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.
Rosamund Pike: If you grew up without money your attitude to it never changes
TV

Rosamund Pike: If you grew up without money your attitude to it never changes

George Takei: “My closet years were tortuous – the constant fear of exposure”
TV

George Takei: “My closet years were tortuous – the constant fear of exposure”

Grayson Perry: “The Daily Mail facilitated my sexual fetish!”
Art

Grayson Perry: “The Daily Mail facilitated my sexual fetish!”

Petula Clark: “I’d be lynched if I didn’t sing Downtown”
Music

Petula Clark: “I’d be lynched if I didn’t sing Downtown”

Ed Balls: “I was a studious beanpole”
Politics

Ed Balls: “I was a studious beanpole”

Yann Martel: “I wish I hadn’t been so middle-class in my choices”
Books

Yann Martel: “I wish I hadn’t been so middle-class in my choices”

Matt Berry: “I did the right thing never getting a proper job”
TV

Matt Berry: “I did the right thing never getting a proper job”

Edwyn Collins: “I was too frightened to listen to music”
Music

Edwyn Collins: “I was too frightened to listen to music”

Frederick Forsyth: “They put a price on my head, so I had to get out”
Books

Frederick Forsyth: “They put a price on my head, so I had to get out”

Ade Adepitan: “My dad banned me from watching disability sport on TV”
TV

Ade Adepitan: “My dad banned me from watching disability sport on TV”

Malcolm Rifkind: “Putin has banned me from Russia. It’s a badge of pride”
Culture

Malcolm Rifkind: “Putin has banned me from Russia. It’s a badge of pride”

Ross Noble: “I considered living in the wild. I researched eating snails”
TV

Ross Noble: “I considered living in the wild. I researched eating snails”