Tim Dowling: The Hobbit
'As the plot unfolds, all my old objections to the genre resurface in the form of questions'
Emma Freud: David Cassidy, my No 1 dreamboat Santa
David Cassidy was everything to Emma Freud when she was 13. So what happened 20 years later when she met him and asked him to her Christmas party?
Salman Rushdie: My family values
The author of Midnight's Children and The Satanic Verses talks about his family. Interview by Anita Sethi
Priscilla Presley: My family values
The actor talks about life with Elvis and how they raised their daughter, Lisa Marie Presley. By Nick McGrath
Jeff Kinney: ‘People ask me, is Greg really you?’
Jeff Kinney, author of the hugely popular Diary of a Wimpy Kid books – and one of Time magazine's top 100 most influential people – tells Nick McGrath why his stories resonate around the world
‘Being Tolkien’s grandson blocked my writing …’
Simon Tolkien was always close to his famous grandfather. But the creator of The Hobbit cast a very long shadow
My secret James Bond past
Mark O'Connell has been a James Bond fan since he saw Octopussy as a boy. He and his father bonded over Bond – especially when he realised his grandfather's close ties to 007
Celebrity grandparents and grandchildren
From staying up late to cooking together, famous grandparents and grandchildren – from Sheila Hancock and Tony Benn to Daisy Lowe – celebrate the generation gap
Martin Short: My family values
The actor and comedian talks about his family life. Interview by Nick McGrath
Roger Moore: My family values
The Bond actor talks about his family. Interview by Nick McGrath
The extraordinary Sam Frears
Simon Hattenstone meets Sam Frears, who has a rare medical condition and wasn't expected to live beyond the age of five. Now 40, he's an actor, an avid rock climber and an inspiration to his family and friends
Olivia Williams: My family values
The actor talks about her family. By Maureen Patton
Danny DeVito: ‘I still miss my father’
Six stars send a Father's Day message out to their dads. By Elaine Lipworth
Rebecca Front: My family values
The comedy actor talks about her family
Dustin Hoffman and me
When John Burnham Schwartz was a boy, Dustin Hoffman was a regular guest. But what did the actor learn from the breakdown of John's parents' marriage?