The quintessential intellectual playwright whose erudition convinces theatregoers they are far cleverer and better-read than they actually are

HE’S FRANK, HE’S NO-NONSENSE, AND HE’S ON A ROLL. WITH A TRIO OF BUZZY MOVIES OUT THIS YEAR, THE ACTOR TELLS US WHY HE STARES FEAR IN THE FACE

Novels, for me, have come from somewhere I wasn’t looking. In my twenties I was carrying an idea about a woman wandering around Ireland on a quest she didn’t understand and I sat in the Reading Room o

THE KEY TO THURSDAY MURDER CLUB STAR HELEN MIRREN’S LONG AND STILL-FLOURISHING CAREER IS STANDING BY HER CHOICES— WHICH HAVE LED HER TO OSCAR-,EMMY- AND TONY-WINNING SUCCESS

Look out for a future edition of heat edited by the bestselling author – if Katie Holloway manages to persuade him

HE has more than three dozen books to his name, with sales in more than 80 countries approaching 200 million. They’ve been read in over 80 languages, making Ken Follett one of the world’s best-loved a