Hay Festival 2012: live

Highlights and pictures from the fourth day at the Telegraph Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye, Wales.

Ahead of his Hay Festival appearance Salman Rushdie tweeted: "Forecast: rain, more rain. Literary mudbath, here I come. Can't wait." Photo: JAY WILLIAMS

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Ian McEwan was talking about his latest novel, and thinking about the past: 'When I think back to my early work there was a great deal of narrative sadism. I was devoted to upsetting the reader,' he said Photo: Clara Molden

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Ewan (left, 6) and Caitlin (9) Gardner with the 6.5 tonne volcanic rock Olmec head that has been donated to the Hay Festival by the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz and was officially dedicated at the Hay Festival today. It is a contemporary sculpture and is to honour Carlos Fuentes, patron of Hay Festival Xalapa Photo: JAY WILLIAMS

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Adam Henson at the Hay Festival Photo: Clara Molden

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Some soggy punters at this year's Hay Festival Photo: Clara Molden

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'The only way you could not be a feminist as a woman is if you went to Parliament and handed your vote back,' said Caitlin Moran Photo: CLARA MOLDEN

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Mark Knopfler, guitarist and singer for the Dire Straits Photo: Clara Molden

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Safia Minney, founder of fairtrade fashion label People Tree, urged people to buy clothes to last and look after them Photo: JAY WILLIAMS

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Michael Morpurgo and his biographer Maggie Fergusson at Hay Festival Photo: Clara Molden

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Boris Johnson was described as 'a very sexy man' by Tim Minchin on the Sky Arts Book Show at Hay Photo: CLARA MOLDEN

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Hilary Mantel went into fascinating detail about the language she created for her novel 'Bring Up The Bodies', which is set in Henry VIII's court. She said she wanted to give 'a flavour' of how they spoke and no more because, as she put it, 'you have to privilege clarity of communication - and I hate pastiche.' Photo: CLARA MOLDEN

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Braving the deck chairs in the rain on day three of the Hay Festival Photo: JAY WILLAMS

By Daisy Bowie-Sell and Florence Waters - The Telegraph -  03 Jun 2012

The Hay Festival 2012 in Hay-on-Wye takes place between Thursday 31 May and Sunday 10 June. For reviews, news and pictures from the event see our Hay Festival page, or follow the latest Hay updates on Twitter @TelegraphBooks

Tweeting from Hay? Please share your thoughts using the hashtag #hay25 or let us know the best quotes using #hayquotes. We will publish a few of the best in the daily live blog, and the Hayly Telegraph, which you can pick up for free every day at the festival.

Day Four: Sunday 3 June

• Salman Rushdie criticised US homeland security
• 'All novels are spy novels' - Ian McEwan talked 'Sweet Tooth'
• 'Walking is new church going' - former Bishop of Edinburgh
• Winehouse death should be taken more seriously - David Nutt
• The Office star Mackenzie Crook makes Hay appearance
• Boris Johnson: I won't be PM
• See our gallery of highlights in quotes and pictures

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