speakers at the festival have included ed milliband, noam chomsky, kimberlé crenshaw, philip pullman, diane abbott, robert skidelsky, stanley fish, steven pinker, brian eno and laurie penny, among others. held at the same time as the hay festival, and based in a riverside setting by the banks of the river wye, howthelightgetsin attracts a footfall of over 30,000 each year.