The Characters

Reading

Childhood

Writing Books for her Daughter

Scarlet Umbrella

Playing Instruments

Q&A

Poets: Leyla Josephine

Alan Cumming on a meeting with Oprah

Tim Burgess: What happened when I asked Lou Reed for an autograph

"Music can change your hair"

'Do you believe in fairies?'

Tim Burgess on a chance meeting with Steve Martin

Jonathan Safran Foer on writing his first book in ten years

Sage Francis - Hopeless

Alan Cumming on flying to America - for the first time - with Ruby Wax

Andrew Hunter Murray's Fringe picks