Hay-on-Wye

...whose label has sold 60 million records and signed Oasis in 1993, has moved from London to enjoy an "early retirement" in a retreat near Hay-on-Wye, Powys. As their mentor, Glaswegian McGee compared his shock on hearing about the band's...

In this article: Alan McGee, Oasis, Creation Records, Tony Blair, Labour, London, and Tories

...where it came from, and how. Perhaps the only writer I can think of who denies feeling like this is V. S. Naipaul. I was once present at Hay-on-Wye's literary festival when Naipaul was being interviewed on stage by the American writer and...

In this article: The Paris Review, William Faulkner, Bill Buford, John Ashbery, William Styron, Blandings Castle, and Midnight's Children

...all of which take place in the house itself or in its 20 acres of landscaped parkland. For a change of scene, Abergavenny and Hay-on-Wye are a short car journey away and perfect for a day trip. Strictly breaks information from 0800...

In this article: Massage, BBC Television, Strictly Come Dancing, and Hereford

...performances, including one from Creation Records boss Alan McGee, the man who made Oasis a huge success and who now lives near Hay. "I love Hay-on-Wye, the Black Mountains and living in Wales and at the age of 49, I'm the happiest I've been...

In this article: Cardiff, Mulled wine, Ice cream, Revenue, Alan McGee, Anthony Haden-Guest, and Richard Wentworth

...name. The resident "literary detective'' on NPR's Weekend Edition, he's also the author of a book on the bibliophilic Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye ("Sixpence House'') and another on the peripatetic remains of "Common Sense'' author Thomas Paine...

In this article: Paul Collins, First Folio, William Shakespeare, Palpitation, Measure for Measure, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope, Henry VI, and Thomas Paine

...- the perfect setting in which to hone that work-life balance. The festive spirit A man reads at the Guardian Hay festival 2009 in Hay-on-Wye, Wales. Photograph: Martin Argles Unlimited energy? Ultra-thick skin? High tolerance for mud?

In this article: Gothenburg, Reykjavik, Thelma and Louise, Tuscany, Christchurch, Siena, Stockholm, and Saturn

...features more than 600 places in the UK to visit, not to visit, to love and to hate. Winners' Welsh winners included Oscar's Bistro, Hay-on-Wye and The Ty'n Rhos Country House and Restaurant, Seion, Gwynedd. And he was full of praise...

In this article: Michael Winner, Potato, Wisconsin, and Mint sauce

...200ft above a river, police say. Dyfed Powys Police say an officer spotted the man, 20, standing over the side of the Clyro Bridge near Hay-on-Wye, Powys, at 1920 BST on Monday. The sergeant negotiated at length with the man, local to...

In this article: Dyfed Powys Police, Facebook, and Middle East

...him from the Holyhead ferry and ran up a EUR2,200 bill over two days. Climate Mr Gormley was attending a climate change event in Hay-on-Wye in Herefordshire in May 2008, and a car was sent from London to pick him up and transport him to...

In this article: John Gormley, London, St Patrick's Day, Climate change, Carbon footprint, Taoiseach, Green Party, and Noel Dempsey

...on a 50-mile circuit over high moors and through lush farmland, with overnight stops in a farmhouse and a pub. Arriving at FreeRein HQ near Hay-on-Wye on a Sunday morning, we met our horses and handed over our luggage (the company delivers...

In this article: Archie, Wales, and Clydesdales