Hay film festival 2005
June 2005
In Cat Ballou jeans at 67, Fonda wows the west
The queen of this year's Guardian Hay book festival - the largest literary festival in the world - arrived on its closing day with blond-highlighted hair and turquoise earrings in a beige suede trouser suit, to discuss her autobiography, My Life So Far, and was taken to the hearts of listeners who have grown up repeating her lines.How Goldfinger nearly became Goldprick
The story of the Erno Goldfinger's vehement reaction when the author Ian Fleming appropriated his name - and aspects of his character - with deliberate savagery for the villain and title of the James Bond novel was disclosed to the Guardian Hay festival yesterday.
May 2005
April 2005
February 2005
January 2005
The white stuff
Celebrated documentary-maker Angus Macqueen spent 18 months on the cocaine trail across Latin America from the dirt-poor valleys of Peru to the shanty towns of Rio. Here he recalls the journey that revolutionised his views and explains why he believes 'the dandruff of the Andes' should be sold in Boots.
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May 2003
The pick of the world's documentaries
The film-maker Nick Broomfield has scoured the globe for a group of films to include in a special season at the Hay festival. Here he explains his choices - and tells Duncan Campbell why, even after the success of Bowling for Columbine, the genre is not in a healthy state.