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The writer on mentors, marshmallows and Joni Mitchell’s ‘River’
‘I’m looking for harmony. The art of the chef is to balance everything perfectly and to work with all ingredients’
The singer on creativity, dopamine and the Mississippi River
The novelist on her earliest memory, the afterlife and Tertius, ‘the Prince of Cats’
The singer-songwriter on taking risks, hating small talk and his earliest memory of his parents
The singer-songwriter on why forming a band felt like an act of rebellion, and how his psychoanalyst saved his life
The scientist on ambition, pride and the ‘fundamental mystery’ of life on earth
The award-winning Finnish conductor on being a natural explorer and why enthusiasm is contagious
The Prix Goncourt-winning author on writing, reincarnation and partying in unlikely places
On the risks and rewards of a career in acting
How art can play a role in the fight against suffering, depression and dementia
The Grammy-award winning singer-songwriter on asking questions, taking risks and why she’s constantly moving
The ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ and ‘The Seagull’ star on risk-taking, Harold Pinter and FOMO
The poet on fear of a dog called Spot, love for a cat called Corvetta and the value of ‘well-pondered’ risk
The Wire and Treme actor and director on memories of Manhattan and a horse named Storm
The vice-chancellor of the Royal College of Art on his mentor Professor James McFarlane, Andy Warhol’s ‘Cow’ and what drives him on
The author of ‘Little’ and ‘The Iremonger Trilogy’ on fairy tales, mudlarking and writer’s block
The prizewinning author of ‘The Startup Wife’ and ‘A Golden Age’ on selfishness, suffering and her Peloton
The chef and restaurateur on her love of food, saving the planet and one spectacular dishwater soup
The actor and comedian on fine food, running marathons and why Ireland is his happy place
‘I always wanted to be standing up in front of people,’ says the actor
The singer-songwriter on curiosity, Genoa CFC and the false sense of relevance that social media gives us
‘I covet Jimmy Page’s 1959 Gibson Les Paul guitar’
‘I do not think in terms of one big achievement. There have been lots of small ones and lots of small failures, too’
‘If I go too long without making something, I start to collapse in on myself,’ says the singer-songwriter
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