BBC Sounds at Hay Festival
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Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage—Free Thinking
Landscape in poetry discussed by Rowan Williams and Simon Armitage at Hay.
BBC Radio 3The Listening Service recorded live at Hay Festival—The Listening Service
The Listening Service recorded live at this year's Hay Festival.
BBC Radio 3Mab Jones on Jane Eyre—The Essay, Wisdom from fictional females
Mab Jones on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
BBC Radio 3The Verb at the Hay Festival.—The Verb
Ian McMillan talks resilience with The Last Poets, Michael Morpurgo and Helen Mort.
BBC Radio 3Francesca Rhydderch on Orlando—The Essay, Wisdom from fictional females
Francesca Rhydderch on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
BBC Radio 3Hay Festival—BBC Inside Science
Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong
BBC Radio 4Fiona Sampson on Mother Courage—The Essay, Wisdom from fictional females
Fiona Sampson on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
BBC Radio 3Bettany Hughes on Helen of Troy—The Essay, Wisdom from fictional females
Bettany Hughes on her favourite female from literature. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
BBC Radio 3Elif Shafak, Juan Gabriel Vásquez and Javier Cercas—Free Thinking
Shahidha Bari chairs a discussion recorded with an audience at the Hay Festival.
BBC Radio 3Afua Hirsch on Maggie Tulliver—The Essay, Wisdom from fictional females
Afua Hirsch on her favourite fictional female. Recorded at the Hay Festival 2018.
BBC Radio 3Survival and Destruction—Start the Week
Antony Beevor, Emily Wilson, David Christian and Jonathan D Quick at Hay Festival.
BBC Radio 4Peter Florence—Private Passions
Michael Berkeley's guest is founder of the Hay Festival, Peter Florence.
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