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Hay-on-Wye, Wales
Joined February 2009
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    A message from our President 🫡
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    Congratulations @carolecadwalla🎖️Winner of the #HayFestival2019 Medal for Journalism
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    Congratulations @AliceOseman, recipient of the #HayFestival2023 Medal for Fiction. 📸: Sam Hardwick
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    Comedian @sarapascoe tells a young festivalgoer about the lesson she’d give her 14 year old self.
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    During 2021’s spring lockdown, Benjamin Zephaniah contributed this short reading for our online event. It was a gift then. And now. People will always need people 🦋
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    Dr Michael Mosley, pictured here at Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye 2024. It was a privilege to share his work on our stages. Our thoughts go to his family, friends and colleagues. 📸: Billie Charity
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    Congratulations Lyse Doucet (@bbclysedoucet), recipient of the #HayFestival2022 Medal for Journalism.
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    Historian @DavidOlusoga on inequality, the key challenge facing the next UK government after July’s election.
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    "Taking the eggs out of a baked cake" - @mrjamesob on #Brexit at #HayFestival2018
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    Surprise, #Heartstopper fans! To celebrate @AliceOseman's #HayFestival2023 appearance, our friends @shepherdsices have created a special-edition flavour, available exclusively on site in a cone, tub, or even a milkshake. 🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂🍂
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    "Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful" - Mary Shelley, born #OnThisDay in 1797.
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    "A town isn’t a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it’s got a bookstore, it knows it’s not foolin’ a soul" - @neilhimself #BookshopDay
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    “Independence…is not about turning away from the rest of the UK, Europe or the world.” – Nicola Sturgeon speaks to Katya Adler about Scottish independence. #HayFestival2022 @NicolaSturgeon @BBCkatyaadler
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    Congratulations @GeorgeMonbiot, recipient of the Hay Festival 2021 Medal for Journalism, honouring a career in which he has worked tirelessly to shine light on one of the biggest issues of our times. At this pivotal moment in history, we need voices like his more than ever.