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Find out how the Hay Festival began and has since inspired cultural events across the world.

Andy Hallett is using his skills as an engineer – and borrowing techniques from French wineries – to make first-rate cider in the South Wales Valleys.

Shaun Krijnen has single-handedly revived Menai’s oyster industry and restored its old mussel beds.

A hyper-local, hyper-seasonal approach won Hywel Griffith, head chef at Beach House, AA Restaurant of the Year in Wales.

Welsh architect Keith Griffiths shares his memories of growing up in Wales and his career in Asia.

Richard Burton was the son of a Welsh miner who became a global icon.