Hilary Mantel: “I had to be in middle age to imagine what the weight of life does to you”
The Booker Prize-winning author on late fame, her mother’s death and the books she is yet to write.
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Martin Rees: “This could be our last century on Earth”
The astrophysicist and Astronomer Royal reflects on the threats facing humanity.
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Michael Winterbottom on Boris Johnson, Covid-19 and his new TV series This England
The director explains why he wanted to make something about the pandemic “now, as soon as possible after it happened”.
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Fifty years of Richard Mabey’s Food for Free
How the author’s 1972 guide to foraging anticipated today’s appetite for local, seasonal and sustainable eating.
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Anne-Marie Imafidon Q&A: “Men have often forgotten that women even exist”
The Stem campaigner on Kenya, story-writing and the creation of GPS.
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Tsitsi Dangarembga: “People started pointing fingers at me, saying ‘She’s a Western puppet!’”
The prize-winning novelist on colonialism, her family, and being tried in Zimbabwe for political protest.
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Ian McEwan’s long look back
The novelist on Liz Truss, Salman Rushdie, and why he finally decided to write his own story into his new…
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Dave Davies Q&A: “I like guitars but I haven’t got any left”
The Kinks’ guitarist on classic Sixties mystery shows and “cool” 17th-century fashion.
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