‘These spaces are depicted with trauma porn’: Tyriek White on his acclaimed public housing novel
We Are a Haunting, the Mississippi-by-way-of-New-York writer’s debut novel, tells of rent, eviction and ghosts in the projects
‘Justice is on our side, and Putin is old’: Navalny’s press secretary Kira Yarmysh
The novelist and press secretary to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny talks about imprisonment, survival and writing under the regime
Anthony Seldon on Boris Johnson: ‘At his heart, he is extraordinarily empty’
The distinguished historian and headteacher discusses his latest book about a contemporary prime minister, a devastating – and dispiriting – account of Johnson’s chaotic reign
Novelist Caleb Azumah Nelson: ‘there is a wholeness in living life not always afforded to black people’
The writer talks about being doubted as a teenager, the courage of his migrating ancestors, and how he uses his photography to spark stories
Matt Rowland Hill: ‘My mother says she will sue me if I ever write another book like it’
The author of Original Sins on his book’s impact on his evangelical parents, reading the Patrick Melrose series while waiting for drug dealers, and how looking middle class saved him from arrest
Charli Howard: ‘Wearing lingerie empowers me to be confident’
The model and author, 32, on boarding school syndrome, salt obsession, believing in ghosts and getting some good advice
Suede’s Mat Osman: ‘The biggest difference between Richard and me is that he has no interest in being cool’
The bassist and author talks about artistic ambition, sibling dynamics - and how being on tour inspired his riotous new novel, The Ghost Theatre
Tim Minchin: ‘Politics affects my mental health … I feel gaslit’
He’s the anarchic comedian behind the musicals Matilda and Groundhog Day. He talks about dashed Hollywood hopes, the dangers of modernising Roald Dahl and feeling out of step with his progressive fanbase
Baillie Gifford winner of winners James Shapiro: ‘I draw a very sharp line between fiction and nonfiction’
The 1599 author on the difference between historians and novelists, looking at Shakespeare differently and hitchhiking to the Edinburgh festival to immerse himself in the bard’s work
‘Market rules should benefit the majority of the citizenry’: historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway
In their new book, The Big Myth, the authors document the rise of ‘market fundamentalism’ and Americans’ relationship with government regulations
Gregory Doran: ‘Shakespeare defines things when you can’t’
As the RSC’s artistic director steps down after 35 years and 50 shows, he talks about the productions he’s most proud of, his new memoir, and the loss of his husband, the actor Antony Sher
Clock watching: meet the artist who thinks time is ruining our lives
‘Clock time’, all about productivity, money and economic growth, threatens to destroy us, says artist Jenny Odell. But there are other kinds of time, and we need to learn to embrace them
Susie Orbach: ‘Body uniformity is out of control – there’s no right way to have labia!’
The psychotherapist on body hatred, what’s changed since she wrote Fat Is a Feminist Issue – and the smell of her clients
Jeremy Deller: ‘The world worries me – but for an artist, that’s a good thing’
The artist has been confounding the art world for 30 years. As he publishes Art Is Magic, a survey of his best known works, he talks about the experiences that shaped them
Novelist Celeste Ng: ‘There was a period when I thought I’d never write again’
The award-winning author on how Trump, Covid and anti-Asian rhetoric inspired her latest novel, digging her way out of ‘post-book fatigue’, and learning to touch type using Ulysses