In this series of interviews drawn from his BBC Radio 3 series, John Tusa talks to some of the leading creative minds of our times - Howard Hodgkin, Antony Caro, Elliot Carter, Eve Arnold, David Sylvester, Edward Bond, Nicholas Grimshaw, Gyorgy Ligeti, Milos Forman, Paula Rego, Harrison Birtwistle, Frank Auerbach, Tony Harrison and Muriel Spark. Two essays by John Tusa on creativity and on interviewing are also included. With three painters, three composers, a sculptor, a photographer, a playwright, a critic, an architect, a film director, a novelist and a poet, this book offers a guide to our contemporary art and artists.