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Spice Girl Geri read Jackie Collins novels as a teenager

Spice Girl Geri Halliwell-Horner has revealed she read the racy novels of Jackie Collins as a teenager. The singer and children’s author said she hid the fact she was reading one of Collins’ novels from her mother – describing it as being full of ...

29 May 2024 at 17:44

Entertainment

Comedian Sir Lenny Henry thanks teachers who inspired him to become a writer

Comedian Sir Lenny Henry has thanked the two teachers who inspired him to become a celebrated children’s author and said it was never too late to get an education. It was while he was a pupil at the Blue Coat School in Dudley, West Midlands, in ...

25 May 2024 at 16:55

Rupert Everett, Carol Vorderman and Luke Evans among Hay Festival speakers

Actors Rupert Everett, Paterson Joseph and Luke Evans and presenter Carol Vorderman will speak at the winter edition of the Hay Festival. My Best Friend’s Wedding star Everett, who is set to release his first collection of stories The American ...

24 Sept 2024 at 12:00

Gary Lineker ‘regrets’ fallout with BBC over social media comments

Gary Lineker has said he regrets the fallout between himself and the BBC after a row over impartiality, and said the support he received from colleagues left him in tears. The Match Of The Day host, 63, was taken off air by the corporation ...

29 May 2024 at 16:56

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Some arts festivals could close amid ‘significant financial challenges’

Some British arts festivals are at risk of being “lost” as organisers struggle with rising costs and increased financial challenges, a report has said. The Festivals Forward report surveyed 101 festivals such as the Edinburgh Fringe, BBC ...

18 Nov 2024 at 00:01

Music

Stormzy to celebrate five years of #Merky Books at Hay Festival

Stormzy has been announced as part of the star-studded line-up at the 2023 Hay Festival in Wales. The 29-year-old singer and rapper will celebrate five years since launching his own publishing imprint #Merky Books, a collaboration with ...

14 Mar 2023 at 12:52

Jay Blades cancels appearance at Hay Festival as he ‘continues to take time out’

Jay Blades has cancelled a scheduled appearance at the Hay Festival as he “continues to take time out”. The Repair Shop star, 54, was due to speak to journalist Sarfraz Manzoor at the Welsh literary festival on Thursday about his book ...

30 May 2024 at 09:33

James Corden and Ruth Jones to discuss new book at Hay Festival

Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones will discuss their new book and reveal how the two created the hit show at the Hay Festival this spring. Ahead of the launch of their new book, When Gavin Met Stacey And Everything ...

26 Mar 2025 at 00:01

Entertainment

Author Salman Rushdie joins Hay Festival line-up

Author Sir Salman Rushdie has joined the Hay Festival line-up to speak about his recent work and the “power of storytelling”. The Indian-born British author will speak at the long-standing literary and arts festival in June – ...

06 May 2025 at 00:01

Hay Festival drops sponsor after celebrities including Charlotte Church withdraw

Hay Festival has suspended its sponsorship with an investment management firm “in light of claims raised by campaigners and intense pressure on artists to withdraw”. Noted figures including comedian Nish Kumar, singer ...

24 May 2024 at 19:47

Climate expert: We’re talking about global warming ‘in the wrong way’

Society is talking about climate change in the “wrong way” with not enough focus on how it affects people, a leading scientist has said. Friederike Otto, who leads work on attributing the role of climate change in ...

23 May 2025 at 09:31

News

Gary Lineker, Geri Horner and Theresa May among Hay Festival speakers in 2024

Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker, singer Geri Horner and former prime minister Theresa May are among the speakers at the 2024 Hay Festival in Wales. Lineker, who last year released 50 Times Football Changed The ...

12 Mar 2024 at 16:03

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