‘Stuff happens and it sucks’: Brooke Shields on abuse, ageing and telling her own story
Brooke Shields, sexualised child star at just 11, is no stranger to tabloid controversy. Now 59, perhaps now she can tell us how she ended up so… normal?
Caryl Phillips: ‘It was Britain that made me a writer’
The New York-based Kittitian-British author on why he set his new novel in the immigrant community of 1960s Notting Hill, the pitfalls of celebrity, and how he never misses a Leeds United match
Keon West: ‘You can’t tell that racism is or isn’t happening because you know a Black person who earns a lot of money’
The author and academic on mistaking feelings for facts, the importance of education and why Kemi Badenoch will do nothing to help ethnic minorities
‘I knew I was overexercising and not eating enough’: novelist Emma Healey on the dark side of self-control
Her bestselling debut Elizabeth Is Missing was inspired by her grandmother’s dementia. Now the novelist has drawn from her own experiences for a thriller about the power dynamic between personal trainer and client
‘She couldn’t walk, she couldn’t talk’: music therapy helped Joni Mitchell recover from a stroke – could it ward off depression and dementia too?
When his friend, the legendary songwriter, had a catastrophic stroke, neuroscientist Daniel Levitin put together a programme of music therapy. Now he’s recommending it for a whole range of conditions
‘There’s a majesty to grief’: TS Eliot poetry prize winner Peter Gizzi
The American writer won the prestigious prize for Fierce Elegy, a collection informed by the deaths of his family members. He explains why poetry is like friendship – and why he loves small words
‘It’s about being bold and gutsy’: Senator Ron Wyden on change in the age of Trump
The Oregon Democrat has written a book, a call for ‘chutzpah’ from those seeking political progress
‘It will be jolly nice’: illustrator Helen Oxenbury, 86, on preparing for her first solo show – and a new book with Michael Rosen
Acclaimed for her work on children’s books, the artist is teaming up again with her collaborator on Bear Hunt
Richard Price: ‘I don’t like to write, I just don’t – it’s too much anxiety’
The US novelist and co-writer of The Wire on why his new book isn’t about cops and robbers, his 80s drug addiction and the authors who have inspired him
Orhan Pamuk: ‘I have some fame, so I can say things others cannot’
The Turkish writer, 72, talks about his father’s artistic support and being a feminist in the Middle East, his love of Istanbul and fear of government repression
Americans are taught FDR was the hero of the Great Depression. For one historian, that’s erasure
In a new book, Dana Frank tells stories of the people who ‘made history happen’ through organizing and mutual aid
Disability advocate Alice Wong on resistance in the new year: ‘Life is a dumpster fire, but I’m not alone’
The activist, who received a 2024 MacArthur ‘genius’ grant, reflects on a moment that changed her life – and why she finds hope in sci-fi
‘Just by existing, he’s extended this war’: Timothy Snyder on Trump, Russia and Ukraine
Historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny worries over Trump’s return to power – and the influence of Elon Musk
Sunday with John Cooper Clarke: ‘My wife does a chicken with 60 cloves of garlic’
The poet talks about newspapers and television, coffee and strawberries, and how Monday’s gloomy presence hangs over every Sunday
Andi Oliver: ‘Life’s too short to be appalling’
The TV personality, chef, musician and author has made her cultural mark, but has faced her fights – racism, violence, grief, poverty as a single mum. How did this nascent national treasure turn trauma into triumph?