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Olga Nitschke From AI and ideology to the art of storytelling, this year’s Hay Festival was packed with sharp insights, cultural reckonings, and unforgettable speakers. We’ve rounded up the stand-out sessions and the speakers who moved, challenged, and inspired us with takeaways you’ll be thinking about long after the tents are down.
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This weekend saw a whole host of fabulous chefs and wine experts converge at London’s Olympia stadium for a celebration of fantastic food and wine. Speakers James Martin, Rick Stein, John Torode and Oz Clarke all joined in the festive fun!
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Opinions are rife as discussion hots up over the planned spending cuts featured in the Comprehensive Spending Review. Guiding lights to help us through the economic storm include economist speakers Hamish McRae and Howard Davies who are in greater demand than ever.
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Guangzhou has drawn hundred of thousands of people from the continent. Now harassment and prejudice is widespreadThe red vinyl banner hanging from the front of Canaan market, a multi-storey wholesale emporium of cheap jeans and hair extensions, begins promisingly "Welcome to Guangzhou" and concludes, less warmly, "Please have your passport ready for...
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Pamela Stephenson Connolly reveals all about life backstage on the ballroom dancing showWe stood together, shyly at first, beneath the incandescent glow of a million watts. My low-cut black velvet gown perfectly matched his jacket and lavender tie. We gazed at each other; he drew me close against his powerful chest, nuzzling my neck in a playful, tantalising...
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As A-level results are released today pressure on students is higher than ever but there are several successful keynote speakers such as Simon Woodroffe who have succeeded without university, so is it really the be all and end all?
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In exactly two years time the London 2012 Olympics will finally commence and to mark the countdown motivational speaker Sir Chris Hoy will be the very first person to ride inside the cycling velodrome today.
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In his new book, When a Billion Chinese Jump, Jonathan Watts tells the story of an unfolding ecological crisis as seen from the ground. Here, he talks to Sam Geall about its economic and cultural implicationsAs the Beijing-based Asia environment correspondent for the Guardian, Jonathan Watts has reported on environmental issues in China for several...
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World Cup final referee Howard Webb has been greeted with both praise and controversy and few understand the pressures he has experienced like speaker Pierluigi Collina – widely regarded as the best referee in the world.
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Leo Johnson, keynote speaker, co-founder of Sustainable Finance Ltd, and partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, spoke at a roundtable discussion yesterday about the challenges of a low-carbon economy confronting government and investors.
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On Saturday night Spelbound took the crown of Britain’s Got Talent, and if they achieve anywhere near the success of last year’s winner dance group Diversity they will be on a dazzling trajectory.
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Sir Steve Redgrave is not one to turn down a challenge, and on June 12th he will begin the Race Against America (RAAM) regarded as the “world’s toughest bike race”.
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The pressure is on for Fabio Capello over the Bank Holiday weekend, as he mulls over the final line-up for the World Cup England squad, due to be announced on Tuesday.