Jane Graham
Jane Graham
Books editor Jane Graham is an award-winning arts journalist. As a BBC radio producer, she worked on Radios 1, 3 and 4 and Radio Ulster, with John Peel, Kirsty Wark, Mary Anne Hobbs, Ricky Gervais, and Steven Nolan. She has written for The Guardian, Uncut, The Sunday Times and The Scotsman and was a Belfast Telegraph columnist for ten years. She makes regular appearances on Radio Scotland & BBC Scotland. She has also worked closely with libraries, was a Reader in Residence for the Scottish Book Trust and was Scotland’s first Reading Ambassador for CultureNL.
Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”
Culture

Dita Von Teese: “We have to stand up for beauty and sensuality and eroticism”

Susan Sarandon: “Hedy Lamarr was so strong, as well as brilliant”
Film

Susan Sarandon: “Hedy Lamarr was so strong, as well as brilliant”

Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”
News

Roger Bannister: “I’d rather be remembered for neurology than running”

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”
TV

David Tennant: “I was told acting was a daft idea. You won’t make a living”

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”
News

Graeme Obree: “Cycling is my way out of my struggles”

The Woman in the Window, AJ Finn; Don’t Skip Out On Me, Willy Vlautin
Books

The Woman in the Window, AJ Finn; Don’t Skip Out On Me, Willy Vlautin

Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”
Culture

Juliet Stevenson: “I finally feel confident about myself”

Val McDermid: “There were no lesbians in Fife in the 1960s”
Books

Val McDermid: “There were no lesbians in Fife in the 1960s”

Jess Phillips: “I found early motherhood horrendous”
Politics

Jess Phillips: “I found early motherhood horrendous”

Philip Glass: “I knew many great people. So many of them are gone now”
Music

Philip Glass: “I knew many great people. So many of them are gone now”

Miranda Richardson: “I don’t do social media. I need the human voice”
Film

Miranda Richardson: “I don’t do social media. I need the human voice”

Voices, Nick Coleman; Peach, Emma Glass
Books

Voices, Nick Coleman; Peach, Emma Glass