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The actor on being a “white dinosaur”, his problem with humanity, and why he wouldn’t play Trump.
ByThe writer on family, class and life lessons from a decade in America.
ByThe musician on London’s history, music before the internet, and European showers.
ByThe environmentalist on the politics of climate in an age of deceit.
ByThe choreographer on the arts, education and why Alice in Wonderland is an immigration story.
ByThe actor on Pippi Longstocking and being painted by Lucian Freud.
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ByThe bestselling writer asks: can a forest think? Is a river alive?
By“Drama is always political – it’s about human beings and how we interact with the world.”
The actor on Stevie Wonder and wishing he had the talent to have been a musician.
ByThe veteran conservative writer on Christianity and Maga.
ByThe actor on pub memories and loving life.
ByThe philanthropist on her mother’s kindness and being a breast-pump pioneer.
ByThe veteran magazine editor on a golden age for culture, Canadian hockey stars and Sgt Bilko.
ByThe BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.
ByThe mountaineer on climbing the world’s highest peaks.
ByThe theoretical physicist on meeting Nelson Mandela and living in China for six months.
ByThe leader of Scottish Labour is diverging from his party in Westminster when it comes to fossil fuels.
ByThe author on Ernest Shackleton as maverick and a year in Rome in 1972.
ByThe national chair of the Prison Officers’ Association on the next prison officers’ strike.
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