Carter urges ‘supine’ Europe to break with US over Gaza blockade
Ex-president says EU is colluding in a human rights crime, former US presidentJimmy Carter tells Guardian
Hay festival: Hitchens the bully
There was passion, erudition and wit from Christopher Hitchens at Hay - but also imperious temper tantrums
Hay festival: The story of politics
Hay may seem like an unlikely place for vibrant political debate, but politics and fiction have more in common than might first appear
Hay festival: Death stalks Barnes and Vidal
Gore Vidal battled on at Hay, while Julian Barnes read movingly about his own fear of mortality
The survival of the book speaks volumes
Leader: Old technology has a noble history of refusing to die
Hay festival: We need more of poor old Milton
Dipping into Paradise Lost at school felt like purgatory. But listening to his biographer Anna Beer made me think again
Hay festival: The joys of discovering new authors
From exciting new talents to foreign writers unknown in Britain, there's plenty of excitement if you're prepared to step into the unknown
Hay festival: The show starts here
The Hay-on-Wye literary festival starts today. We'll be interviewing, blogging, filming and podcasting throughout ... so just tell us what you want to hear
McEwan finishes farcical libretto
Francesca Martin: The writer Ian McEwan has finished work on the libretto to For You, a new opera about an ageing conductor-composer, with music by Michael Berkeley
The one reform that really matters
Clare Short: Gordon Brown's constitutional package just tinkers around the edges. Without electoral reform, there can be no renewal of trust in politics.
The Hay relay: the end-less wait is over
Sorry, got a bit distracted for a second (or two) there - but I can now proudly announce the winner of our all-star writing competition.
Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel first performed at Hay 20 years ago in the tiny Salem Chapel. His return to celebrate the festival’s 20th anniversary only underlined just how things have moved on for both the singer and the event. Terfel is fond … Continue reading
Hay festival: a last hurrah from Keith Allen
The festival concluded yesterday with a lager and red wine-fuelled performance, including surprising revelations about Janet Street-Porter.
Haycast 10: Peter Florence and Marina Lewycka
We talk to Peter Florence and Claire Armitstead about how it all went. Plus Sarah Crown visits Hay Bluff with Owen Sheers and Tom Bullough.
Hay festival: the full Nelson
Kate Williams' talk on Lady Emma Hamilton would be a great starting point for a TV show entitled History's Hussies.