Stephen Fry on Francis Bacon and his 'little man'

John Boyne on why Bruno reads Treasure Island

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

Tom Holland on why Lord of the Rings is the greatest historical novel

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

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

Kazuo Ishiguro on remembering and forgetting in The Buried Giant

Alex Salmond: How the Scottish referendum empowered people

Rose Tremain's brush with Royalty

Cressida Cowell: Could dragons be real?

Jon Ronson on 'mutual grooming'

Terry Waite on finding humour in the darkest of places

Jon Ronson on the Stanford prison experiment