{
  "id": 3466855,
  "title": "Ted Hodgkinson To Leave Southbank Centre & Join Hay Festival As Creative Director",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ted-hodgkinson-to-leave-southbank-centre-join-hay-festival-as",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-26T08:07:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/ted-hodgkinson-hay-festival-creative-director-1237049679/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Ted Hodgkinson, the Southbank Centre’s longtime director of literature and spoken word, is leaving the London institution to join Hay Festival in the newly created role of creative director. Hodgkinson will officially join the Hay Festival team in the autumn. In the new role, Hodgkinson will be responsible for leading the event’s artistic and creative […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}