The Hay Festival programme has come out online, and I've had a preliminary scroll through to see what looks interesting - one of the big names this year is Hilary Clinton. I remember hanging around at the top of Backfold (is it really twenty years ago?!) waiting for Bill Clinton to arrive in Hay - he was horribly late!
Mostly, though I was looking for local interest, and it struck me quite forcibly just how musical people in Hay are. Performing through the Festival are the Hay Shantymen, the Hay Community Choir, the Hay Climate Choir, the Hay Festival Chorus (made up of members of the Community Choir and others) and a new group focussing on Welsh music, Cantorion Y Gelli.
Also featured are local authors, illustrators and photographers. Adele Nozedar and Lizzie Harper talk about Adele's new book The Tree Forager, which Lizzie illustrated. Jenny Valentine is running a writers' workshop, and Billie Charity and John Bulmer are talking about their books of local photography, created fifty years apart. The Hay Writers Circle also has a spot to talk about new local writing.
There's also a talk about the interesting churches and chapels local to Hay, and The Poisonous Solicitor Walk, visiting sites related to Major Armstrong the Hay Poisoner (or was he?).
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