Interviews

German bass-baritone Thomas Quasthoff [1] [2]

Writer Matt Haig

Broadcaster and writer Andrew Marr

Broadcaster Jeremy Vine

Actor Tony Robinson

Photographer Martin Parr

Photographer Paul Conroy

Historian Serhii Plokhy

Editor, writer and broadcaster Ian Hislop [1] [2]

Comedy writer Paul Mayhew-Archer

Explorer/adventurer Benedict Allen

Writer Darren McGarvey

Impresario Oliver Mears

Economist Paul Johnson

Writer David France

Poet Benjamin Zephaniah

Writer Aravind Adiga

Politician Angela Rayner

Politician Vince Cable [1] [2]

Conductor John Wilson

Writer Sebastian Barry

Barrister and writer Philippe Sands

Actor Brenda Blethyn

Conductor Iván Fischer

Politician Kezia Dugdale

Amputee and hero Alex Lewis

Proms director David Pickard

Politician Keir Starmer [1] [2]

Conductor Gustavo Dudamel

Horse-dancing trainer Bartabas the Furious

Politician Dan Jarvis

Writer Gerald Seymour

Cricketer Joe Root

Politician David Davis

Writer Steve Silberman

Actor Alex Jennings

Tenor Jonas Kaufman

Radio 3 controller and former Arts Council chief executive Alan Davey [1] [2]

Politician Dennis Skinner

Shepherd and writer James Rebanks

Poet Tony Harrison

Playwright Dalia Taha

Philanthropist Judith Rodin

Writer Peter Morgan

Holocaust hero Nicholas Winton

Writer Helen Macdonald

Writer, actor and traveller Michael Palin

Historian Margaret MacMillan

Actor John Sessions

Cricket umpire Dickie Bird

Director Andrei Konchalovsky

Scientist and inventor James Lovelock

Politician Chris Smith

Assyriologist Irving Finkel

Journalist Jeremy Scahill

Writer Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Politician Anna Soubry

Bushcraft expert May Mears

Writer Henning Mankell

Writer Martin Amis [1] [2]

Hoaxer A D Harvey

Politician Ann Widdecombe

Playwright Ayad Akhtar

Soprano Nina Stemme

Writer Terry Pratchett

Television executive, writer and opera lover Denis Forman

Cricket and TV personality Andrew “Freddie” Flintoff [1] [2] [3] [4]

Chess legend Judit Polgár

Conductor Marin Alsop

Showjumper Tim Stockdale

Poet Derek Walcott

Politician Jenny Jones

Tenor Noah Stewart

Journalist Alex Crawford

Writer Umberto Eco

Broadcaster and writer Jeremy Paxman

Swimmer Ellie Simmonds

Novelist Edward St Aubyn

Historian Ian Kershaw

Politician Danny Alexander

Politician and academic Maurice Glasman

Novelist Alan Hollinghurst [1] [2]

Ballet dancer Tamara Rojo

Writer and activist Arundhati Roy

Political thinker Francis Fukuyama

Theatre and film director Patrice Chéreau

Actor Tom Wilkinson

Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams

Model Jerry Hall

Journalist Joris Luyendijk

Baritone Christian Gerhaher

Rabbi Lionel Blue

The Duchess of Devonshire

Writer Nadine Gordimer

Whistleblower Julian Assange

Novelist Yann Martel

TV executive Alan Yentob

Politician Ed Balls

Rugby player Jonny Wilkinson

Broadcaster Joan Bakewell

Politician Jack Straw

Politician Chris Bryant

Journalist John Simpson

Footballer Rio Ferdinand

Law lord Tom Bingham
Tom Bingham

Broadcaster Kirsty Wark

Primatologist Jane Goodall

Father Christmas

Writer and controversialist Roger Lewis

Writer Petina Gappah

Environmentalist Kumi Naidoo

Archbishop John Sentamu

Director and restaurant critic Michael Winner

Actor Martine McCutcheon

Comedian Jimmy Carr

Former Metropolitan police commissioner Ian Blair

Politician Shirley Williams

Actor and comedian Ricky Gervais

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

Writer and editor Martin Jacques

Novelist Caryl Phillips

Tenor José Carreras

Politician Chris Mullin

Pianist Murray Perahia

Publicist Max Clifford

Political campaigner Thomas Gensemer

Bass Peter Rose

Food writer Elisabeth Luard

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Arpad Busson

Politician Wendy Alexander

Novelist Joanna Kavenna

Pianist Imogen Cooper

Reporter and writer Dahr Jamail

Writer Ferdinand Mount

Writer Alexis Wright

Radio 3 controller and Proms impresario Roger Wright

Klaus Heymann, founder of record company Naxos

Chess legend (and record-breaking Guardian chess correspondent) Leonard Barden

TV zoologist Desmond Morris

Pianist Lang Lang

Film director Ridley Scott

Film director Shekhar Kapur

Novelist Indra Sinha

Policeman turned politician Brian Paddick

Writer Michelle Paver

Tennis player Virginia Wade

Writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Environmentalist Jay Griffiths

Novelist Marina Lewycka

Photographer Sean Smith

Wagner expert Patrick Carnegy

Philosopher and controversialist Slavoj Zizek

Violinist Ruth Palmer

Musical prodigy Derek Paravicini

Campaigner Peter Tatchell

Writer Richard Flanagan

Musician and actor Youssou N’Dour

Anti-apartheid campaigners Adelaine and Walter Hain

Writer Stef Penney

Pianist Andrei Gavrilov

Opera impresario Peter Jonas

Conductor Christian Thielemann
Christian Thielemann

Priest and troubleshooter Andrew White

Writer Hisham Matar

Opera directors Christopher and David Alden

Writer Julian Fellowes

Trainer Ginger McCain

Businessman and activist Bill Browder

Tennis player Andy Murray (almost)

Racehorse owner David Johnson

Businessman and philanthropist Tom Hunter

Chess player Nigel Short

Conductor Charles Mackerras

Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter

Politician Chris Patten

Film-maker Geoffrey Jones

Freelance diplomat Carne Ross

Conductor and composer André Previn

Colonel Tim Collins

Pianist Riyad Nicolas

Papal photographer Arturo Mari

Chess champion and political activist Garry Kasparov

Conductor Riccardo Muti

Composer James Macmillan

Royal butler Paul Burrell

Mastermind winner Shaun Wallace

Director and sage Jonathan Miller

Conductor Daniel Harding

Biographer Norman Sherry

Boxer Danny Williams

Would-be Tory MP Evett McAnuff

Runner Malachi Davis

Composer Peter Maxwell Davies

Green activist Frank Hewetson

Boxer Michael Watson

Writer Kate Long

Tenor Robert Tear

Autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire

Footballer Jimmy Greaves

Politician and philanthropist Lord Sainsbury

Climber of skyscrapers Alain Robert

Comedian Les Dennis

Businessman Ricardo Semler

Physicist Joseph Rotblat

Biographer Brenda Maddox

Blind soprano Denise Leigh

Violinist Joshua Bell

Businessman and Mahler obsessive Gilbert Kaplan

Conductor Donald Runnicles

Champion jockey Tony McCoy

Cricketing bishop David Sheppard

Politician Norman Tebbit

Composer Monty Norman

Activist Zhizhen Dai

Composer John Williams

Playwright Tom Stoppard

Trainer Jenny Pitman

Writer Graham Hancock

General Vernon A Walters

Conductor Gianandrea Noseda

Explorer/adventurer Ranulph Fiennes

Artist Jonathan Yeo

Broadcaster James Naughtie

Crime writer Colin Dexter

Politician Paddy Ashdown [1] [2]

Footballer Geoff Hurst

Conductor Valery Gergiev

Cellist Guy Johnston

Violinist Chloë Hanslip

Opera director David McVicar

Composer Colin Matthews

Writer Al Alvarez

Artist, illustrator, cartoonist Ronald Searle

Cricket commentator Henry Blofeld

Actor and writer Stephen Fry

Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber

Broadcaster and writer Michael Parkinson

Footballer Stuart Pearce

Composer and broadcaster Michael Berkeley

Poet Tom Paulin

Cricketer Nasser Hussain

Academic Frank Kermode

Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Writer Edmund White

Director Robert Altman


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Stephen Moss

Offcuts: An archive of selected articles by Stephen Moss: feature writer, author and former literary editor of the Guardian