- ‘Why The Germans Do It Better’ by John Kampfner
- ‘Inside The Whale’ by George Orwell (from ‘Collected Essays’)
- ‘The Forgotten Waltz’ by Anne Enright
- ‘Empireland’ by Sathnam Sanghera
- ‘Such A Fun Age’ by Kiley Reid
- ‘The Dancer At World’s End’ by Tricia Durdey
- ‘Utopia Avenue’ by David Mitchell
- ‘Visitation’ by Jenny Erpenbeck
- ‘Afterlives’ by Abdulrazak Gurnah
- ‘Listening to Bob Dylan’ by Larry Star
- ‘How Not To Be Wrong. The Art Of Changing Your Mind’ by James O’Brien
- ‘Expo ’58’ by Jonathan Coe
- ‘Oh William!’ by Elizabeth Strout
- ‘Back in the Day’ by Melvyn Bragg (part)
- ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song’ by Bob Dylan (part)
- ‘Bournville’ by Jonathan Coe