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Power to the people
Music and poetry
The war between science and religion
Crossing borders and belonging
Intrigue and disinformation from the Russian Revolution to Ukraine invasion
Time passing: ageing, memory and nostalgia
Mysterious Plants
Weighty issues
Arts: changing the world?
Global influences
Opium trade to synthetic opiates
Made out of glass
War crimes justice
Climate resolutions
A century of Labour
AI, states and corporations
Small states: global impact and survival
Playing games
Space – the human story
Monet and machine vision
Music – from page to performance
China – its poetry and economy
Soundtrack to life
Infected blood - from scandal to inquiry
Unruly bodies
Israel
The Iliad and the right to rule
Contains Strong Language Festival in Leeds
Homo Sapiens +/-
The NHS at 75
Materials that shape our world
Sums, stories and musical scores
Hacking and cybercrime
Allergies and the Microbiome
Hay Festival - Dickens in the 21st century
Birds and moths
Virtuous bankers?
Monster artist/monstrous art?
Life behind the iron curtain
Ancient trees
A place called home
Ai Weiwei and design values
Mastering a new skill
Climate - past, present and future
Humanism - what is it good for?
George Eliot and married life
The Iraq War – 20 years on
Democratic capitalism – marriage on the rocks
Ancient knowledge
The food we eat
Power, violence and witches
The Victims of War
Videogames – from fantasy to reality
The view from Latin America
Where are you from?
Awesome
Dance Pioneers
Listening in the dark
Returning to the moon
Faith: lost in translation?
Taking a stand
Perfect skin
The authentic taste of Britain
Building the Body, Opening the Heart
Zombies, exiles and monsters
Black Britain and beyond
Power plays and family dynamics
Political leadership and oversight
Bradford - Brave New World
Birmingham
Health, sickness and exploitation
Justice, war crimes and targeted killings
Social inequality - up close
A revolution in food and farming
Family drama at Hay Festival
Learning from apes, fish and wasps
The body clock and sleep
Marwa Al-Sabouni - Rebuilding with hope
Curiosity, ingenuity and experimentation
The age of the strongman leader
NoViolet Bulawayo on Glory
Love poetry; love books
Resistance
Liberalism in crisis
Welsh identities
Feathered friends
Creating art; reflecting life
Post-war/post-Covid
Wealth, influence and the global elite
Stonehenge, and conserving the future
The Georgians
Bullish masculinity
Modernism
Old battles, new warfare
Finding consolation and community in reading
Vaccinate, ventilate and breathe
A musical journey – from the mountains to the multi-storey
Living in the Matrix
Witches
Levelling up; halting decline