The Start - The Guardian

The drummer and composer talks about Locked in a Basement, the album he recorded with his band Heernt, before facing the pressures of adulthood

The visual artist reveals how her installation Turbulent built a community among the Iranian diaspora in New York, and expressed her feelings for her homeland

The novelist and journalist shares how living a life of austerity inspired his first professional work, Slump

The electronic musician relates how a breakup, a new keyboard and a hunger for feminist rock’n’roll led to her signature track Lovertits and album The Teaches of Peaches

The poet shares the story behind Invisible Kisses, a poem that impressed on him the true value of family