Hanif Kureishi: ‘I’d like to see a British Muslim Sopranos’
As his new play The Spank opens in Italy, the writer talks about the power of ludicrous ideas, the crisis facing the middle class – and why he can’t get white liberals off his phone
‘We got shot at’ – the outrageous life of Jayne County, the first trans rock’n’roller
She partied with Warhol and fronted a band called The Electric Chairs who were too shocking even for punk. As her extraordinary tell-all memoir is republished, Jayne County relives one of music’s most astonishing sagas
Daniel Kahneman: ‘Clearly AI is going to win. How people are going to adjust is a fascinating problem’
The psychologist on applying his ideas to organisations, why we’re not equipped to grasp the spread of a virus, and the massive disruption that’s just round the corner
Journalist Patrick Radden Keefe: ‘I’ve always been interested in secrecy’
The American journalist and author on his history of the Sacklers, the family at the centre of the US opioids controversy, and a special night with the Scorpions in Ukraine
Hollie McNish: ‘I have to psych myself up to share’
The prize-winning poet on her bond with her giggly late gran, embracing blush-making subject matter and why reading poetry is key to writing
Brit Bennett: ‘Trump colonised our brains for years. Suddenly he’s just gone? It feels surreal’
The author of the Women’s prize-shortlisted The Vanishing Half talks about race, the dangers of nostalgia and writing only what pleases her
Salman Rushdie: ‘I am stupidly optimistic – it got me through those bad years’
Despite the obstacles thrown his way, the novelist remains indestructible. He talks about strong women, ‘moral censorship’ and the ‘great wound’ of his life
Édouard Louis: ‘Truth is a revenge because we live in a world of lies’
The author, who became a literary sensation at the age of 21 with The End of Eddy, is appearing in a show exploring acting in theatre and in everyday life
Vincent D’Onofrio: ‘I really did get mugged by a monkey’
The esteemed actor discusses his move into the world of poetry and his distrust of ‘devious’ primates
Barry Windsor-Smith is back: ‘Monsters has been a slow and difficult experience’
After 35 years of work, the feted comic creator has published Monsters, a drama featuring Nazi science and psychic powers. He talks about Marvel and how his drawing style has evolved
‘We had a therapist on set’ – William Jackson Harper on The Underground Railroad
The Good Place star plays a free man helping slaves to escape in Barry Jenkins’ epic series. The actor talks about the trauma of re-enacting such violent times – and the need to face up to history
Michael Lewis: ‘We were incentivised to have a bad pandemic response’
In his new book, the author of The Big Short has turned his attention to Covid and the people who could have prevented it sweeping the US – had they been allowed to
Barry Jenkins: ‘Maybe America has never been great’
The Moonlight director on how adapting Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad for TV compelled him to fully confront the history of slavery, as well as his own damaged childhood
Adam Buxton: ‘We’re in the sad sandwich of life, but it has a surprising zing of pickle’
The comedian and broadcaster on writing a heartfelt memoir, copycat podcasters and dreaming of getting gnarly old guy roles
Curtis Sittenfeld: ‘People misunderstood the sex scenes in Rodham’
The bestselling author on reimagining Hillary Clinton’s life, what novelists have learned from Covid and the mood in her home town, Minneapolis, since the murder of George Floyd