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Hay 2017 to host stars from Stephen Fry to Bernie Sanders

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 | 2:37 AM

Celebrated polymath and veteran senator will appear alongside the likes of Graham Norton, Charlotte Rampling and Howard Jacobson

US president Bill Clinton once dubbed it “the Woodstock of the mind”. Now marking its 30th year, Hay festival is set to tackle Brexit, climate change and Donald Trump with a varied and high-profile political lineup. Stars include US senator Bernie Sanders, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis and the former president of Mexico, Felipe Calderón.

Sanders, the outspoken critic of Donald Trump and longest serving independent in US congressional history, will speak at the festival – held in and around the small town of Hay-on-Wye on the Welsh border – about what will happen next in the US.

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