Sam Mendes on Judi Dench

Russell T Davies on wanting to adapt A Midsummer Night's Dream

Russell T Davies on young women and suicide

Maxine Peake discusses her Shakespeare acting past

Maxine Peake on working with choreographer Arlene Phillips

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

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

Michael Palin on growing a moustache for new movies

Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher

David Roberts' drawing tips

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

Sam Mendes on Steven Spielberg

Imtiaz Dharkar's The Trick

Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit

Edna O'Brien on being invited to the White House for dinner

Fay Weldon reads an extract from her new novel Before the War

Ruby Wax on the most flattering thing you can do for another person