Edna O'Brien reads from The Little Red Chairs

A traumatic experience on the BAFTA red carpet

Sam Mendes: It's time for a new James Bond director

Jonathan Dimbleby on breaking the Enigma code - and nearly losing the war

Malorie Blackman's life lesson

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

Paapa Essiedu and Maxine Peake on their influences

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

Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage

'Hamlet was a play I admired but didn’t like'

Julian Clary and illustrator David Roberts on drawing a hyena

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