Hayden Vernon

Hayden Vernon is a freelance journalist and lecturer in journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has contributed to Vice, The Guardian and The Times.

A contestant overtakes a resting horse in the Man v Horse marathon (Kathy deWitt)

Llanwrtyd Wells is Britain's most eccentric town • For decades, absurd competitions have kept it alive • But for how long?

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