Chloe Dalton: Raising Hare

Suffering from burnout, political adviser Chloe Dalton retreated from the big city to the English countryside. There she found a seemingly abandoned leveret, or baby hare, and took it home. Longlisted for 2025’s Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, Raising Hare is the heartwarming story of how this tiny creature changed Dalton’s life, and how care can transcend the boundaries between humans and animals. Dalton joins us to discuss her magical encounter and our Festival theme of Repair. Chaired by Alex Clark.

Categories: Climate & Environment, Memoir, Non-fiction

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Repair

The key theme this year is Repair, with the Festival seeking to explore the many things around us which feel broken, and how we might seek to fix them. Using informed insights from a range of experts, lessons learned from our ancestors, the richness and connection offered by the natural world, hands-on activities, and our own inherent humanity, the Festival offers a wide range of active opportunities to rebalance the mind, reinvigorate the spirit, reconcile with others, and restore a sense of calm and…

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