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The Russia investigator on exposing assassinations and Putin’s plots, looking over his shoulder — and using a cat to find a secret agent
The American author on Twitter, the trouble with trigger warnings — and why ‘Ulysses’ is her comfort food
The Yale professor on why the west got Putin wrong — and what the past tells us about the war in Ukraine
The Hollywood director on streaming, strikes — and why his new atomic bomb biopic speaks to the age of AI
The celebrated cook on foodie fads, teaching Britons to boil an egg — and what football teaches us about community
The liberal standard-bearer on George Soros as a father figure, the rise of populism — and the farce of Britain’s honours system
The former New Jersey governor on his mission to stop the ex-president returning to power
The anonymous Wall Streeter on finance’s brutal work culture, using humour as a coping mechanism — and why he traded a banking career for comedy
The former UK cabinet minister on being blocked from the House of Lords, losing faith in Rishi Sunak — and Boris Johnson’s painting
The former French president on what his country wants in a leader, dealing with the Kremlin — and campaigning on a scooter
The visionary author on the limits of AI, the uses of science fiction — and why there’s a ‘market opportunity for volleyballs’
The outgoing cyber spy chief on Russia’s appetite for risk, China’s quest for tech supremacy — and the James Bond effect
The MIT professor on how AI can benefit the workers not ‘the takers’ — and seeing the world from Trump supporters’ point of view
The former Manchester United player on learning from Alex Ferguson, what Abu Dhabi has done for his city — and the superiority of chips
The president on wresting her country from Russia’s influence, cleaning up corruption — and why politics hasn’t made her rich
The cult novelist on her childhood under apartheid, writing ‘novels of ideas’ — and how Derek Jarman changed her life
The Paris museum’s head on why big cultural institutions must not duck the issue of restitution, making art more accessible — and what to do about queues
The former US Treasury secretary on why the banking crisis isn’t over — and why the US-China relationship ‘is on the brink’
The chef who brought meze to the masses on his unusual education, running his business like a kibbutz — and why he’s taking his brand to Paris
Ukraine’s other comedian turned wartime leader on raising millions for the military — and why his career cracking jokes is over
The former New York Times columnist on free speech, Elon Musk’s Twitter Files and moving on from the culture wars
The Tory grandee on turning 90, ‘levelling up’ Liverpool — and whether Britain will rejoin the EU
The Somali novelist on his ambiguous relationship with his homeland, embracing radical secularism — and why he refuses to tolerate intolerance
The ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ star on what an Oscar would mean to Asian actors — and why she really, really wants to bring that statue home
The tennis star on his money, his marriages and what he learnt in prison
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