Melvyn Bragg reflects on his 1982 meeting with writer Patricia Highsmith, who discussed Tom Ripley, her most well-known creation and protagonist of five of her novels.

Melvyn Bragg reflects on an episode of his arts programme from 1980 in which he met American artist Andrew Wyeth at his Pennsylvania home.

Melvyn Bragg looks back on his 1992 interview with American author Alice Walker, whose novel Possessing the Secret of Joy tackled the subject of female genital mutilation.