@rpb85 Going to my third event with @marcusbrig in 24 hours @hayfestival. It’s starting to get a bit awkward.

@TracySortwell @hayfestival best question so far @robertwinston What are butterfly wings made of?

@LauraRMyers Carol Ann Duffy & Gillian Clarke were fab, now coffee and eton mess before Toni Morrison (again)! #HayFestival has my little lit geek heart!

@BartonSwaim In 30 years, government officials will still be making sweeping predictions on subjects about which they know nothing http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10860796/Middle-classes-will-disappear-in-next-30-years-warns-Government-adviser.html …

@un_Arch Percentage of people wearing boots at the Hay Festival: approximately 95. Percentage of sunlight: 10.

 @KateCoop3r Writing is absolutely free. Private. This is me… The fact it becomes public & people like it is gravy – Toni Morrison #hayfestival