Roger Mayne is noted for producing some of the most important photographs of London life in the late fifties. In March he will exhibit a very personal collection of family photographs at the Town Mill in Lyme Regis. He talked to Fergus Byrne

An artist who has received Ivor Novello and Grammy awards, an OBE and various gold and platinum records, Midge Ure will also receive his second honorary degree later this year. He talked to Fergus Byrne about music, Live Aid, being a role model, and how wanting to change the world is simply a part of growing up.

West Dorset based writer and correspondent for the New Yorker magazine, Jon Lee Anderson, was one of the non ‘embedded’ journalists based in Baghdad during the Iraq war. His latest book The Fall of Baghdad has just been published in Britain. He talked to Fergus Byrne about the events, the people and the psychology that is shaping the future of our world.

Andrew Dickson’s music is not immediately synonymous with pantomime. However, he has just finished work as the musical director on Aladdin. Unusual, you may think for an award-winning composer who is famous for his collaboration with innovative filmmaker Mike Leigh.

In October Bloomsbury Publishing will release Guernica: The Biography of a Twentieth-Century Icon by Bridport author Gijs van Hensbergen. No other painting has evoked such emotion as Picasso’s 30s masterpiece. By Fergus Byrne

Britain’s greatest living sculptor, Sir Anthony Caro, is patron of Dorset Art Weeks. This year he celebrates his 80th birthday. From working with Henry Moore to his part in building the Millennium Bridge, he has much to celebrate. He talked to Fergus Byrne

Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure were among the artists who appeared on television's This is Your Life, when the big red book was wheeled out for musician Paul Young. Apart from describing him as having one of the finest voices in the music industry, they also described him as being one of the nicest to work with and it doesn't take long to realise how right they are.

Francis Rossi does the school run, the Times and Guardian crossword, goes to the gym, cares about cloning, doesn’t believe in the devil and likes country music! He is also the lead singer in the world’s other, greatest rock& roll band, and he’s been speaking to Fergus Byrne.