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Facebook whistleblower forced to sit in silence onstage during Hay Festival talk after Meta injunction

Sarah Wynn-Williams wrote the bestselling memoir ‘Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism’, detailing her seven years working for the tech giant

The Independent UK

Meta legal action forces Facebook whistleblower to sit in silence at Hay festival

Sarah Wynn-Williams did not speak during event after lawyers warned of possible sanctions from tech firm

The Guardian - UK

Sajid Javid says backing Liz Truss to lead Tories was his ‘biggest political mistake’

Former chancellor also tells Hay festival ‘good riddance’ to Tory MPs defecting to Reform

The Guardian - UK

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SNP officials 'did not do party account jobs properly', Nicola Sturgeon says

NICOLA Sturgeon has insisted that she did not shut down scrutiny of SNP accounts while party leader, saying the suggestion no one had looked at them…

The National (Scotland)

Clare Balding says her suspicions of Alan Carr could have ‘ruined’ Celebrity Traitors

Sports presenter revealed that the ‘murder’ of Paloma Faith in the series nearly tipped her off, during panel at Hay Festival

The Independent UK

Prince Harry Heartbreak: Mike Tindall Reflects on Shifting Relationship Dynamics With Meghan Markle's Husband

Mike Tindall's offhand 'when he was fun' remark about Prince Harry at the Hay Festival has intensified scrutiny of the Duke's strained ties with his royal cousins.

International Business Times UK

Ian McEwan says pessimism ‘a bigger problem than climate change’

Speaking at Hay festival as UK breaks May heat record, author says optimism is a ‘moral duty’

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Rape survivor Gisele Pelicot describes finding love again after her ordeal

Speaking at the Hay Festival on Saturday, Ms Pelicot she never thought she could trust a man again before meeting her partner, Jean-Loup Agopian.

Evening Standard

Mike Tindall jokes he knew Prince Harry ‘when he was fun’ in swipe at royal

The former England rugby player also poked fun at Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor during a live event at Hay Festival

The Independent UK

Hay Festival announces inspiring line-up for 2026 event

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The Independent UK

Emma Thompson, Gisèle Pelicot and Dawn French among Hay Festival 2026 headliners

Filmmaker Emerald Fennell and ‘Hamnet’ author Maggie O’Farrell are also on the line-up

The Independent UK

Gisèle Pelicot and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe among Hay Festival 2026 speakers

The line-up for this year’s festival includes Emma Thompson, Malala Yousafzai, Ian McEwan and other prominent authors and figures

The Guardian - UK

Stephen Fry launches campaign to boost reading for pleasure

The Hay festival president is asking readers for book recommendations that will ‘entice the most reluctant reader’ to help combat the decline in leisure reading

The Guardian - UK

At least three authors withdraw from Hay festival in protest at Machado invite

Writers cited Machado’s support for Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro

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Line-up for Hay Festival Winter Weekend announced

The programme of more than 80 artists was revealed on Tuesday and includes poet Hollie McNish and comedians Marcus Brigstocke and Mark Watson.

The Independent UK

Katie Piper says man threw sandwich at her after noticing facial burns

The TV host and activist spoke candidly at the 2025 Hay Festival

The Independent UK

Sharon Horgan reveals huge mistake nearly made it into final edit of Catastrophe

Irish star was at Hay Festival discussing the perils of juggling writing and acting

The Independent UK

Chris Chibnall says he ended Broadchurch because he ‘didn’t want it to become like Midsomer Murders’

TV writer was speaking at the 2025 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts

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The Guardian - UK

Challenge use of ‘nefarious’ news sources, says environmentalist

Mike Berners-Lee tells Hay festival audience to make spread of political deceit more socially embarrassing

The Independent UK

Chris Packham accuses government bill of being a ‘licence to destroy nature’

The Nature Restoration Fund came under the microscope during a talk at the 2025 Hay Festival of Literature and Arts

The Independent UK

Alastair Campbell insists he and Tony Blair didn’t lie over Iraq: ‘It turned out to be untrue’

‘I know that we didn’t lie,’ Blair’s long-time adviser has insisted

The Independent UK

Trump’s involvement in Ukraine peace talks ‘giving Putin more power’, Yulia Navalnaya says

Widow of the late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny said Trump speaking to Putin “like they’re equal” is making him more powerful

The Independent UK

James Corden and Ruth Jones explain why Gavin and Stacey is never coming back

Duo discussed the series during an appearance at the 2025 Hay Festival

The Independent UK

Hay Festival announces final guests for The News Review panel series 2025

Sessions will feature some of the greatest minds in arts, science, politics and history

Evening Standard

Author Salman Rushdie joins Hay Festival line-up

The Indian-born British author will speak at the literary and arts festival in June to discuss his recent books, Knife and Victory City.

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