Bolton dodges attempted ‘war crimes’ arrest
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot challenges the former Bush official at Hay festival over war in Iraq
Hay Festival: Does philosophy have a future?
Philosophy may be going through a bad patch at present but that's not to say that asking the big questions all a waste of time - or is it?
Hay Festival: Charlie Higson is the Bond canon’s Ken Dodd
It's remarkable that Higson's books remain faithful to Bond without including cigarettes, booze, sex and shooting people, and with such aplomb
Why is the book world threatened by gamers?
Aleks Krotoski: There's a shift afoot in storytelling, one unavoidably inspired by computer games and new technologies
Campaigner fails to arrest ex-Bush official over ‘war crimes’
Activist George Monbiot fails in bid to make citizen's arrest of former ambassador to the UN, John Bolton, at Hay festival
Hay festival: All hail the return of Cooking in a Bedsitter
Katharine Whitehorn's classic survival guide is being republished. Which were your favourite bits?
Hay Festival: Cashing in on the poetry exchange
Americans keep their verse well hidden, so entering the Hay-on-Wye Poetry Bookshop was like stumbling into a foreign country
Hay festival: De Bernieres’ bad jokes leave a bad taste in the mouth
Louis de Bernieres' appearance at this year's festival was peppered by what seemed to be attempts at humour. But does he amuse you?
Fighting the fatwa
Stephen Moss: Hay festival 2008: A fatwa turned Salman Rushdie from a writer into a cause. Now he wants to be viewed as a writer again
Chic? No, it’s called making do
What's the well-dressed festival-goer wearing this week? With the weather so bleak, there's a practical look to much of what's on show, says Hadley Freeman
Hay festival: Rushdie’s return to magical thinking
With The Enchantress of Florence, Salman Rushdie is back in the realm of magic - with a little less of the realism
Hay festival: AL Kennedy’s Day brings remembrance
AL Kennedy's brilliantly intuitive second world war novel struck a collective chord with her British audience. But why does this not extend to America?
Hay festival: Monty Don returns in revolutionary mood
The former Gardeners' World presenter tells festival goers about the need for self-sufficiency and the joy of growing vegetables
Hay festival: My maiden Hay
Would I be speaking to an empty auditorium? Would anyone know who I am? Here's what it's really like for a first-time author at the festival ...