John Irving Q&A: “Kurt Vonnegut told me: ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind’”
The author of The Cider House Rules on his biggest influences: Dickens, Melville, the Brontës, and a stuffed armadillo.
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Ha-Joon Chang: “Talk of a ‘fiscal black hole’ is an insult to the concept”
The South Korean economist on the case against austerity and his new book Edible Economics.
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William Orbit: “If you confound Madonna, a red mist comes down”
The producer worked his magic with Britney Spears, All Saints and Blur. In his sixties a drug binge and breakdown…
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Inside the minds of serial killers – with the woman who treats them
The forensic psychologist Dr Rebecca Myers on working with the most notorious figures in the criminal justice system.
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How Jacques Testard made Fitzcarraldo a prize-winning literary powerhouse
The publisher on the “arrogance” of the UK books industry and the transformative effect of three Nobel Prizes in the…
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Sara Baume: “I’m attracted to artists who find new ways to tread the same ground”
The author of the Goldsmiths Prize-shortlisted Seven Steeples on the pandemic, the death of her father and the role of…
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Walton Webson: For us, climate change is life and death
The chair of the Alliance of Small Island States on the climate finance needs of some of the world's smallest…
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A glimpse into Goldman Sachs’ gilded cage
Jamie Fiore Higgins’s insider account reveals the grim reality of life at the summit of capitalism.
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Michael Marmot: “Stress associated with poverty will damage children”
The health inequalities expert on how rising prices are making us ill.
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How George Saunders became literature’s Mr Nice Guy
The author of Lincoln in the Bardo on US politics, his “limited talent”, and the curse of being seen as…
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Hilary Mantel: “I had to be in middle age to imagine what the weight of life does to you”
The Booker Prize-winning author on late fame, her mother’s death and the books she is yet to write.
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Martin Rees: “This could be our last century on Earth”
The astrophysicist and Astronomer Royal reflects on the threats facing humanity.
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Michael Winterbottom on Boris Johnson, Covid-19 and his new TV series This England
The director explains why he wanted to make something about the pandemic “now, as soon as possible after it happened”.
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Fifty years of Richard Mabey’s Food for Free
How the author’s 1972 guide to foraging anticipated today’s appetite for local, seasonal and sustainable eating.
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Anne-Marie Imafidon Q&A: “Men have often forgotten that women even exist”
The Stem campaigner on Kenya, story-writing and the creation of GPS.
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: “People started pointing fingers at me, saying ‘She’s a Western puppet!’”
The prize-winning novelist on colonialism, her family, and being tried in Zimbabwe for political protest.
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Ian McEwan’s long look back
The novelist on Liz Truss, Salman Rushdie, and why he finally decided to write his own story into his new…
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Dave Davies Q&A: “I like guitars but I haven’t got any left”
The Kinks’ guitarist on classic Sixties mystery shows and “cool” 17th-century fashion.
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Bruce Daisley: “Twitter wasn’t set up to be about anger and rage”
The former Twitter executive reflects on the social network’s moderation problem and where the self-help industry went wrong.
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The Policy Ask with Arthur Snell: “Many of the world’s problems stem from the Iraq invasion”
The former British diplomat on the Iraq war, the Green Deal and electoral reform.
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