Film and theatre director Sir Richard Eyre describes how he was inspired by Angus Calder's book The People's War, which relived the experience of ordinary citizens during WWII. Show more
Author and creator of the TV series The Wire David Simon explains how the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men by James Agee and Walker Evans changed his work as a journalist. Show more
Singer Pauline Black, who found fame with ska band The Selecter, on how Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird helped her understand her place as a black girl adopted by a white family. Show more
Artist Tacita Dean on how the book Fires by Marguerite Yourcenar changed her life and art, explaining how it helped her find her voice as a feminist, writer and film-maker. Show more
