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Hay Festival 2013: Leading neuroscientist warns against 'smart drugs'
Professor of Neuroscience Barbara Sahakian warned against 'smart drugs' in an enthralling talk about the brain and decision-making at Hay Festival.
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Benedict Brogan's Hay Week
A personal view from Hay Festival 2013, the greatest literary festival in the world, by The Daily Telegraph's Deputy Editor.
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Hay Festival 2013: Veteran reportage photographer John Bulmer hails the digital revolution
John Bulmer tells the Hay Festival that he welcomes digital photography and talks about his time as a photographer during the Swinging Sixties.
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Eric Schmidt interview: 'You have to fight for your privacy or you will lose it'
What is the future of the online world? Robert Colvile meets Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, the man who knows the answer.
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Eric Schmidt inteview: 'You have to fight for your privacy or you will lose it'
What is the future of the online world? Robert Colvile meets Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, the man who knows the answer.
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Hay Festival 2013: John le Carré on his new novel, A Delicate Truth
John le Carré tells Jake Kerridge why, for his new novel, A Delicate Truth, he turned his unforgiving gaze on Britain .
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Amazon launches fan fiction publishing platform
Kindle Worlds, Amazon's latest venture, promises to make fan fiction profitable for authors and fans.
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Hay 2013: Artist Cornelia Parker on five works and the pieces that inspired them
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Gill Hornby talks about The Hive
The writer and journalist talks about her first novel, set in the feuding world of competitive primary school mothers.
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Hay Festival 2013: Charles and Camilla open festival
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall officially open Hay Festival 2013 after battling through hail and rain.
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Hay Festival 2013: In pictures
In pics: The authors, the books, the weather: catch up with everything happening at the world's greatest literary festival in pictures.
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Sir Quentin Blake: Children need illustration to read
Children read after being captivated by pictures, Sir Quentin Blake argues, saying no-one should try heavy texts too young.
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Hay Festival 2013: Will Self's rules for reading aloud
The novelist offers his tips for reading your work aloud while a festival tent is flapping in the wind.
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Hay Festival 2013: Will Self's rules for reading
The novelist offers his tips for reading your work aloud while a festival tent is flapping in the wind.
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Juliet Stevenson: Why Sylvia Plath is becoming more relevant for men
Juliet Stevenson talks to Jessica Winch about releasing Plath from status as 'woman poet for women'.
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Hay Festival 2013: Quentin Blake's illustration lecture
Illustration at its best is a bridge, not a barrier, to the realm of reading, argues Quentin Blake during a talk at Hay Festival 2013.
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Hay Festival 2013: Unseen Lydia Davis story
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