内容摘要：He added that the US "could sign lots of deals now" but the Trump administration is working to "make them better".

He added that the US "could sign lots of deals now" but the Trump administration is working to "make them better".

Throughout her visit this year, the poet said she noticed "way more hijabis"."In a very sort of shallow aesthetic way, for me it's a natural thing to walk into a space and look around to see what the demographic is," she said.

"It's not very often that I look around and see hijabis in literary spaces, put it that way, and it's been lovely."She said children were genuinely excited about writing a poem during one of her on-site events."If kids are still excited about books, then there's hope," she said.

"There's hope for that curiosity that we need to drive forward any kinds of progress and kindness in this world."For Jade Bradford, from Hertfordshire, it was a life-long dream to attend Hay Festival.

As a communications and engagement manager for a social housing provider in south Wales, writing is Jade's second job.

After growing up seeing the Guardian's Hay Festival supplement every year when her dad would buy the paper, this year she was in attendance as a Writer at Work.Alison Jerred is in two amateur performance groups - Buttercross in Witney, and Kidlington Amateur Operatic Society.

Both have struggled to find places to put on their shows."The cost of hiring places to rehearse is increasing and it is hard to find those cost effective locations," she said.

As a result, the groups have ended up rehearsing in sitting rooms and making sets in garages.It often means they do not get into the spaces they will be performing in until just before the shows.