The Hay Festival

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Información: The Hay Festival, in its 21st year, is a carnival celebration of literature, food, comedy, debate, world music and performance. It brings 130,000 people to Hay, of whom over 400 are journalists.

Our twenty-first birthday is a chance to mature our commitment to being local and global, to champion great creative writing in all media, to respect the blessing of this staggeringly beautiful natural environment, to deepen our engagement with the most passionately held beliefs that fuel conflict around the world, and to throw ourselves headlong into the pursuit of a really good time.

Novelists: Ian McEwan, John Irving, Martin Amis, Owen Sheers, Catherine O'Flynn, Orlando Figes, Julian Barnes, Will Self, Edward Docx, Asne Seierstad, Joanna Trollope, Salamn Rushdie, Jasper Fforde, Louis de Bernieres and more
Films: The Boy in Stripped Pyjamas, Downfall, Paul Geengrass, Stephen Poliakoff, Gurinder Chadha, Sam Taylor Wood, Andrew Davies, Brian Elsley (Skins Creator), Brun Ganz and more
Foodies & Fashion: Jamie Oliver, Matthew Fort, AA Gill, Hadley Freeman, Jo Wood and more
Music: Seth Lakeman, Tinariwen, Son de la Frontera, Katherine Jenkins, Mark E Smith, Seckou Keita and loads more
Politics: cherie Booth, John Prescott, Naomi Klein, Gary Kasparov, Mark Lynas, George Monbiot, Fred Pearce, Jimmy Carter, Rt Rev V Gene Robinson, Rhodri Morgan, Chris Hunter, Brian Paddick, Sir General Mike Jackson, John Bird, Jon Snow, Phillipe Sands, Lord Levy and plenty more
Comedy: Marcus Brigstock, Mark Watson, Jimmy Carr, Jo Brand, Owen O'Neill, Nina Conti, Catherine Tate, Omid Djalili, Micaerl McIntyre, Rob Brydon, Otis Lee Crenshaw and lots more
Hay Fever: Jacqueline Wilson, Gethin Jones, Angelina Ballerina, Julia Donaldson, Jenny Valentine, Charlie Higson, Eoin Colfer, Dr Who Quiz, Andy Stanton, Francesca Simon, Allan Ahlberg, Kipper, Sword Fighting, Baking, Gardening, Pettery and Crafts.