内容摘要：Having done so, the four-time Grand Slam champion took the tie-break but was immediately under pressure in the second set.

Having done so, the four-time Grand Slam champion took the tie-break but was immediately under pressure in the second set.

She said children were genuinely excited about writing a poem during one of her on-site events."If kids are still excited about books, then there's hope," she said.

"There's hope for that curiosity that we need to drive forward any kinds of progress and kindness in this world."For Jade Bradford, from Hertfordshire, it was a life-long dream to attend Hay Festival.As a communications and engagement manager for a social housing provider in south Wales, writing is Jade's second job.

After growing up seeing the Guardian's Hay Festival supplement every year when her dad would buy the paper, this year she was in attendance as a Writer at Work."Publishing, it can feel like a closed door sometimes and it's hard to know who you need to speak to, what it is you actually need, how you get an agent," the 39-year-old said.

She said if audiences at events like Hay Festival were not representative they may not know their books are not diverse enough, or "that they need to hear other voices".

Jade added the festival's effortsWhen her illness is at its worst, Ms Larkman can only stay awake for three-hour windows.

"Your imagination is huge and you can lay in bed and travel to all sorts of places and think about things whereas you can't do them," she said."That's one of the questions I would think - 'where would I be if I could?'"

For Ms Larkman, the answer is always watching the hustle and bustle of London's Victoria Station from the top of the escalators on the way to visit her sister, but for others it was as simple as being able to see their children on the swings at the park."During this project I have met so many other people trying to manage what is essentially a fluctuating condition and also the shock of realising how bad ME is," she said.