Returning to Hay Festival Hay-on-Wye later this week, The Independent confirms a line-up of cultural heavyweights, fronted by The Independent’s expert and trusted journalists
The News Review will be moderated in turn by Martin Chilton, chief book critic, Bel Trew, chief international correspondent, and senior features writer Helen Coffey. Across nine sessions, they will welcome some of the world’s greatest minds from politics, science and the arts to dissect and shape the news agenda of the day for an audience of literature fanatics and festival goers.
Reprising one of the festival’s most integral and beloved events, guests of The News Review will bring their unique experiences and expertise to cast light on humanity’s most pressing issues. Chilton will be in conversation with luminaries including sustainability researcher Mike Berners-Lee, historian David Olusoga, and Green Party MP Ellie Chowns.
The Independent’s chief international correspondent, Bel Trew, will host the last two sessions of The News Review, bringing her geopolitical acumen and international outlook to conversations with veteran BBC foreign correspondent Lyse Doucet, editor Jeremy Bowen, publisher Sigrid Rausing, and more.
Geordie Greig, editor-in-chief of The Independent, says: “Hay Festival remains the world’s greatest exchange for the best works of literature and a forum for ideas, philosophy, politics and provocative debate.
“I am so pleased that The Independent can once again be at the heart of this meeting of minds, bringing together our journalists with luminaries from all walks of life to discuss the pressing matters affecting us all. ing us all. I’m looking forward to a fascinating, thought-provoking series, discussing and shaping the news of the day.”
