Peter Carey: Why Ned Kelly was a folk hero in Australia

James Shapiro on his own Shakespeare experiences

James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity

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

Chris Packham: Animals deserve a decent existence up to when they are eaten

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

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

Jeanette Winterson explains why she chose The Winter’s Tale as her Shakespeare ‘cover version’

Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row

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

Andrew Davies: 'Les Misérables needs a champion'

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