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22<br />
Sandi Toksvig<br />
Hanif Kure<strong>is</strong>hi<br />
SUNDAY 25 MAY<br />
BARCLAYS WEALTH<br />
MARQUEE<br />
[115] 4PM, £9<br />
The Festival Lecture:<br />
The Composite Art<strong>is</strong>t<br />
Salman Rushdie<br />
The novel<strong>is</strong>t tells tales of demons,<br />
dragons and derring-do in th<strong>is</strong><br />
magnificently illustrated lecture about<br />
the 100 Indian art<strong>is</strong>ts who created the<br />
Hamza-nama paintings for the C16th<br />
Grand Mughal Akbar.<br />
[121] 5.30PM, £8<br />
The State of the Union<br />
NY-based international<strong>is</strong>t Shashi<br />
Tharoor hosts th<strong>is</strong> <strong>co</strong>nversation about<br />
American society with Jonathan<br />
Freedland of the <strong>Guardian</strong>, Matt Frei<br />
author of Only in America and edi<strong>to</strong>r of<br />
Slate online magazine, and Ja<strong>co</strong>b<br />
We<strong>is</strong>berg, author of The Bush Tragedy.<br />
Sponsored by Chr<strong>is</strong>t College Bre<strong>co</strong>n<br />
[127] 7PM, £50<br />
The <strong>Guardian</strong> Lecture<br />
Jimmy Carter<br />
The Nobel Laureate and former US<br />
President on <strong>co</strong>nflict resolution and<br />
human rights, and the work of the Carter<br />
Foundation. Chaired by Philippe Sands.<br />
[133] 8.30PM, £8<br />
Intelligence Squared Debate:<br />
1968 was an ending and not<br />
a beginning<br />
John Walsh chairs. Speakers include<br />
Chr<strong>is</strong><strong>to</strong>pher Hitchens, Rosie Boy<strong>co</strong>tt<br />
and Matthew Engel.<br />
[137] 9.45PM, £19<br />
Omid Djalili<br />
The brilliant Brit<strong>is</strong>h-Iranian <strong>co</strong>median’s<br />
No Agenda stand-up <strong>to</strong>ur reaches Hay.<br />
Sponsored by Denbe Western<br />
GUARDIAN<br />
STAGE<br />
[116] 4PM, £6<br />
Dry S<strong>to</strong>re Room No.1<br />
Paleon<strong>to</strong>log<strong>is</strong>t Richard Fortey<br />
<strong>co</strong>njures the eccentric people, ancient<br />
artefacts and ultra-modern technology<br />
that makes The Secret Life of the<br />
Natural H<strong>is</strong><strong>to</strong>ry Museum.<br />
[122] 5.30PM, £7<br />
Hanif Kure<strong>is</strong>hi talks <strong>to</strong><br />
Francesca Rhydderch<br />
The tensions between transgression,<br />
maturity, rebellion, race, desire, family<br />
and masculinity play though the new<br />
novel Something <strong>to</strong> Tell You.<br />
Sponsored by The New Welsh Review<br />
[128] 7PM, £5<br />
Muqtada al-Sadr and the<br />
Fall of Iraq<br />
Award-winning j<strong>our</strong>nal<strong>is</strong>t Patrick<br />
Cockburn presents a revela<strong>to</strong>ry portrait<br />
of the much demon<strong>is</strong>ed Iraqi powerbroker<br />
and leader of the Mehdi militia.<br />
[138] 9.45PM, £10<br />
Son de la Frontera<br />
The Andalucian world music superstars<br />
fuse classical North African and Roma<br />
flamen<strong>co</strong> with the Latin and Caribbean<br />
rhythms of leader Raúl Rodríguez’ tres<br />
Cubana <strong>to</strong> produce a thrilling,<br />
passionate and danceable sound. They<br />
are the winners of the Radio 3 World<br />
Music Award for Europe.<br />
Sponsored by Dolls House Fun
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