James Bailey, Richard Farleigh and Bonita Norris

James Bailey asked one hundred remarkable people the timeless question: what is the meaning of life? The answers he received were as wide-ranging as the people he approached – astronaut Helen Sharman, Professor Lord Robert Winston, Dame Hilary Mantel, Julian Fellowes, Michael Frayn FRSL, Jodi Picoult, Amol Rajan, Gyles Brandreth, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Simon Calder… and so many more

For the Petworth Literary Festival he will be sharing his findings alongside two of the book’s contributors; Richard Farleigh, who rose from the Australian care system to become one of Britain’s most celebrated entrepreneurs and star of BBC’s Dragons’ Den; and Bonita Norris, the youngest person ever to reach both the North Pole and the summit of Everest.