Anthony Horowitz: I’m still waiting to see benefit of Brexit
Author who has previously called himself a Conservative tells Hay festival he ‘can’t understand’ the government’s actions
Books to bring us together: Jennifer Egan, Howard Jacobson, Monica Ali and more share their picks
Can books unite us in divided times? Writers appearing at this year’s Hay Festival recommend the best reading to reconnect us
Hay festival appoints Julie Finch as CEO after founder resigns over bullying claim
CEO-director of Compton Verney Art Gallery replaces Peter Florence after ‘an extensive nationwide recruitment process’
Hillary Clinton to speak at 2022 Hay festival
The former US senator will be in conversation with lawyer Helena Kennedy on 2 June as part of the literary festival’s Women & Power series
Hay festival returns with its first in-person event for three years
Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah, Bernardine Evaristo, Elif Shafak and Benedict Cumberbatch are among those taking part in the 11-day gathering in Welsh border town
Hay festival director quits after bullying claim upheld
Exit of Peter Florence adds to list of woes that include two years of Covid cancellations and a sex assault claim against a Gulf royal
CPS will not prosecute UAE minister accused of sexually assaulting Briton
The Crown Prosecution Service says it will not pursue case of woman who says sheikh assaulted her while she was working for the Hay festival Abu Dhabi
Hay festival founder suspended after bullying allegations
Peter Florence, the director of the event since its inception, has been signed off pending the outcome of a grievance procedure
UK must be ‘brave’ and prosecute gulf royal accused of sexual assault, says top QC
Helena Kennedy says CPS must pursue case against UAE minister accused of assaulting British citizen Caitlin McNamara at Hay Abu Dhabi festival
Gulf royal accused of sexual assault must go, says Hay literature festival
Curator of Hay’s inaugural festival in Abu Dhabi has accused Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan of sexual assault, which he denies
Shifting gears: how does a literary festival become a drive-in event?
Rethought for the pandemic, this year’s Appledore book festival in Devon will play to audiences in cars, who can flash their lights and listen via radio
Hilary Mantel: ‘Thomas Cromwell would have locked us down for longer’
Wolf Hall author tells online Hay festival that ‘the Tudors were very good at quarantine’
‘Gross incompetence at highest levels’: ex-Obama adviser blasts Trump’s Covid response
Samantha Power also tells online Hay festival that former US administration underestimated how ‘ripped off’ Americans felt
The Beginning of the And: Ali Smith and Sarah Wood light up Hay online
With inimitable style Smith excavates a common pun and, illustrated by film clips, explores the transformative power of a single word
Rutger Bregman: ‘classic household set-up’ may allow abuse to go unchecked
Historian responds to increase in domestic violence in lockdown during online Hay festival talk