Emma Forrest

Writer and film-maker Emma began navigating interviews early, speaking to Sir Ian McKellen, she recalls, ‘the week he was knighted’ for her school paper. Guided by the precision of her favourite lyricists, her work across fiction, film and memoir all shares the same sharp economy. For her Object Lesson on page 120, she ponders coming home, confronting shame and noticing ‘magic there’ in the ordinary.