As a historical consultant on the BBC’s award-winning Horrible Histories, Greg Jenner’s enthusiasm for the past has made him a familiar figure on radio and television, with appearances on chatshows, documentaries, and as presenter of the You’re Dead to Me podcast. His latest book, Dead Famous is a joyous romp through the history of celebrity, from Edmund Kean to Gertrude Stein, from Grace Darling to WG Grace. But is a celebrity anything more than someone who is famous for being famous? And we share what some of you have been reading during the coronavirus outbreak and talk to rare bookseller Adam Douglas about how some of the greatest philosophical and literary works have been created in isolation. What are you reading, wherever you are while self-isolating? Let us know by dropping us an email at books.podcast@theguardian.com – we’d love to share some of your stories on the show. Reading list Dead Famous by Greg Jenner (Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and the US) Support The Guardian The Guardian is editorially independent. And we want to keep our journalism open and accessible to all. But we increasingly need our readers to fund our work.