19 - Remote Osmosis

Word about the new July festival has spread quickly, and visitors are flocking into the village. Even the rest of Hay-on-Wye has noticed the buzz in the Gwair quarter, and concerns have been expressed about this ‘upstart festival’. It is  Hasib, the reclusive Poet-Philosopher, who recognises the PR value of this intended insult, and he encourages the organising committee, led by Myfanwy Detroit, to rebrand the festivities as the Upstart Gala. Malvolio Claxendell sends out invitations to his friends in Seven Dials, but sadly, they are delivered to Covent Garden instead of Hove, and they end up as part of a multi-thematic collage of paper and glass called Remote Osmosis.