An award-winning investigative journalist and writer, Tam Hussein, on using fiction as a vehicle for truth, toeing the line between curiosity and obsession, and the inherent emptiness of celebrity.

Hattie Crisell, a British writer, podcaster and journalist on not being a pompous arse, following her own curiosity, and viewing reality tv as data acquisition.

A visual artist, Ichraq Bouzidi, on swapping architecture for art, the tug-of-war between modernism and tradition in her Moroccan culture, and using curiosity as a catalyst.

A pioneering literary agent, Yasmina Jraissati, on building bridges, worrying about lost curiosity, and her realization that nobody has to be curious about anything.