Hay Festival 2025 Programme

Main Programme

Events for Families

THU

MAY

Starts at	Global Stage	Discovery Stage	Wye Stage	Meadow Stage	Exchange Marquee	Creative Hub	Writers at Work Hub – Hwb Awduron wrth eu Gwaith	Make & Take Hub	Family Garden	Meeting Place on Festival Site	St Mary’s Church	Bookshop Garden Marquee	MUBI Cinema

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										15:35 55. Love To Sing Pop-up Music

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16:00	16:00 56. James Holland and Al Murray Victory ’45	16:00 57. Tuppence Middleton talks to Lisa Owens Scorpions	16:00 58. Marcus du Sautoy Blueprints	16:00 F7. David and Yinka Olusoga in conversation with Areeba Hamid Black History for Every Day of the Year	16:00 547. BBC Radio 4: Take Four Books James Crawford with Andrew Miller	16:00 Sold Out 59. Frank Cottrell-Boyce and Sam Wass in conversation with Lucy Mangan Reading Rights: How Stories Change Lives			16:00 PM10. Kitchen Garden Pizza Workshop				16:00 Sold Out 60. Petite Maman Film Screening


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17:00									17:00 Sold Out PM11. Kitchen Garden Pizza Workshop


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17:30	17:30 61. Michael Rosen talks to Kirsty Lang Rosen’s Almanac: Weird and Wonderful Words for Every Day of the Year	17:30 62. Kaitlyn Regehr Smartphone Nation	17:30 Sold Out 63. Anthony Seldon Johnson and Truss at 10	17:30 64. Jim Broadbent and Dix talk to Pete Jones Fictions: The Idris File	17:30 548. BBC Radio 4: Uncanny Danny Robins with Evelyn Hollow and Ciaran O’Keeffe	17:30 Sold Out 65. Sustainable Futures Lab Flipping the Script: Co-Creating New Narratives in an Era of Shocks


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18:30									18:30 Sold Out PW12. Kitchen Garden Pizza & Wine Masterclass


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19:00	19:00 Sold Out 66. Anne Applebaum, Alastair Campbell and Edi Rama talk to Misha Glenny Europe after Trump	19:00 68. Ian Dunt and Dorian Lynskey talk to Naomi Alderman Conspiracy Theory: The Story of an Idea	19:00 67. Philippa Forrester and Sarah Lonsdale talk to Sarah Lamptey Wild Women	19:00 69. Juliet Rosenfeld talks to Catrin Nye Affairs: True Stories of Love, Lies, Hope and Desire	19:00 549. BBC Radio Wales: Aberystwyth Book Club	19:00 70. Roisín O’Donnell talks to Cristina Rivera Garza Debut Discoveries: Nesting	19:00 71. The Hay Writers Live! Hay Writers’ Circle				19:00 73. Cerys Hafana In Concert		19:00 Sold Out 72. Priscilla Film Screening


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20:30	20:30 74. Al Murray Stand-up: The Pub Landlord	20:30 75. Bette Adriaanse and Brian Eno What Art Does	20:30 76. Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller True Crime: The Kill List Live			20:30 77. Len Pennie in conversation with Owen Sheers Poyums


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21:45				21:45 78. Antony Szmierek Live at Hay Festival


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07:00					07:00 543. BBC Radio 4: The Today Programme Emma Barnett and guests


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08:00						08:00 33. Effortless Flow: Mastering Transitions with Dav Jones Yoga


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09:00					09:00 544. BBC Radio 4: Saturday Live Huw Stephens and Kiri Pritchard McLean with Stacey Dooley, GT Karber and Ruth Jones							09:00 Sold Out 34. Sound Bath With Angie Brierheart and Hayley Holden


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09:30										09:30 Sold Out 35. Discover Snodhill Castle


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10:00	10:00 36. Alastair Campbell But What Can I Do?	10:00 F1. Andy Day and Steven Lenton Dino Dad	10:00 37. Mike Berners-Lee, Misha Glenny and guests The News Review	10:00 38. David Szalay talks to Naomi Alderman Fictions: Flesh		10:00 Sold Out W1. Ready, Steady, Music! Workshop		10:00 MT1. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Morning Session	10:00 PM6. Kitchen Garden Pizza Workshop		10:00 39. Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason To Be Young, Gifted and Black		10:00 430. Short Film Screenings


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												11:05 41. Decis Pop-up Music

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11:30	11:30 F2. Michael Rosen, Chris Riddell and special guests Pocket Shakespeare	11:30 Sold Out 42. Kevin McCloud, Chris Packham and Rosie Pearson talk to Sarah Lamptey Homes for Everyone and Nature Too	11:30 43. Kate Gilmore, Charlotte Proudman and Nikki talk to Stacey Dooley My Body, My Right	11:30 44. Cristina Rivera Garza talks to Gaby Wood Fictions: Death Takes Me		11:30 W2. These Are My Rocks Workshop With Bethan Woollvin					11:30 Sold Out 45. Lucy Mangan talks to Nicola Cutcher Bookish: How Reading Shapes Our Lives


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12:00								12:00 MT2. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Lunchtime Session	12:00 Sold Out PM8. Kitchen Garden Pizza Workshop


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												12:35 46. Got 2 Sing Choir Pop-up Music

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13:00	13:00 47. Mike Berners-Lee talks to Rosie Boycott A Climate of Truth	13:00 F3. Philippa Gregory Normal Women	13:00 F4. Michael Morpurgo in conversation with Frank Cottrell-Boyce Cobweb	13:00 48. Imad Alarnab talks to Catrin Nye Matters of Taste: Imad’s Syrian Kitchen	13:00 545. BBC Radio 4: Human Intelligence Naomi Alderman and guests	13:00 Sold Out W3. These Are My Rocks Workshop With Bethan Woollvin					13:00 Sold Out 49. Zahaan Bharmal The Art of Physics


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												14:05 50. Got 2 Sing Choir Pop-up Music

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14:30	14:30 51. Emma Barnett and Stacey Dooley A Love Letter to Remarkable Mothers	14:30 Sold Out F5. MC Grammar The Adventures of Rap Kid	14:30 52. June Sarpong talks to Sarah Lamptey Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon	14:30 Sold Out 53. International Booker Prize Winner Anton Hur, the Winner and the Translator talk to Gaby Wood	14:30 546. BBC Radio 4: Start The Week Tom Sutcliffe with Alex Clapp, Chloe Duckworth and Sarah Gabbott	14:30 F6. Caroline O’Donoghue talks to Jack Edwards Skipshock		14:30 MT3. Make & Take Crafting Saturday Afternoon Session			14:30 54. Lamorna Ash Don’t Forget We’re Here Forever: A New Generation’s Search For Religion


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