Poet and novelist Simon Armitage talks to John Harris about the obstinate nature of poetry and the culture of violence in Britain that he believes precipitated the UK riots
In the latest of our National Conversations series of interviews, Guardian columnist John Harris meets TV presenter, broadcaster and writer Lauren Laverne
In John Harris's latest interview in his National Conversations series, he challenges Richard Dawkins on his view that religious belief is comparable to a pernicious virus
The gloriously outspoken Nicky Wire of Manic Street Preachers talks to Guardian columnist John Harris in this second of his series of interviews with key figures from music, the media, government and elsewhere
John Harris speaks to Nicky Wire, lycrist and bassist for the Manic Street Preachers, about the decline of rock music and how the disappearance of former band member Richey Edwards has affected their music
Scotland's first minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond discusses Scottish independence and what England can learn from Scotland in the first of a new series of video interviews by Guardian columnist John Harris
Introducing a new series of podcasts in which John Harris interviews key figures from government, music, the media, the military and more, about their lives and the state of the nation
