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One of the world’s most successful authors answers readers’ questions on his sources of inspiration, the colour of fear, knowing when to quit – and why manual labour is invaluable for writers

Judges praise the ‘sheer variety of comedy in play’ in nominated books by Nicholls, Dolly Alderton, Caroline O’Donoghue and Kaliane Bradley

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

Reading is key to education success; I learned this when I was 9 and met a boy at the bus stop who asked if I read story books. We discovered authors like Enid Blyton, W.E. Jones, Anthony Buckeridge, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.K. Narayan, and P.G. Wodehouse. Reading these books helped…

The music composer declared it was ‘a season of goodbyes, personal and public’ after losing son Nick and bringing down the curtain on musical Phantom of the Opera on Broadway after 35 years

One of the books is thought to be worth more than £200

The Beatles biographer evokes the energy and glamour of the 1960s in this droll and vivid account of his years on the Sunday Times Magazine

The author on the underrated brilliance of PG Wodehouse, taking inspiration from Harper Lee, and the play that made her think differently about Northern Ireland

Though the day was sunny, overnight drizzle had done the damage