‘The band, the scene… I put it all in there’: Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore on his memoir of a rock’n’roll life

With cameos from William Burroughs and Iggy Pop, Sonic Life – the musician’s new autobiography – chronicles his long relationship with Kim Gordon and life at the vanguard of US indie-rock

John le Carré biographer Adam Sisman: ‘He wanted to make me love him’

Sisman, whose new book on the spy turned novelist chronicles his many extramarital affairs, discusses the morality of biography and how le Carré attempted to seduce him

‘I accomplished my dream. Why did I feel invisible?’: Leigh-Anne Pinnock on Little Mix, racism in pop, and going solo

With five chart-topping singles and three Brits, the singer realised her childhood dreams of pop stardom, but at a cost. She reflects on fame, loneliness, and why she no longer feels the need to compromise

Novelist Jesmyn Ward: ‘Losing my partner almost made me stop writing’

When the father of her children died suddenly, the US National Book award-winning author’s world fell apart. Three years on, she talks about grief, starting over and how she wrote her searing new novel about slavery

Tony Birch: ‘I got into a lot of fights. I was a very good street boxer’

Life could have turned out very differently for Birch, who was twice expelled from school as a boy. The celebrated author reflects on masculinity, AFL and surviving domestic violence

‘Steve Bannon is watching us closely’: Naomi Klein on populists, conspiracists and real-world activism

Author speaks candidly about a ‘mirror world’ that feeds our anxieties, distorts reality and fuels the polarisation of society

‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed

They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze

The woman who walked alone across the desert: what Robyn Davidson learned by risking everything

In her 20s, Davidson trekked 1,700 miles through the Australian wilderness. This led to the bestselling book Tracks and global fame. Half a century later she has written about what motivated her – including the tragic early death of her mother

‘It’s lonely being a Jewish critic of Israel’ – Nathan Thrall on his book about a Palestinian father’s tragedy

As the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the US author says his book tour is fraught with the possibility of misunderstanding

Sunday with Sue Perkins: ‘My brain needs to be set challenges or it goes into mischief’

The comedian and presenter on living with Tiggy the staffy and the joy of electronica

Teju Cole: ‘Being avant garde isn’t about being unreadable’

The prize-winning novelist and essayist on why he set his new book just before the pandemic, embracing the possibility of failure – and being ambushed by Hemingway

Doon Mackichan: ‘Before meetings I head-bang to Led Zeppelin’

The actor, writer and comedian, 61, on why she’d like to live in the stone age, cold-water swimming and why money doesn’t make you happy

‘If you don’t want to have sex, it’s not like the relationship’s over’: Abbey Clancy and Peter Crouch get personal

He’s the ex-England striker who wants a quiet life. She’s the model on a hair trigger. Now, the husband and wife team have turned unlikely agony aunts

Roxane Gay: ‘I’m trying to move further left because that’s the only way that we’re gonna achieve change’

The author and cultural commentator on racism, prison reform, weight loss drugs, violence and her idols

Kerry Washington on uncovering a family secret: ‘It’s exhausting to put on a mask to maintain appearances’

She went from straight-A student to the star of Scandal, but always had a nagging doubt about her place in the world. Then the actor agreed to go on a US genealogy show - and discovered her own story wasn’t quite as it seemed …