Nicholas Murray talks with George Miller about his book on the British poets of the first world war, and his own career as a poet, including his most recent collection of animal poems.

Julia Copus shares her diary in ‘My Writing Week’, encompassing a glitzy awards night in the city, the challenge of everyday administrative distractions back at home, and the role of dogs – the ‘heartbeat at my feet’ – in the lives of writers.

Peter Forbes talks us through a career that has always relied on the power, precision and adaptability of words.

Stephen Wakelam survives changing fashions in TV drama (while at heart staying the same).