hay festival

2 min read 2021-01-20 23:34:11

Something for the Weekend

Weekends are more than a little lacking at the moment. But there’s a lot going on online if you know where to look. Might we tempt

11 min read 2020-12-03 16:00:59

As we move through the changed circumstances, timelines and spaces of now, we catch up on our monthly round-up of ‘other words’ we haven’t had

2 min read 2020-09-02 18:00:06

Every day on Art&Seek, we’re talking to people who have tips on art in the time of social distancing. Share yours with us on Facebook,

9 min read 2020-05-20 20:14:30

The 2020 Hay Festival has launched a free digital festival, which is online until 31 May. The festival features novelists Hilary Mantel, Anne

3 min read 2020-05-18 19:05:47

Organisers “absolutely” feared the Hay Festival might not go ahead due to coronavirus, its director has said. The 33rd edition of the literary

2 min read 2020-05-17 22:56:38

The Shift’s founder and managing editor Caroline Muscat will be one of over 100 award-winning speakers at this year’s Hay Festival Digital, an

7 min read 2020-05-10 00:30:45

This week in the Wizarding World, fans around the globe (many of whom are still in lockdown) received a Grawp-sized surprise when it was revealed

7 min read 2020-05-08 08:30:45

This week in the Wizarding World, fans around the globe (many of whom are still in lockdown) received a Grawp-sized surprise when it was revealed

2 min read 2020-02-08 02:17:13

Historian Bettany Hughes said she was struck by Latin authors’ subtle approach to memory and trauma. British writer Bettany Hughes. Photo: Paul

2 min read 2020-01-31 09:08:09

The festival will feature more than 100 events and 170 invitees from across the world. Nigerian and British poet and dramatist Inua Ellams is one of

1 min read 2019-04-11 21:35:06

In 1989, student-led demonstrations took place in Beijing, China – commonly referred to as the Tiananmen Square protests. Thirty years