Treading carefully
Anthony Giddens: Amid the mud of Hay, my audience seemed unimpressed by Labour's achievements over the past 10 years.
Haycast 07: Tony Benn and AL Kennedy
Tony Benn talks about his diaries and AL Kennedy on her new book.
‘I’ve always been a nosy git’
Molly Dineen made her name with documentaries about Tony Blair and Geri Halliwell. Laura Barton meets one of our most interesting directors.
Angry old men
Alastair Harper: How do people like John Mortimer go from being dangerous young upstarts to 'national institutions'? Is it the establishment's way of neutering them?
Gene genie
Alastair Harper: Robert Winston proved he's a hands-on doctor at the Hay Festival, but also showed he knows the limits of modern medical interventions.
The Hay relay story: chapter seven by AL Kennedy
George has tried his best. It was so unusual for Maria to display any erotic enthusiasm that he had briefly found himself carried hotly along ...
Losing my Hay virginity
Sarfraz Manzoor: Our books couldn't be more different, but being on the same bill as David Kynaston at Hay led to a thoughtful discussion on what it means to be British.
The wit and wisdom of Tony Benn
Matt Seaton: He wowed his audience at the Hay Festival today - so here's the inimitable national treasure, in his own words.
Hay festival: is Tony Benn the greatest political diarist?
Tony Benn was introduced as the best political diarist of all time - and he's surely the most prolific. But how do you think he stacks up against the likes of Alan Clark?
Gaia liberation
Matt Seaton: Has the concept that the earth is a living organism gone mainstream, as the Hay audience heard, or is it still stuck with its tree-hugging roots?
Haycast 06: Lauren Child and Malorie Blackman
We take a look at children's books at the festival. Plus interviews with Robert Winston and Harry Mount.
Hay festival: Hattersley, Shakespeare and Thatcher
Shakespeare's vision of England was so powerful we still see ourself in the terms he defined four centuries ago.
Hay festival diary: Return of the rain
Richard's trying to file and I'm wigging out.
Butler service and Perle before swine
Philippe Sands: It's not easy getting two extremely experienced, wary and intelligent former government officials to reveal themselves at Hay. Did they? You judge.
Hay festival: Not so Fine, Anne
The former Children's Laureate was disconcertingly boastful - but then again, I suppose she has a right to be. She can certainly turn an elegant phrase.