Each contributor will give the reader an insight into their personal relationship with the continent - beyond the political and economic focus and divisive approach that has defined current affairs and social media coverage recently. Expect this to provoke laughs, tears, discussions and plenty of noise... list of contributors: FICTION AUTHORS Ian McEwan Lionel Shriver Hari Kunzru Jessie Burton Kate Mosse Val McDermid Sarah Winman Ian Rankin Will Self Matt Haig Sarah Perry Nicci French Kate Eberlen Sunny Singh Hollie McNish (poet) Non-Fiction Authors Robert Macfarlane Owen Jones Henry Marsh Cathy Rentzenbrink Rob Temple (Very British Problems) Andrew Roberts (historian) Alain de Botton Amy Liptrot Simon Garfield Artists & Illustrators David Shrigley Adam Dant Chris Riddell Journalists & Columnists Tom Bradby Mark Kermode Robert Crampton Oliver Kamm Ece Temelkuran Olivia Laing Afua Hirsch Marie Le Conte Matt Frei Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Jennifer Higgie Jenni Murray Others: Richard Herring Jonathan Lynn Jacob Rees-Mogg Colonel Tim Collins Ben Collins (the ex-Stig) Alex Kapranos (musician – Franz Ferdinand) Cerys Matthews (musician – Catatonia)