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The Skype co-founder turned venture capitalist on how Europe’s start-ups can challenge America’s giants
Vogue’s global editorial director on her rise to the top of the fashion world — and what she makes of her tough image
The writer tells Gillian Tett what he learnt during two years spent with ‘total access’ to the tech tycoon
The writer on the pull of Zanzibar, his disquiet at Britain’s treatment of refugees — and the problem with italics
Russia’s richest man on war crimes, the fallout from sanctions — and how the invasion of Ukraine made him a ‘pariah’ in Dubai
The particle physicist turned protester on fighting Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reforms — and why failure is not an option
The writer on speaking out against her country’s rulers — and why she will not rein in her critiques ahead of next week’s elections
The Russia investigator on exposing assassinations and Putin’s plots, looking over his shoulder — and using a cat to find a secret agent
The American author on Twitter, the trouble with trigger warnings — and why ‘Ulysses’ is her comfort food
The Yale professor on why the west got Putin wrong — and what the past tells us about the war in Ukraine
The Hollywood director on streaming, strikes — and why his new atomic bomb biopic speaks to the age of AI
The celebrated cook on foodie fads, teaching Britons to boil an egg — and what football teaches us about community
The liberal standard-bearer on George Soros as a father figure, the rise of populism — and the farce of Britain’s honours system
The former New Jersey governor on his mission to stop the ex-president returning to power
The anonymous Wall Streeter on finance’s brutal work culture, using humour as a coping mechanism — and why he traded a banking career for comedy
The former UK cabinet minister on being blocked from the House of Lords, losing faith in Rishi Sunak — and Boris Johnson’s painting
The former French president on what his country wants in a leader, dealing with the Kremlin — and campaigning on a scooter
The visionary author on the limits of AI, the uses of science fiction — and why there’s a ‘market opportunity for volleyballs’
The outgoing cyber spy chief on Russia’s appetite for risk, China’s quest for tech supremacy — and the James Bond effect
The MIT professor on how AI can benefit the workers not ‘the takers’ — and seeing the world from Trump supporters’ point of view
The former Manchester United player on learning from Alex Ferguson, what Abu Dhabi has done for his city — and the superiority of chips
The president on wresting her country from Russia’s influence, cleaning up corruption — and why politics hasn’t made her rich
The cult novelist on her childhood under apartheid, writing ‘novels of ideas’ — and how Derek Jarman changed her life
The Paris museum’s head on why big cultural institutions must not duck the issue of restitution, making art more accessible — and what to do about queues
The former US Treasury secretary on why the banking crisis isn’t over — and why the US-China relationship ‘is on the brink’
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