Salman Rushdie on realism

Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten

Writer Debbie Horsfield on the financial challenges of making a series like Poldark

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on how the character Hamlet surprised them

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity

Thomas Keneally on Oskar Schindler

Paul Mason: 'A whole new way of doing things'

Malorie Blackman's life lesson

Russell T Davies admits to a surprise collaboration on the A Midsummer Night's Dream script

Russell T Davies talks about diversity in his A Midsummer Night's Dream

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

Billy Bragg performs Brickbat