Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

The opening of Flying Fergus

Billy Bragg: 'Cynicism is the real enemy of all of us who want to make the world a better place'

David Roberts' drawing tips

Joan Bakewell reads from her memoir, Stop the Clocks

Maxine Peake's approach to tackling Hamlet

Baaba Maal - Lampenda

Peter Carey: ‘Information and art are different things’

'Shakespeare didn't sound like Prince Charles'

The Habit of Light by Gillian Clarke

Billy Bragg: 'Who does she think she is, the Queen of England?!'

Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs