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No 2,236 Hay-on-Wye

Texan values ‘are new global menace’

Anti-American sentiment dominates discussions.

Kureishi accuses ‘fascist’ Labour

Novelist says artists must search out silences in society and speak out.

The line-up at Hay

Today Germaine Greer On the uses of poetry Claire Tomalin The Whitbread winner on Samuel Pepys Margaret Atwood Discussing her new novel and the biotech world

Waugh of words for Evelyn’s centenary

Hay festival debates legacy of 'fascist' founder of writing dynasty.

The pick of the world’s documentaries

The film-maker Nick Broomfield has scoured the globe for a group of films to include in a special season at the Hay festival. Here he explains his choices - and tells Duncan Campbell why, even after the success of Bowling for Columbine, the genre is not in a healthy state.

The peasants’ revolt

A powerful new documentary reveals the story behind the 'illegal immigrant' headlines. Angus Macqueen recorded life in a Romanian village as its young people risked their lives making the journey to the West. Tim Adams reports

First it was Anne Robinson, now the Celts think their Welsh cousins are weakest link

Festival diary: The Welsh have been banned from the Edinburgh International Book Festival. And they have been called a stereotypical bunch of whingers for complaining.

Israeli writer calls on ‘cowards’ to act

The end to the Middle East conflict is obvious and inevitable, says novelist Amos Oz, but its leaders lack nerve.

Win five luxury trips to the Edinburgh Book Festival

Guardian Unlimited Books has teamed up with this year's Edinburgh Festival sponsors Orange and Nokia to give away five fantastic trips for this weekend.

Prom 13: BBCSO/Gurrelieder

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BBC NOW/Hickox

Royal Albert Hall

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