Melvyn Bragg was the highlight of my last trip to Hay (though he also had the dubious honour of being the sweatiest speaker I saw, bringing new meaning to the phrase ‘dripping with enthusiasm’. Fortunately for Melvyn, though not for the rest of the festival goers, the temperature has dropped fifteen degrees in the past [...]
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Review: Melvyn Bragg
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews on June 4, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Review: Victoria Coren talks to Rosie Boycott
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews on June 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Professional poker player and writer Victoria Coren was in Hay to talk about her love affair with the game, as described in her memoir ‘For Richer, For Poorer’. The soundtrack to her book wouldn’t be the upbeat and dancey ‘Poker Face’ but the much more ominous ‘Hotel California’. Poker sucks you in, and not in [...]
Review: Michelle Magorian celebrates the 30th anniversary of ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews on June 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Goodnight Mr Tom must be one of the few books which hasn’t had all the joy sucked out of it by being on the school curriculum. And Michelle Magorian must be one of the few authors at Hay who stood up and sang to her audience. She talked about how Goodnight Mr Tom has really [...]
Review: An Andrew Davies Masterclass
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews on June 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Andrew Davies is not a man ashamed of his public persona. His attitude was very much, well, if people think I revel in the rude bits, I’m damn well going to revel in the rude bits. Davies was here to talk about his latest adaptation, of the Winifred Holtby novel, South Riding. A significant proportion [...]
Review: Mavis Nicholson talks to Sarah Compton
Posted in Guest Posts, Reviews, tagged Hay, Hay Festival on June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I can only hope to be as sparky and sparkling as Mavis Nicholson when I’m an octogenarian. Her book, What Did You Do In The War, Mummy? is a collection of interviews with women about their wartime experiences – from WI stalwarts to spies to the little known but awesomely named ‘landjills’. The audience for [...]
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