Guest editor Stewart Lee is intrigued by how certain narratives such as the Christmas story can provide solace even for those who do not believe them to be true.

He spoke to AS Byatt about her novel Ragnarok, a book which retells the Norse myths she was obsessed with as a child, to find out how she thinks about the connection between myth and fiction.

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