The Art That Changed Me

American actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda on the musical Les Misérables.

Composer Max Richter discusses the creative power of Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda

Egyptian-Canadian author Omar El Akkad on the children’s story Peter Pan by JM Barrie

Nigerian afrobeats star Joeboy on why the music of Burna Boy helps him to stay strong

South African soprano Vuvu Mpofu on why the passion of Verdi's La Traviata inspired her

Actor Riz Ahmed on the song Original Nuttah by Shy FX and UK Apache

Turkish author Elif Shafak on the The Alexandria Quartet novels by Lawrence Durrell

Hong Kong director Yonfan on the political power of the 1965 film Ship of Fools

Nigerian author Oyinkan Braithwaite on her love for anime series Violet Evergarden

Comedian Rose Matafeo on the romantic optimism of The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

South African icon and actor John Kani on the uplifting jazz of trumpeter Hugh Masekela

Actor Emilia Clarke on the work of the British writer Jenny Diski

Artist and activist Rose McGowan on the revolutionary spirit of Frida Kahlo

Skunk Anansie's lead singer on a special performance of Shakespeare's Macbeth

Writer Patricia Cornwell on the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Fashion designer Sir Paul Smith on the Supper at Emmaus by Italian artist Caravaggio

Writer Monique Roffey on William Golding's 1955 novel The Inheritors

Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood on the work of Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki

The photographer and activist Sunil Gupta on The View from Castle Rock by Alice Munro

The photographer Misan Harriman on a powerful scene from the film Crash

The singer Norah Jones on how the classic movie Talk to Her influenced her music

The poet Linton Kwesi Johnson on Poems of Succession by Martin Carter

Musician Stewart Copeland on Jimi Hendrix's empowering spirit

Comedian Maz Jobrani on the transformative impact of the boxer Muhammad Ali