Real Hay-On-WyeFamously the 'town of books' and home to the Hay Literature Festival, Hay on Wye is a unique rural town. Noakes uncovers the many quirks of this quirky place and explores its rural hinterland: the Black Mountains to the south, Herefordshire to the east, Brecon to the west and Kilvert's Clyro to the north. A book full of unexpected discoveries.

was not new

Could a myth unseat a beloved king

Bruised and battered

covering areas of emerging importance such as weight stigma

Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating

It is incomprehensible

Trier is famous for wine

A few weeks after arriving

Contrary to popular belief

did salted caramel ice cream become so popular

has been asked by the Holy Roman Emperor to translate the works of Aristotle and recover his 'lost' knowledge

Discover some surprising