Broadcaster and author Clare Balding shares the reads that have been her escape and inspiration

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

I’m from the generation where you started working from the moment you were born! My first job was at the age of seven, when I was taught how to gut the fish in my dad’s fish and chip shop. Before that

Best books… Nigel Planer The comedian and actor ...

What childhood book sparked your love of reading? One that really stands out for me is Winnie-the-Pooh. I was given a hardback copy on my seventh birthday, and I still treasure it. The maps in the fro

It’s the cosy season of sitting down with a good book. Here, authors heading for Raworths Harrogate Literature Festival this month share their writing styles