The zoologist and author, 97, reveals how he has never lost his curiosity about the natural world, the loss of his life partner and how he became a surrealist painter

The chef talks about chomping too loudly and his happy childhood in the pub

The bestselling author on his near-death experience and how to solve the children’s reading crisis

With talented counterfeiters at the top of their game, how on earth do you spot a fake? And does it really matter anyway?

The writer and star of The Power of Parker on her love for the 90s and the call-centre job she went back to after her comedy hit

The author and screenwriter on Shakespeare with a nightclub atmosphere, drowning sculptures and the importance of mystery in art

In the 1960s, Stephen Shames befriended and photographed activists and revolutionaries, including Martin Luther King and the Black Panthers. More than 50 years on, he hopes that an exhibition of unseen work will galvanise a new generation discouraged by the rise of the right