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Friday, 13 December, 2019

Friday, 29 November, 2019

FT SeriesChristmas presents — a Food & Drink special

Tom Kitchin: ‘I used sugar instead of salt in the risotto — schoolboy error’

Q&A with the chef on kitchen disasters, his love of Haribos and what makes Christmas special for him

Friday, 22 November, 2019

Q&AThe Inventory

Jack O’Connell: ‘I’m at my happiest cruising around in my caravan’

Q&A with the Skins and This is England actor on his first role, his turbulent twenties and tackling climate change

Friday, 15 November, 2019

The Inventory

Astronaut Kathryn D Sullivan: ‘What would I like to own? A ticket to Mars’

Q&A with the scientist on why her spacewalk was not her greatest achievement and why she loves visiting the Arctic and Antarctic

Friday, 1 November, 2019

The Inventory

Jeff Kinney: ‘Just about anybody who has picked up a pen to draw is more talented than I am’

Q&A with ‘The Wimpy Kid’ author on an inspirational teacher and why success doesn’t happen accidentally

Friday, 25 October, 2019

The Inventory

Corinne Bailey Rae: ‘The hardest thing was losing my first husband when I was 29’

Q&A with the singer-songwriter on making music and facing personal tragedy

Friday, 18 October, 2019

FT Magazine

Alexander Armstrong: ‘My 20-year-old self was an idiot. I must apologise for him’

Q&A with the comedian and ‘Pointless’ presenter on his love of pipe bands, fine wine and singing in a choir

Friday, 11 October, 2019

Q&AThe Inventory

Zandra Rhodes: ‘I was an extremely boring child’

Q&A with the fashion designer on being the top of her class and championing the underdog

Friday, 4 October, 2019

The Inventory

Naomi Klein: ‘I’m driven by three emotions: love, terror and rage’

Q&A with the activist on the Green New Deal and her weakness for skincare products and small-batch vodka

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Friday, 27 September, 2019

FT SeriesAutumn feast — a Food & Drink special

Chef Naved Nasir: ‘You need to be an artist but also a taskmaster’

Q&A with the executive chef at Dishoom on why he loves garlic and hates Marmite

Friday, 30 August, 2019

The Inventory

Rapper Slick Rick: ‘My younger self would think, that’s a sexy brother’

Q&A with the Grammy-nominated performer on having Jesus as a mentor and the allure of a drop-top Rolls-Royce

Friday, 23 August, 2019

The Inventory

Author Lynda La Plante: ‘Success matters because it proves you chose the right path’

Q&A with the award-winning screenwriter on her best piece of advice and why she never made it as a ballet dancer

Friday, 16 August, 2019

The Inventory

Singer Karine Polwart: ‘Our greatest challenge? The idea of enoughness’

Q&A with the award-winning musician on posh coffee, windy days and taking opportunities

Friday, 9 August, 2019

The Inventory

Physician Hugh Montgomery: ‘Great leaps often need eccentric thought’

Q&A with the professor of intensive care on musical ambitions, the ‘diseased’ body politic, and saying yes to too much

Friday, 2 August, 2019

The Inventory

Baritone Roderick Williams: ‘Recognition for what I do is wonderful and ludicrous’

Q&A with the singer and composer on ambitionless talent, the pure pleasure of making music and the right kind of solitude

Friday, 26 July, 2019

The Inventory

Writer David Hare: ‘I walk a lot and I worry a lot’

Q&A with the playwright and director on his theatre idols, his early ambition to be a comedian, and losing the perfect suede jacket

Friday, 19 July, 2019

Q&AThe Inventory

Q&A with ‘Orange is the New Black’ star Kate Mulgrew

‘I was born hardy and I’ll die hardy’

Friday, 12 July, 2019

Q&AThe Inventory

Q&A with musician and actor Stevie Van Zandt

‘I haven’t accomplished 95% of what’s in my head’

Friday, 5 July, 2019

Q&AThe Inventory

Q&A with actor and writer Alan Alda

‘I might spend more money on Barolo and Brunello than normal people do’

Friday, 28 June, 2019

The Inventory

Q&A with singer and songwriter KD Lang

‘If I wasn’t singing at all, I’d feel like an infertile apple tree’

Friday, 21 June, 2019

The Inventory

Q&A with ballet dancer Alyona Kovalyova

‘Ballet is a possibility to be another person’

Friday, 14 June, 2019

FT SeriesSalute the summer — a Food & Drink special

Q&A with Margot Henderson, chef

‘I’m a cheese fiend, even crappy cheese. And fish fingers — I do like a fish finger’

Friday, 7 June, 2019

InterviewThe Inventory

Q&A with Bobby Gillespie, musician

‘I haven’t lost my outrage at the world. I haven’t lost my capacity for being angry’

Friday, 31 May, 2019

InterviewThe Inventory

Q&A with Kate Clanchy, teacher and poet

‘My school was a bit like Michael Gove’s so I feel I understand his strange views on education’

Friday, 24 May, 2019

The Inventory

Q&A with Genesis musician Mike Rutherford

‘You can communicate with anyone, all the time. The problem is no one is in the now’

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