Melinda Gates Q&A: “A man with a gun is not as powerful as a girl with a book”
The philanthropist on her mother’s kindness and being a breast-pump pioneer.
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Graydon Carter Q&A: “My hero is Bugs Bunny: there’s no one cooler under pressure”
The veteran magazine editor on a golden age for culture, Canadian hockey stars and Sgt Bilko.
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Adriana Marais Q&A: “As a child, I imagined myself as an Egyptian queen or a Viking”
The theoretical physicist on meeting Nelson Mandela and living in China for six months.
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Anne Sebba Q&A: “A spark of humanity is enough to ignite the will to live”
The author on Ernest Shackleton as maverick and a year in Rome in 1972.
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Gabriel Weston Q&A: “I would love to experience not living in the patriarchy”
The doctor and writer on swimming pool maintenance and resisting nostalgia.
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Laila Lalami Q&A: “Power is a dynamic. It doesn’t flow in just one direction”
The essayist and novelist on Spanish history, Aretha Franklin and meeting her heroes
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Abdulrazak Gurnah Q&A: “What bugs me? The smug self-regard of the powerful”
The writer on Primo Levi and his grandchildren’s art.
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Eimear McBride Q&A: “I have a face only Lyubov Popova could love”
The novelist on American cinema and the dream of being an antiquarian bookseller.
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