Peter Avery - Persian scholar and orientalist; Fellow of King's College, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 8th June 2008 wikipidia entry

Gillian Beer - Emeritus Professor of English Literature, Cambridge University; literary critic interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 26th January 2009 wikipidia entry

Richard Berengarten also known as Richard Burns - Poet interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 16th March 2015 wikipidia entry

Ronald Blythe - Writer interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 21st October 2015 wikipidia entry

Frank Kermode - Julian Clarence Levi Professor Emeritus in the Humanities, Columbia University; Emeritus Professor at Cambridge University; Fellow of King's College, Cambridge interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 19th February 2008 wikipidia entry

Christopher Ricks - William M. and Sara B. Warren Professor of the Humanities, Boston University interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 25th July 2013 wikipidia entry

Bruce Ross-Smith - Poet and teacher interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 24 September 2015

George Steiner - Professor of comparative literature, writer and critic interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 23rd July 2007 wikipidia entry

Toshi Takamiya - Professor of Literature at Keio University, Japan interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 19th October 2009