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Nikki Bedi is joined in the studio by Chinese author An Yu, whose debut novel Braised Pork is a surreal tale of contemporary China, and film producer and critic Catherine Bray. Actress Saoirse Ronan and director Greta Gerwig on their new adaptation of Little Women, Ugandan director Kemiyondo Coutinho discusses the profile of women in the film industry and Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir on her Golden Globe winning score for Joker. Film director JJ Abrams on directing the latest movie in the Star Wars franchise, Sam Mendes explains how his grandfather’s stories of World War I inspired his film 1917 and two British authors, Bernardine Evaristo and Candice Carty-Williams, in conversation about diversity in the publishing industry. (Photo: An Yu. Credit: Vintage Publishing)
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