Brief encounter
Peter Florence Founder and Director, Hay Festival
This year Prospect is continuing its relationship with the Hay Festival in Wales. As well as having a stand on the festival site, Prospect staff are taking part in eight events (see p85)
First news event you can recall?
The first thing I remember is the Sgt Pepper album playing all day. Then The Very Hungry Caterpillar. And my father having a heart attack, from which he recovered. Those were my first “news stories.” I have a vague memory of seeing a politician talking about Vietnam and thinking he was lying. The world turns…