Alan Bennett to the reluctant rescue

Silk, sass and shimmer: William Banks-Blaney on Coco Chanel

Courrèges of his convictions: William Banks-Blaney on the French Space Age designer

Halcyon Halston days: William Banks-Blaney on the first super-designer

Celebrating difference: Andrew Solomon on parents of exceptional children

Neil Gaiman's favourite memory of Terry Pratchett

Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'

Karen Armstrong: Freedom was only for selected privileged Europeans

Germaine Greer on The Female Eunuch

Alan Bennett: The poor don't get much of a look in

Rose Tremain on The American Lover

Oxfam's Mark Goldring calls for a new Magna Carta

How Call the Midwife team drew upon their own experiences of motherhood

Sheila Hancock: John was more like The Sweeney than Morse