Chloe Dalton talks to Helen Bagnall

Listen in awe to the extraordinary tale of how writer and political advisor Chloe Dalton befriended a hare after moving to the countryside of her childhood. Dalton moved from the city to the country during lockdown, and found a newly born hare, no bigger than her palm and with no one to look after it. So she took it upon herself to be the custodian of the hare, bottle-feeding it and giving it a home in her house. Two years later, it still ran in from the fields when Dalton called it, and took naps in her house.

Dalton speaks to Hay Festival’s Director of Programmes and Engagement Helen Bagnall about the unusual bond between her and the hare, rekindling our sense of wonder towards nature and wildlife.