The Darjeeling Express restaurateur and UN World Food Programme advocate discusses kitchen bullying, Marxism and how to balance spices properly

The farmer and author on allowing nature to transform and restore our ecology – and how the best way to measure progress is through dung beetles

The author on how his mission to improve our national diet began – and where it needs to go

The TV explorer’s career has been quite the journey, going from newspaper post boy to searching for bonobo monkeys in the rainforest

The author, artist and farmer’s wife tells how marmalade helped her find her literary voice – and why we can’t ignore the costs of processed foods

Over lunch as he turns 50, the singer tells a host of wild celebrity tales, involving Ed Sheeran and Bear Grylls, and admits that, just sometimes, the criticism can sting

Over vegan ribs and K-dogs, Jane Land and Matthew Glover tell how they became the power couple of a plant-based revolution

The Bake Off judge on her stage show, the days she was lost for words – and the secret to her Christmas trifle

The actor and writer on hotel breakfasts that trigger his ADHD, and why cooking helps him cope with his troubled past and successful present

The Dexys lead singer explains how tai chi and a vegan diet helped him find his creative energy – and why he was too shy to say hello to Bryan Ferry

After 30 years of helping homeless people and troubled families, the can-do peer says she’s had her fill of this Tory administration

In his daughter’s Notting Hill restaurant, the chef reflects on his food dynasty and the most gifted cook he’s worked with

Sharing a cheeseboard, the farmers’ leader tells of frustrating tussles with ministers … and why she has decided to stand down as president of the NFU

Over lunch, the MP and shadow minister explains why Labour needs to get angrier about health, homes and justice – and tells of her long family connection to one Birmingham chippy

Over a cheeky Nando’s, the maths professor and TV presenter talks about dating, why she won’t eat anything that’s lived in water, and life after serious illness

At a place run by one of her many proteges, the chef and restaurateur talks about loss, family and Nancy Pelosi’s tablecloth

The TV chef on family, food – and what’s cooking in her garage

The Repair Shop host tells of the satisfaction in putting broken things – and people – back together

The grande dame of broadcasting has, at 89, a new TV series and a book due out. Here she discusses painting, politics and swapping hot dishes with her lockdown neighbours