Lord Michael Cashman on going from Albert Square to Parliament Square

Kiki Dee on still sounding good in your 70s (and why she always kills Elton John's Christmas presents)

Thriller king Mark Billingham on his 20th novel (and his band the Fun Loving Crime Writers)

Comedian Ian Stone on how The Jam electrified a generation

Queen of crime Val McDermid on how lockdown inspired her next novel

Nigel Planer on how lockdown has devastated Britain's theatre industry

Peter James on why he follows Hemingway’s advice: ‘Write drunk, edit sober’

Jenny Eclair on her new book on surviving the menopause (and why life is better in your 60s)

Thriller maestro Harlan Coben on suddenly having three hit Netflix series at once

Historian Bettany Hughes on losing her pants overboard while filming her new series in Greece

KT Tunstall on why lockdown has made her reconnect with her fans

Peter May on 'Lockdown', his pandemic novel rejected for being 'too far-fetched'

Is Thanos really the scariest screen villain of all time? No, Mr Bond...

Artist Axel Scheffler on how his creation the Gruffalo beat Harry Potter

Author Ann Cleeves on her detective Vera Stanhope (and why Brenda Blethyn is ‘too good looking’)

Jeff Wayne on the return of War of the Worlds… and why we’re all still afraid of Martians

Ruby Wax on the reason Donald Trump threw her off his private jet

As Britain binges record amounts of streaming TV, we sniff out the best lockdown comfort viewing

The celebrities entertaining us in lockdown and the ones getting it VERY wrong (sorry, Naomi)

Thriller king David Baldacci on going from trial lawyer to writing 47 hit novels