RADICAL MATERIALIST British sculptor Sir Anthony Cragg, whose current exhibition is at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, a beautiful Palladian house.

WHO CARES WINS. Lily Cole is a British fashion model and actress. The synthesis of Lily’s thinking is optimism for a more sustainable future.

NIGHTS OF PLAGUE. Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University’s School of the Arts in New York. He has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three languages.

Edith Bruck is a Hungarian-born writer who lives in Italy. Her new book “Il pane perduto” (“The Lost Bread”) is one of the candidates for the 2021 Premio Strega, the most important Italian literary award.

THE MAN WHO SAVED POMPEII. Massimo Osanna was Director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park. He is now Director General of all Italian museums.

A BIGAMOUS COUNTESS? The Duchess Countess author Catherine Ostler has been Editor-in-Chief of Tatler. She read English at Oxford and is expert in 18thC literature.

THE SEASONS TURN. Idris Khan works in sculpture, painting and photography. His latest exhibition The Seasons Turn is at Victoria Miro gallery.

LIVING THE VENETIAN DREAM. Count Giberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga is one of the last aristocrats in Venice who is still living in his palazzo.

REVIVAL IN VENICE. Mario Codognato is a contemporary art curator. Raised in Venice, today he is the director of the Anish Kapoor Foundation.

A TRAGIC ASSIMILATION. Edmund de Waal is an artist who exhibits in museums and a bestselling author. His new book is LETTERS TO CAMONDO.