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Actor, presenter and writer Stephen Fry celebrates a ‘beautifully organised’ poem -  ‘Earthed’ by UA Fanthorpe. For Stephen, the power of the poem resides in its celebration of the ‘routinely special’ whilst also representing our ambivalent feelings towards the English landscape.

Next Generation Thinker Daisy Hay’s latest book is ‘Mr & Mrs Disraeli: A Strange Romance’ (Chatto), a portrait of an unusual marriage. Starting as a marriage of convenience, they constructed romance through force of will. The book features many of their letters and Daisy explains how they communicated when words failed them.

Irvine’s latest book is ‘A Decent Ride’ (Vintage), starring ‘Juice Terry’, one of the characters who weaves his way through Irvine’s fictional world. Irvine explains the challenges of writing dialects that are meant to be performed rather than written, and why swearing is so important to the language of a character like ‘Juice Terry’.

Sasha McVeigh is a country singer-songwriter from Hereford who calls her songs ‘rhyming diary entries’. Sasha has a passion for storytelling, and admires the openness and sincerity of country music lyrics. Her debut album ‘I Stand Alone’ is out now from Hot Stuff.