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• Cool holiday cottages in the Brecon Beacons - in pictures

  Gallery (10 pictures), 12 Jul 2014:

  If you're looking for somewhere special to stay in this beautiful part of the world, how about an Elizabethan hall, a rustic wooden cabin near Hay or a barn conversion with fab views of the Brecon Beacons

• What I did at the Hay Festival

  18 Jun 2014:

  Two children's books site members embarked on the ultimate books experience: the Hay Festival. Here's what they got up to

• Cherie Booth calls for quotas to help women succeed in politics and business

  25 May 2014: Barrister tells audience at the Hay festival equality would take a 'long time' if left to happen naturally

• Star Wars original cast looked 'a little melted' for Episode VII – Carrie Fisher

  25 May 2014: Princess Leia actor describes to Hay festival her reunion with Harrison Ford and others to work on first of new Star Wars films

• Illuminating ideas (and a lot of fun) in a small-town idyll

  25 May 2014: Where else could you learn the latest black-hole theory, hear unfettered political debate and dance to Hot Chip? Tracy McVeigh reports from the alternative festival at Hay-on-Wye

• Hay: middle class and proud in the land of the whittled breadboard

  23 May 2014: Zoe Williams attends the literature and arts festival where experts are still experts, and that's why people come

• Things to do this half term!

  23 May 2014:

  Some of you will no doubt be making hay over on the Welsh borders, but there's plenty of fun to be had by little bookworms all over the country this May half term

• Hay-on-Wye: beyond the festival

  17 May 2014:

  Next week's festival will attract 100,000 people to the small town, but the beautiful setting makes Hay a special place to visit at any time of year, says Vicky Baker

• Cool holiday cottages in Herefordshire – in pictures

  Gallery (10 pictures), 3 May 2014:

  From a grand stay on an estate to a converted bus and cosy country hideaway, there are great places to stay in Herefordshire for all tastes and party sizes

• HowTheLightGetsIn 2014: philosophy, music and thought for all

  27 Apr 2014:

  Festival director Hilary Lawson reveals what to expect at the philosophy and music festival, and how the event will challenge assumptions. Interview by Tom Lamont

• Does everyone share Hall's vision of making BBC arts as important as news?

  26 Mar 2014: Maggie Brown: Ratings-focused managers could sabotage director general's plans for more Glyndebourne, Hay festival and Royal Academy

• BBC promises 'strongest commitment to the arts in a generation'

  25 Mar 2014: New season will see extra £3m spent on productions of Shakespeare and live broadcasts from Glyndebourne and Hay

• Philip Hensher stirs debate among authors after refusing to write for free

  11 Oct 2013:

  Hensher, branded ungracious by Cambridge professor, says it's becoming impossible for writers to make a living and expect pay

• Love bombing: Oliver James, Susan Greenfield and the rise of data-free celebrity science

  4 Jun 2013:

  Oliver James has followed in the steps of speculative theorist Susan Greenfield by announcing his 'love bombing' hypothesis through the media, and at the Hay Festival. Is it really helpful for academics to short-circuit science in this way?

• Why the Mail's Peter Hitchens won't be making Hay

  29 May 2013: Media Monkey: MoS columnist dropped from lineup at Telegraph-sponsored festival

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