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After Baillie Gifford, who is ‘clean’ enough to fund the arts?
In 2019, the Hay Festival found itself in an awkward spot. Its main sponsor, the conglomerate Tata, stood accused of harming poor communities in India and limiting their freedom of speech. The Booker Prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy was refusing to …