The Newsnight presenter is trenchant about the programme's critics, deep-fried Mars bars and her near miss on MasterChef. It still haunts her, she tells Carole Cadwalladr
Why should the public pay for the excesses of the banking sector, and did you go clubbing when you were in Ibiza? Hear David Cameron's answers to these and a host of other questions
From Kristin Scott Thomas's Parisian scene to Philip Pullman's much-loved Monet, celebrities and big names in the art world talk us through their favourite works from The Art Museum, Phaidon's new museum in a book
What makes a great artwork? We asked some of the great and the good in the art world to pick something they considered to be truly special. Here, our art critic introduces their responses by asking what a masterpiece really is
7 Sep 2011:
Rory Bremner on Strictly Come Dancing, Kirsty Wark on Celebrity MasterChef – there's a subtle class system of celeb talent contests at work here, writes Mark Lawson
When Kirsty Wark lost her father to lung cancer, she was moved to become a patron of Maggie's. Here, she talks about hope, friendship and final farewells
Jilly Cooper simply adored Ian Rankin, Simon Schama laughed along with Howard Jacobson and Kirsty Wark cried over Cormac McCarthy. They're just three of our gallery of the great and good who pick their favourite books of 2006.