The Telegraph Hay Festival takes place in Hay-on-Wye from Thursday 31 May to 10 June. See the Telegraph's Hay Festival page for up-to-date coverage of the event and our live blog, and a for event information.
Read Kate Humble on how she fell for farming and an essay by Germaine Greer on Shakespeare's boy characters. Jacqueline Wilson also reminisces about the first time she visited Hay.
