He added Ukraine had "absolutely no incentive to sabotage the Istanbul summit".
"I'm seeing younger people, more ethnically diverse people, a lot of really good queer representation happening... and that's really, really important," she said."We're seeing a more modern Wales perhaps being represented whilst not losing that classic literary approach.
"We have a really rich national history of literature and there's nothing wrong with being middle-class, there's nothing wrong with really literary writing like classic books."There's just a place for all of our different types of writing. That's the most important thing."A highlight of Jade's week at Hay was going to see curator, writer and broadcaster Ekow Eshun "on a panel of black voices talking about black history", while another standout was attending a talk with the writer
She said if someone were to tell her childhood self that she could go somewhere and meet writers, breathe the same air as Jacqueline Wilson and then in the future become a writer herself, "her head would explode".This year was also Rhys Thomas' first time at Hay Festival.
He had a "full circle" moment watching poet John Cooper Clarke take to the stage, after first seeing him while working at his local festival aged 16.
"I just didn't realise that poetry and literature could have that raw edge to it," he said."In addition to enduring personal security threats from Iranian state actors operating beyond Iran's borders, BBC News Persian journalists are now witnessing a disturbing rise in the persecution of their family members inside Iran," said BBC Director-General Tim Davie.
"This persecution is a direct assault on press freedom and human rights. It must end now."The broadcaster said it was preparing a fresh complaint to the UN.
The UN's secretary general and its special rapporteurs have previously raised concerns about Iran's treatment of BBC staff and warned that harassment, surveillance and death threats violated international human rights law.A mother whose 11-year-old daughter died when exiting her school bus has called for better road safety in Northern Ireland.