Close menu
BBC Arts at Hay Festival

Audio & Video

You must enable JavaScript to play content
Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
View More From Colm Tóibín
The author on the importance of rebelling against himself as he chooses his next story.
  1. Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
    02:23
    Colm Tóibín: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
  2. Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
    04:10
    Colm Tóibín: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
  3. Paul Beatty: LA is such a crazy place
    03:38
    Paul Beatty: LA is such a crazy place
  4. Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
    04:59
    Lemn Sissay: Why foster care kids make great heroes
  5. Tracey Emin's proudest moment
    01:26
    Tracey Emin's proudest moment
  6. Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
    04:21
    Stephen Fry: Prepare for a technological reformation
  7. Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
    02:34
    Frank Cotterell Boyce: How culture works
  8. Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
    01:51
    Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
  9. Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
    09:53
    Stephen Fry: Question and answer session
  10. Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
    02:16
    Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
  11. Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
    03:56
    Paula Byrne on Jane Austen adaptations
  12. Graham Norton: Bill Murray got quite wild
    01:30
    Graham Norton: Bill Murray got quite wild
    13. Now playing
    Up next

Featured Collections

Act Videos