Audio & Video
Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me
Author admits she was too embarrassed to say the iconic character was based on her.
Helen Fielding: I can say it now, Bridget Jones was me- Colm T贸ib铆n: I try to escape it but my past always ends up in my books
- Colm T贸ib铆n: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
- Elif Shafak: There are two ways to write a book
- Stephen Fry: The Enlightenment bit itself on the backside
- Helena Kennedy: Why right-wing populism is bad for women
- Graham Norton: Bill Murray got quite wild
- Bill Bailey: My grandfather used to set us a bird-watching challenge
- Graham Norton: I don't think critics expected my book to be good
- Neil Gaiman: Writing Doctor Who script made me feel like a god
- Nicholas Hytner: How Iraq shaped audience reaction to Henry V
- Michael Sheen: Empathy should be our foundation
- Bettany Hughes: Why we tell ourselves stories
Featured Collections
Act Videos
- Bernie Sanders
- Bettany Hughes
- Bill Bailey
- Charlotte Rampling
- Chris Riddell
- Christina Lamb, Helena Kennedy, Rachael Jolley and Joan Bakewell
- David Mitchell
- Ed Balls
- Elif Shafak
- Frank Cotterell Boyce
- Garry Kasparov
- Graham Norton
- Helen Fielding
- Ian Rankin
- James Rhodes
- Jeanette Winterson
- Lemn Sissay
- Lucy Worsley
- Michael Sheen
- Nadya Tolokno
- Neil Gaiman and Stephen Fry
- Nicholas Hytner
- Paul Beatty
- Paula Byrne
- Philippe Sands
- Stephen Fry
- Stephen Fry, Bettany Hughes, Lawrence Krauss and Martin Rees
- Tom Daley
- Tony Robinson
- Tracey Emin
- Will Self