“There’s a weird media alchemy that transforms a novelist into a ‘public intellectual’,” writes James Marriott in The Times. While some novelists “yearningly pursue cultural relevance ...

Can procrastination expert Dr Piers Steel help Times columnist James Marriott overcome his self-sabotaging tendency? Or at least work out what type of procrastinator he is? Show more James ...

Presented by Harriett Gilbert. Show more Columnist at The Times James Marriott and arts journalist for The Guardian Jude Rogers discuss favourite books with Harriett Gilbert. James picks The Past ...