WHAT'S YOUR MAP? Live at Hay Festival
on the Discovery Stage at the Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye
Our award-winning podcast What’s Your Map? is making its Hay Festival debut!
Join our host Jerry Brotton on the Discovery Stage at 8:30pm GMT on 27 May 2026 as he asks each of his guests to unfold a map that’s special to them and share the story that lies behind it.
For this special live episode, Jerry will be joined by former diplomatic editor at Sky News and author Tim Marshall; award winning historian, broadcaster and author David Olusoga OBE; and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter and best-selling novelist Emma Jane Unsworth.
A perfect way to spend the evening for anyone fascinated by history, adventure, and culture.
Tickets cost £18 and go on general sale Saturday 14 March at 12pm.
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Meet the Podcast Guests
David Olusoga is a British-Nigerian historian, author, presenter and BAFTA winning film-maker. He is Professor of Public History at the University of Manchester, the author of several books and writes journalism and comment for The Observer, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Voice and BBC History Magazine.
In 2019 he was awarded an OBE for services to history and community integration. David is also a recipient of the BAFTA Special Award, the British Academy's Presidents Medal and the Norton Medlicott Medal For Services to History.
Emma Jane Unsworth is a BAFTA-nominated, BIFA-winning screenwriter and bestselling, award-winning novelist.
Her second novel, ADULTS, was an instant Sunday Times bestseller when it was published in 2020. Her most recent novel, Slags, was published in February 2025.
Tim Marshall is a leading authority on foreign affairs with more than 30 years of reporting experience. He was diplomatic editor at Sky News, and before that was working for the BBC and LBC/IRN radio. He has reported from 40 countries and covered conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Israel.
He is the author of the No. 1 Sunday Times bestsellers Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps that Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics and The Power of Geography: Ten Maps that Reveal the Future of Our World.
