‘Trump can beat Biden’: White House whistleblower Miles Taylor returns with fresh warning

The former Republican aide has written a sequel, under his own name, to the column and book which blew the whistle from inside the Trump White House. He fears what comes next

Colson Whitehead: ‘A city summons you into its weird drama’

The double Pulitzer prize-winning author on writing a sequel to Harlem Shuffle, the influence of Stephen King’s Carrie, and why he no longer makes fried chicken

‘You’ll have more empathy, you’ll have more fun’: the man who wants to transform our relationship with sleep

From snoring to shift work, Russell Foster explains the myths and misconceptions that get in the way of a well-rested society

Hernan Diaz: ‘If ever I find myself on the page, I view it as an immense failure’

The Pulitzer prize-winning author on the punk rock provocation of his writing, an epiphany at the gym, and working with Kate Winslet on the HBO adaptation of his novel Trust

Simon Sebag Montefiore: ‘I worked down a South African goldmine at 17’

The historian and author, 58, on his time as a war correspondent, his unusual family history and a hatred of scotch eggs

Author Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah on policing in America: ‘It’s a kind of poison’

His debut novel Chain-Gang All-Stars is a gripping satire of the US penal system. The award-winning short story writer talks voyeurism, violence and trying to make a difference

Alison Bechdel: ‘The Bechdel test was a joke… I didn’t intend for it to become a real gauge’

The US graphic novelist on having her comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, turned into an audio series, ​growing up in a funeral home, ​and ​​her famous women-in-film test

‘Choose drugs?’ 30 years after he wrote Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh says life is tougher now

The book was a stark warning about heroin use. But its author believes the message has changed

Khaled Khalifa: ‘All the places of my childhood are destroyed’

The award-winning Syrian novelist on Aleppo, the city of his ‘soul’, his fascination with the late 19th century, and his youthful introduction to Chekhov

Yomi Adegoke: ‘There’s something inherently cringe about writing fiction’

The novelist and Slay in Your Lane co-author talks about her journey via Twitter to become a writer, and channelling her experience of social media into debut novel The List

‘No case to answer’: the Londoner arrested for murder on the injustice that shaped his life

Kenny Imafidon was arrested under the controversial ‘joint enterprise’ law. After six months behind bars, his case was thrown out. Now 30, he has written a breathtaking memoir about his early years, acquittal – and what can be done to change the system

Eliza Clark: ‘I’m more primary school teacher than enfant terrible’

Hailed by Granta as one of Britain’s best young novelists, the author of the TikTok sensation Boy Parts talks about her new book, a crime story based on a real-life murder – and why Bret Easton Ellis wouldn’t talk to her

‘I have overwhelming impostor syndrome’: TV judge Rob Rinder on empathy, shame and survival

He grew up gay in a working-class community, before becoming a criminal barrister, then moving into television. Now he has written his first novel

‘If you have dreams, follow them!’ Paul Nicholas on Bowie, the Bee Gees, playing Jesus – and ruffling the king’s hair

In six decades in showbiz, he has been murdered by Screaming Lord Sutch, played the lead in Hair, had hit singles and a hit sitcom – and surprised Serge Gainsbourg

‘We need to talk about the end’: Wendy Mitchell on living positively with Alzheimer’s

Since being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Wendy Mitchell has written three books, taken up photography and walked a 1,000ft highwire. Living your best life, she reveals, also means confronting death