And if opening up goes disastrously wrong, Grayson Perry also taught us some great coping mechanisms: "A big thing I have learnt is that you can have some control over people's attitudes towards you.

The "Measles" part came from Alan’s comforting presence when Perry, aged three, was ill in bed with measles. Alan became Grayson’s "perfect role model" – he claims that he still tries to ...

When I was four, my dad left because my mother had an affair with the milkman. I remember my… Our guest editor Grayson Perry invites the novelist Martin Amis to his studio to discuss art, violence and ...