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2013/05/25 17:42
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Google's indexing of extremist websites helps police track their activity and will continue, the company's chief told an audience at the Hay Festival. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, was...
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2013/05/25 17:15
2013/05/25 17:15
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Latest: 17.25 The blog's nearly closed for the day - hopefully you've enjoyed it and managed to see a bit of sunshine! Here's a shot of KT Tunstall enjoying the surroundings at the festival, she'll...
2013/05/25 13:09
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As a result, the book represents something of a departure, both for Schmidt and for Google. To date, the firm’s vision of the future has largely concerned whizz-bang technological wonders, such as...
2013/05/25 12:44
2013/05/25 12:44
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The Booker Prize winner Lydia Davis, who made her first public appearance at the Hay Festival on Friday morning, is considering writing fiction on Twitter. The American writer is famous for her...
2013/05/25 10:09
2013/05/25 10:09
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On some matters he is buoyantly optimistic. There is, he enthuses “great reporting’’ going on today in the traditional press and on the web. ''I have just given out the George Polk Memorial Awards,...
2013/05/25 10:09
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Speaking to le Carré over the telephone, I ask him if he thinks duplicity is a fundamental part of English life. “Yes. I mean, you have a fairly good picture of my social background from my voice and...
2013/05/24 20:09
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Wales was the world’s first Fairtrade nation, and the first to measure, monitor and seek to reduce its ecological footprint: at present, if replicated worldwide, it would require 2.7 planets to...
2013/05/24 15:09
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They endured a lengthy car journey of around four hours, before arriving in Hay-on-Wye nearly three hours behind schedule. In heavy rain and hailstones, the Prince and Duchess immediately spoke to...
2013/05/24 15:09
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For this interview, I invited her to talk about five works of art representing the breadth of her output that were at least partly inspired by other artists. Landscape with Gun and Tree...
2013/05/24 13:06
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The Reverend John Gillibrand A Welsh vicar's book on his son's autism has been shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize. The winner of the £10,000 prized will be announced by the former Archbishop...
2013/05/24 07:09
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It is a label for some 165 million children under five years of age in the world. It has become a target; at his hunger summit at the close of the London Olympics, Prime Minister David Cameron...
2013/05/24 03:58
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... opposition protestors adds a tire to a burning road block, as demonstrators engaged in running street battles with...
2013/05/23 07:10
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You can also book tickets by calling 01497 822 629 ************************************************ Cressida Cowell: Programme for Primary Schools For the third year running, the festival opens...
2013/05/23 07:10
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I’m reading Colum McCann’s new novel having loved his last, Let The Great World Spin,and Ruby Wax’s fascinating account of how she found peace in a crazy world, called Sane New World. • What will you...
2013/05/23 07:10
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Her writing style is hard to categorise but it has been described as witty, poetic and minimalist. One of her most recent works is a 1,600-word short story that will appear in this Saturday's Daily...
2013/05/23 03:29
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New Zealand triumphs in Commonwealth Short Story PrizeThursday, 23 May 2013, 2:49 pmPress Release: Commonwealth Foundation PRESS RELEASE For immediate release New Zealand triumphs in Commonwealth...
2013/05/22 10:09
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The unfinished cross and round tower at Kells For many years, however, Kells nursed something of a gripe. The town is, of course, synonymous with the Book of Kells, that famous illuminated manuscript...
2013/05/21 22:30
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Margaret von Klemperer LAST year I ticked a long-standing wish off my bucket list — a visit to the Hay Festival at Hay on Wye in Wales. It poured with rain the whole time, but it was wonderful. And...
2013/05/21 07:09
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If you were to read Salter chronologically it would be at this point in his career that you might start to wonder if he was, as Cézanne thought of Monet, “only an eye, but my god what an eye”. The...
2013/05/20 10:29
2013/05/20 10:29
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The regional winners of the 2013 Commonwealth book and short story prizes were announced today, unearthing the best of new writing from across the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth Book Prize is awarded...