Audio & Video
Hay we go!
An introduction to the delights of the Hay Festival, ahead of the 2017 event.
- Hay we go!
- Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
- Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
- Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
- Bettany Hughes: Istanbul has been sheltering refugees for 1,700 years
- Stephen Fry: We all just need to grow up
- Bill Bailey: My grandfather used to set us a bird-watching challenge
- Elif Shafak: European writers need to be more political
- Nadya Tolokno: What you need to know about Putin
- Tom Daley: The story behind my tattoo
- Philippe Sands: I stumbled upon an unbelievable coincidence
- Will Self: The death of the novel?
Featured Collections
Act Videos
- Bernie Sanders
- Bettany Hughes
- Bill Bailey
- Charlotte Rampling
- Chris Riddell
- Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell
- Colm TóibÃn
- David Mitchell
- Ed Balls
- Elif Shafak
- Frank Cotterell Boyce
- Garry Kasparov
- Graham Norton
- Helen Fielding
- Ian Rankin
- James Rhodes
- Jeanette Winterson
- Lemn Sissay
- Lucy Worsley
- Michael Sheen
- Nadya Tolokno
- Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry
- Paul Beatty
- Paula Byrne
- Philippe Sands
- Stephen Fry
- Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
- Tom Daley
- Tony Robinson
- Tracey Emin
- Will Self