Frank Cottrell Boyce reads from The Astounding Broccoli Boy

Alex Salmond on joining the SNP while at university

Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people

Nigel Kennedy on The Four Seasons

Vikram Seth reads his moving poem, Caged

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

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

Yuval Noah Harari: Why money is the most successful story ever told

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

Celia Imrie on the importance of being bored

Rose Tremain on The American Lover

Jenny Agutter: I saw a beautifully crafted character

The Mozart Question: Michael Morpurgo and Daniel Pioro