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Judi Dench talking Shakespeare, conversations with bestsellers Marian Keyes and David Nicholls, and a deep dive into the day’s news with Independent journalists and leading thinkers – this year’s Hay Festival programme is fit to burst with unmissable events. Jessie Thompson picks the highlights
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The group of strangers all agreed that assumptions have been made about them based on their names - with half saying they have had their name mispronounced
MasterChef star Gregg Wallace has gone viral for an interview about his son, wife Anne-Marie Sterpini, and spending time alone at weekends.
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