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Rick Moody
The American novelist and author of The Ice Storm talks about his memoirs

The age of the brand
The concept of ‘branding’ has become ubiquitous. But what does it really mean?

Stephen King
What makes Stephen King not only the master of horror but much more than that?

Three Wise Men: Averroes
A profile of the medieval Andalusian scholar

Three Wise Men: Moses Maimonides
The Jewish philosopher who was also one of the finest scholars of the Arabic world

Writing about war
War reporter and novelist Jeffrey Lee and an atom bomb survivor turned poet

Nick McDonnell’s Twelve
The novelist from New York talks about the book he started writing when he was 17

Out Of Many, One Voice
How Jamaican culture threw off the shackles of colonial rule after independence

David Hare on turning Politics into a Drama
British playwright and director David Hare talks about screenwriting

Masterpiece – The Great Wave
Why The Great Wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai still has the power to thrill