500, 508 ACASTER, James, 84 BIDISHA, 425, 482 CAMARA, Juldeh, 466 ACKROYD, Heather, 4 BINET, Laurent, 101 CAMPBELL, James, HF71 ADAMS, Justin, 466 BIRKHEAD, Tim, 342 CARLYLE, Mara, 408 ADICHIE, Chimamanda Ngozi, 380, BISHOP, Patrick, 418 CARNARVON, Fiona, 503 432 BIZOT, Francois, 263 CARRINGTON, Russell, 30

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DIRECTORS HOUSEKEEPING Frances Copping, Lyndy Cooke, Peter Florence, Nik Gowing, Caroline and Joanna Davies Revel Guest, Chair, Rhoda Lewis, Samantha Maskrey and Jesse Norman PARKING Martin Tong, Jenny Thomas and team TRUSTEES FESTIVALS OF LITERATURE CHARITABLE TRUST SITE CREW Rosie Boycott, Revel Guest Chair, Caroline Michel, Ed Victor Ryan Anderson, Banger, Joshua Brook-Lawson, Elliott Cooke, Hay Team Oliver Cooke, Georgia Docker, Ruth Llewyllyn, Simon Peace, STAFF Paul Sculley, Andy Smith, Les Wallace Mike Barker Accounts, Finn Beales Web designer & photographer, Diana Blunt Bookseller, Maria Carreras Accommodation, STEWARDS Lyndy Cooke Managing Director, Silvia Converso, Pete Ward Head Steward, Jan Pitman Stewards Administration, Leonardo Da Vinci fellow Marketing Assistant, Penny Compton Box Carol Sykes Stewards Induction Officer, Stella Ward. Office Manager, Kitty Corrigan Copy Editor, Maria Sheila Cremaschi TECHNICAL Directora Spain & Hungary, Andy Davies Box Office Manager & David Darby Head of IT, Richard Harris Head of Vision, Wyn Jones Archive, Sarah Dennehy The Sound Castle, Paul Elkington Deputy technical director, Rob Mcneal Head of Sound, Jen Payne Technical Director, Peter Florence Director, Andy Fryers Hay on Earth Crew Chief Director, Cristina Fuentes La Roche Directora Americas, Izara Garcia Rodriguez Project Manager, Hattie Hughes Artist HAY FESTIVAL COUNCIL Manager, Angharad Lloyd Correspondent, Jesse Ingham Editor President, Eric Hobsbawm, Vice Presidents Hay: Corisande Albert, (Maternity Leave), Rhodri Jones Artists Producer, Marian Lally Justin Albert, Robert Ayling, Rosie Boycott, Nick Broomfield, Accounts, Sophie Lording Children’s & Education Director, Rosanna Bulmer, Terry Burns, Nick Butler, Maria Sheila Cremaschi, Hannah Lort-Phillips PR (Maternity Leave), Siobhan Maguire Matthew Evans, Amelia Granger, Geordie Greig, Sabrina Guinness, Project Manager, Maggie Robertson Producer, Jo Rodell-Jones Rhian Anwen Hamill, Julia Hobsbawm, Dylan Jones, Co-Producer, Heather Salisbury Artists Manager, Becky Shaw Helena Kennedy, Denise Lewis, Brenda Maddox, John Mitchinson, Marketing, Fred Wright Site Designer, Pete Ward General Manager James Naughtie, Hannah Rothschild, Andrew Ruhemann, BOX OFFICE Marc Sands, Philippe Sands, Simon Schama, William Sieghart, Jon Snow, Caroline Spencer, Francine Stock, and Lucy Yeomans. Maria Carreras, Arthur Caton, Isaac Florence, Jack Harrington, Bronwyn Lally, Skye Meredith, Bruce Robertson, Tom Schofield, PARTNERS AND ADVISORS Jacob Silkin Robert Albert US & International Legal Advisor, Beltran Gambier DRIVERS Spain & International Legal Advisor, Muthoni Garland Storymoja Hay Festival Kenya, Oscar Montes Hay Festival Mexico, Sanjoy Roy David Boyden, Stan Charity, Dave Chennell, Peter Cooper Bennett, & Sheuli Sethi, Geetan Batra Tejpal Hay Festivals in India, Savage David Eckley, Stephen Evans, Sally Glass, Martyn Jenkins, and Gray Graphic Design, Midas PR, Sadaf Siddiqi and Tahmima Simon Kirby, Phillip Ferguson, Geoff Magnay, Gary Pryce Mason, Anam Hay Festival Dhaka, Carlos Julio Ardila Presidente Cartagena Andrew Roberts, Mat Roberts, Driver Coordinator, Sandy Rowden, Jamie Abello, Raimundo Angulo, Patricia Escallón de Ardila, Chris Runicman Cecilia Balcazar, Victoria Bejarano, Alfonso López Caballero, FESTIVAL TEAM Diana Gedeón, León Teicher Hay Festival Cartagena de Indias, Ayo Arigbabu Lagos Book & Art Fair, Alex Attwood Archive Paul Greatbatch Hay Festival Budapest Assistant, Gillian Brown Beacons Project, Lorna Cartledge Team, BENEFACTORS CLUB Holly Close Intern, Harriet Coleman Intern, Alistair Coe Intern, Elizabeth Bingham, Kate Bingham & Jesse Norman, Lord & Olga Davies Friends of Hay Festival, Tim Davies, Paramedic, Lady Burns, Nick & Rosaleen Butler, Sue Carpenter & Mike Kate Hovely Intern, Fay Hunter Team, Maisie Glazebrook Intern, Metcalfe, Sian Facer & Terry Sinclair, Rhian Anwen & Michael Hannah Green Intern, Natalie Hanley Intern, Charlotte Haynes Hamill, Tom & Karen Kalaris, David & Pauline Mayden, Intern, Cleo Hetherington Intern, Alice Hughes Intern, Elle Hughes Danny Rivlin, Mark & Moira Hamlin Intern, Aleya Jamel Storymoja Hay Festival, Bex Hughes Intern, Polly James intern, Jess Mahoney Intern, Richard Mckeand CHAIRMAN’S CIRCLE Paramedic, John Meredith Beacons Project, Gemma Mostyn-Owen Roy & Carol Brown, Robin & Phillipa Herbert, Christopher & Intern, Simon Mundy Blogger, Emily Murray Intern, Lotty James, George & Jane Nissan, Jesse Norman, Dame Amelia Paul Richardson Online Systems, Marie Rogers Retail, Fawcett DBE, Nic & Suki Paravicini, Miles & Patricia Park, Alexia Tucker Intern, Joe Vera-Sanso Intern assistant to Director, David & Bettina Harden Colin Thompson Grub, Rosie White Foodhall Manager, Ottilie Wilford Intern, George Williams Intern, Will Smith Intern PATRONS Ken Briggs, Margaret Dennis, Karen Campbell-Mathieson, FESTIVAL BOOKSHOP - PEMBERTONS Marya Fforde, Victoria Fuller, Fiona Galliers-Pratt, Sabrina Harris, Diana Blunt, Fiona Birks, Robin Boswell, Robert Dear, Deirdre Hutton, Huw Jones, Shan Legge Bourke, Jane Lyons, Sandra Havard, Gareth Howell-Jones, Andrew Kettle, Margaret McCabe, Sarah Quibell, Dr Sian Rolfe, Brian Simpson, Helena O’Sullivan, Ian P Russell, Emma Smith, Audrey Williams Lisa Solley, Alan and Joan Smith, Carol Stalker, GARDENS Carol Turner-Record, Paul Voyce, Marjorie Wallace Rosanna Bulmer, David Bulmer, David Roberts, with thanks THANKS to Wyevale Nurseries, Wiggly Wigglers and The Old Railway David Alston, Peter Barron, Diana Blunt, Lucy Carver, Line Nursery Andy Cooke, John de la Cour, Julia Elkington, Gwilym Evans, Mandy Garner, Paul Greatbatch, Elizabeth Haycox, David Horton, Martyn Luke, Rob Lynes, James Powell, Jane Powell, Mark Skipworth, Rachel Stevens, Sujata Sen 111 hayfest 2012 11/4/12 11:58 Page 112

Booking Information

Book online www.hayfestival.org Book by phone call the Box Office on +44 (0)1497 822 629 using your credit or debit card Book by post send your request to the address below or fax it to +44 (0)1497 821 066. Please include event numbers and quantities, and write your personal details clearly in capitals, including a contact telephone number. Cheques should be made payable to ‘Hay Festival of Literature’. In case tickets are not available, please leave the amount blank, but write on the cheque ‘not exceeding … [the total cost of your order]’ or include your debit or credit card number. Please remember to include the issue number or valid from date if you are paying by debit card. Book in person Hay Festival Box Office, 25 Lion Street, Hay-on-Wye HR3 5AD Booking Information From Tuesday 29 May, the Box Office will move to the Festival Site on Brecon Road, Hay-on-Wye. All applications will be processed in order of receipt. All ticket prices include VAT. A handling charge of £2.50 applies to all orders. Please check the Box Office daily for any venue changes. All details are correct at time of going to press. We reserve the right to change programmes and artists if circumstances dictate. In the event of cancellations tickets will be refunded. Tickets cannot be accepted for refund or resale. The management reserves the right to refuse admission.

Access To book wheelchair space in performance venues, reserve a parking space (blue badge holders only), or if you require a BSL interpreter please inform the Box Office staff when booking your tickets. All venues, restaurants, cafés, bar and bookshop have wheelchair access and most performance venues are fitted with an induction loop. Disabled access toilets are available on site. We continue to work to give deaf and hearing-impaired readers greater access to the Festival than the induction loops which are sometimes skewed by the aluminium structures of our tents. We will provide lip-speaking interpreters and palentyping at various events during the Festival subject to demand. Please notify the Box Office of your requirements when booking tickets and we will endeavour to provide the best service possible. If you need any assistance on site, please ask a steward.

Please remember

The Lost Child Point Late-comers will not be allowed into their seats until The Lost Child Point is located in the Make & Take Tent a suitable break in the performance. in the Hay Fever Courtyard between 10am and 5pm. Audio recorders, cameras and mobile phones may Outside these hours the festival admin office. not be used in the performance venues. No smoking indoors anywhere on the Festival site. Children aged 12 years and under must be accompanied at No dogs allowed except Guide Dogs. all times by a parent or guardian, including during events, A paramedic is on duty at all times during events. unless otherwise stated. Visitors to Hay Festival may be filmed and/or Nappy changing facilities are available in the toilets on site. photographed for future promotions of the Festival.

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