Ex-nurse Christie Watson: ‘Women’s health has always been undervalued’
The nurse turned academic and author on her experience of the menopause, returning to the wards during the pandemic and dating a man with a tarantula
Lea Ypi: ‘Hope is a moral duty’
The Albanian author and academic on what she misses most about her homeland and how a communist childhood steeped in lies sparked her interest in philosophy
Julia Shaw: ‘I had so many questions about bisexuality’
The psychologist is known for her work on the criminal mind, but wrote her new book to answer her own questions about her sexuality
John Waters: ‘Trump ruined bad taste – he was the nail in the coffin’
The film-maker and ‘filth elder’ has made a career out of generating shocks. Now a debut novelist, can his book’s talking gay penis save camp?
‘There are things in this season you will never unsee’: The Boys’ Karl Urban on parenting, powers and superhero orgies
The star of Amazon’s cult comic book series on failing in Australia, his roles in The Lord of the Rings and Star Trek and spending half his life away from home
Sarah Polley on her unflinching memoir: ‘Can you forgive – and should you forgive?’
As a child star, the actor suffered trauma and neglect. Now an acclaimed director, she is confronting the ghosts of her past with a frank new book
Sheila Hancock: ‘Don’t let them tell you you’re old’
At 89, the beloved British actor is still striving. In fact, she’s just published a new memoir, Old Rage, in which she lays bare her anger and anxiety over work, life and love…
‘We were always trying to push boundaries’: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life and the joy of dogs
Jim Howick’s wicked sense of humour helped turn Horrible Histories, Ghosts and Sex Education into massive hits. Here, the actor and writer reveals how he’s always made it up as he went along
‘I’m here because of hustle’: Selling Sunset’s Christine Quinn on how to be a ‘boss bitch’
Christine Quinn is the real estate agent turned Hollywood reality star who stole the show as the villainess on Selling Sunset. She reveals why we all need to embrace our inner ‘boss bitch’
Geoff Dyer: ‘I’m convinced Roger Federer and I could become great friends’
The author on pranking JM Coetzee, his huge debt to Labour, and his new book about the twilight of careers for artists, writers and sportsmen
‘It’s the best way to live!’: International Booker winners Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell
The Indian novelist and her translator scooped the £50,000 prize with Tomb of Sand, a novel about death – but with laughs. The morning after their triumph they talk about fun, feminism and famous ancestors
Evil twinks and gay gangsters: why we need to remember history’s horrid homosexuals
From Alexander the Great to Ronnie Kray, the hosts of the Bad Gays podcast reveal the most villainous LGBTQ+ figures ever – and explain why it’s important to discuss the problematic alongside the good
‘I felt, wow! I want this’: Sasha Lane and Alison Oliver on Conversations With Friends
Age, class and sexualities collide in the new TV version of Rooney’s novel. Here, its young leads discuss landing their roles in this wonky love quadrangle and how it feels to follow Normal People
The king and queen of popular fiction: Marian Keyes and Richard Osman on their successes and struggles
The bestselling novelists are friends and fans of each other’s work. They talk frankly about the highs of writing and the lows of addiction – and why neither would do Strictly
Sandra Newman: ‘Do I want men to go away? No’
The American author on feminist utopias, surviving the apocalypse and who is really responsible for the scourge of electric bikes on the pavement