Thinkers at Hay 2015
Big ideas and award-winning writers at the festival in Hay-on-Wye.
Simon Schama on the ongoing problems faced by the Jewish people
An excerpt from the historian's Hay talk examining the persistence of anti-Semitism.
Simon Schama on Germany's historical relationship with the Jews
An excerpt from the historian's Hay talk examining the persistence of anti-Semitism.
Sandi Toksvig on the need for equal representation for women
The broadcaster speaks at a special Hay event to mark 800 years since Magna Carta.
Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta
The charity boss urges action to address global inequality, in a special Hay event.
Germaine Greer: My best book
Greer discusses her memoir Daddy, We Hardly Knew You.
Germaine Greer on The Female Eunuch
The writer tells Martha Kearney how the book got its power from the public.
Dan and Peter Snow: Introduction to Waterloo
An excerpt from the father and son broadcasters' presentation about their new book.
Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans
From Armstrong's session Fields of Blood – Religion and the History of Violence
Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel
The vintage couture expert explains why 1924 Ribbon Dress still holds sway on catwalks.
Courrèges of his convictions: William Banks-Blaney on the French Space Age designer
The fashion expert discusses the man behind the dress for the 21st century woman.
Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer
The fashion expert talks about Halston, who partied with Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54.
Women's liberation: William Banks-Blaney on how Coco Chanel used men's underwear
The vintage expert explains Chanel's innovative way of freeing women from corsets.
William Banks-Blaney on Elizabeth Taylor at Studio 54
The vintage couture expert on the glamour of the disco scene.
Ben & David Crystal's A-Z of Shakespeare
The renowned linguist attempts to mime an A-Z of Shakespeare for his actor son in 5 mins.
Antonia Fraser on books, reading and becoming a writer
The author discusses her memoir, My History: A Memoir of Growing Up, with Simon Jenkins
Germaine Greer: If the English are sane it's because their national playwright is Shakespeare
Greer talks to Hay Festival director Peter Florence at the Shakespeare's Women event.
Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony
Greer talks to Hay Festival director Peter Florence at the Shakespeare's Women event.
Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead
Greer talks to Hay Festival director Peter Florence at the Shakespeare's Women event.
Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told
The author of Sapiens - a look at 100,000 years of human history - talks to Anita Anand.
Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
The full Christopher Hitchens Lecture at Hay Festival 2015
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Tom Holland: De-radicalising Muhammad
Holland presents the The Christopher Hitchens Lecture at Hay Festival 2015
Tom Holland: The challenge of writing about periods before the modern novel
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
Bettany Hughes reads from The King Must Die
Tom Holland, Bettany Hughes and Peter Stothard on Mary Renault’s Greek historical novels
