Frank Cottrell Boyce reads from The Astounding Broccoli Boy

Germaine Greer: If the English are sane it's because their national playwright is Shakespeare

Elderly sex: Germaine Greer on the romance between Cleopatra and Antony

Germaine Greer: Lady Macbeth is an emptyhead

Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people

Neil Gaiman: Why illustrators need to be good readers

Rose Tremain's brush with Royalty

Simon Schama on Germany's historical relationship with the Jews

John Boyne: The first review called it a novel of blush-making vulgarity

Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children

Sheila Hancock on the importance of the arts

Andrew O'Hagan on drawing inspiration from life for The Illuminations

Jon Ronson: Can I interview you about your special brain anomaly?

Cressida Cowell: You can be a writer